Search Tulsa Jail Mugshots

Tulsa jail mugshots are available as public records through the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office and the David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center. The Tulsa Police Department does not run its own jail, so all arrests in Tulsa lead to booking at the county facility on North Denver Avenue. You can search for current inmates through the Tulsa County Inmate Information Center online. The Tulsa Police Department also maintains an open records process for arrest reports and related documents. This guide walks through how to find Tulsa booking photos and jail records.

Tulsa Jail Mugshots Online

When someone gets arrested in Tulsa, they are taken to the David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center at 300 North Denver Avenue. This is Tulsa County's main jail. During intake, officers search the person, check their condition, take fingerprints, and snap a booking photo. That photo is the mugshot. It goes into the county's database right away.

The Tulsa County Inmate Information Center lets you search for inmates by name or booking ID. You can also view a list of all inmates sorted by booking number. A Desk Blotter Report gets updated each day and shows recent bookings as a PDF you can download. The system covers current and recently released inmates. Mugshots show up as part of the booking record. You do not need to pay or create an account to use it.

The Tulsa County Sheriff's Office website provides access to the inmate information system where Tulsa jail mugshots are posted.

From this page you can reach the inmate search, desk blotter, and other resources tied to Tulsa County bookings.

Requesting Tulsa Arrest Records

The Tulsa Police Department has its own open records process. You can submit a request through the TPD Open Records page. This covers arrest reports, incident reports, and other law enforcement documents created by TPD officers. The fee schedule is simple. Ten pages or less costs $3. Each page over ten is $1. Other documents are $0.25 per page. You can request records by mail, in person, or through their online portal.

Keep in mind that TPD records and jail mugshots are two different things. The arrest report comes from TPD. The mugshot comes from the county jail. If you want the booking photo, go through Tulsa County. If you want the arrest details and narrative, go through TPD. Both are public records under Title 51 Section 24A.8 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Finding Tulsa Mugshots Through State Systems

The OSBI CHIRP portal runs statewide criminal history checks. A name search costs $15. Results that have no matches come back fast. If a match needs review, OSBI staff handle it during business hours Monday through Friday. CHIRP searches the state's criminal history database, which goes beyond what the county jail roster shows. This is helpful if you need a full picture of someone's record across Oklahoma.

The Oklahoma State Courts Network is free and lets you search court records by party name or case number. You can filter to Tulsa County to see only local cases. Criminal case dockets show charges, hearing dates, and outcomes. This adds context to what you find in the jail mugshot database. For example, you can see if charges were dropped, if there was a plea deal, or if the case went to trial.

Third-party sites like Oklahoma Arrests also post Tulsa County booking data. These sites pull from public records and update throughout the day. They show mugshots, charges, and arrest dates. But they are not official sources. Always verify what you find with Tulsa County directly.

Tulsa Jail Mugshots and the Law

Oklahoma's Open Records Act makes jail mugshots public. The law says that arrestee descriptions, which include physical descriptions like booking photos, must be released to anyone who asks. The 2012 Attorney General Opinion made this even more clear. It said mugshots are the "best" and "most accurate" description of an arrestee. If an agency keeps mugshots in digital form and you ask for them electronically, they have to give them to you that way.

Jail registers are also public. These include the name of each prisoner, the date and cause of commitment, who committed them, a description, and when they were discharged. All of this ties into the booking record that gets created when someone is brought to David L. Moss. The VINE notification system is another free tool. It lets you track custody status changes for inmates in Tulsa County. You can get alerts by phone or email. The toll-free number is 877-654-8463.

Note: The David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center handles all Tulsa city bookings, so jail mugshots are accessed through Tulsa County rather than the city.

Nearby Cities in Tulsa County

Several cities near Tulsa use the same county jail. Broken Arrow is one of the few Oklahoma cities with its own municipal jail, though inmates held longer than 90 hours transfer to Tulsa County. Owasso is north of Tulsa and sends all arrests to David L. Moss. Bixby and Jenks are south of the city and also use the county facility for all bookings.

For state-level offender records, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections runs an offender search at okoffender.doc.ok.gov. This covers people in state prison, not the county jail. It includes the sex and violent offender registry. Visit the Tulsa County jail mugshots page for full details on the county's booking and records system.