Find Booking Reports in Broome County
Broome County booking reports are maintained by the Sheriff's Office and the Broome County Correctional Facility in Binghamton. When someone gets arrested in Broome County, they are booked into the jail and a record is created that lists the charges, arrest details, and personal information. You can search for current inmates through the Sheriff's Office or request past booking reports with a FOIL request. The Broome County Sheriff's website has information on the jail, law enforcement, and how to contact the office. Broome County is in the Southern Tier near the Pennsylvania border and handles all local jail bookings for the area.
Broome County Booking Reports Overview
Broome County Booking Reports Access
The Broome County Sheriff's Office runs the county jail and processes all bookings. The office handles law enforcement, corrections, and civil process for the county. Arrest records and booking reports are public records in New York, subject to certain privacy exceptions under FOIL. To get copies, you write a request to the Records Access Officer at the Sheriff's Office. Include the name of the person, any dates you know, and what specific records you need. The agency has five business days to respond.
The Broome County Correctional Facility is where all local inmates are held. People arrested by the Binghamton Police Department, New York State Police, or the Sheriff's Office all get booked into this facility. The booking report created at intake includes the full name, date of birth, physical description, charges, bail amount, and the arresting agency. Each person gets an inmate number that stays with their record for that booking.
Walk-in requests are accepted during normal business hours. Bring a valid photo ID. Staff can help you find specific records at the office.
How to Search Broome County Arrest Records
The Broome County Sheriff has two websites. The screenshot below shows the main Broome County Sheriff's Office page, which includes links to jail information and department contacts.
You can find department divisions, contact numbers, and links to corrections information on this page.
The secondary site at broomecountyny.gov/sheriff also provides details on the Sheriff's Office operations. The screenshot below shows this alternate portal.
Both sites cover the same department and lead to the same records access process for booking reports.
For statewide searches, the DOCCS Incarcerated Lookup covers state prison inmates. If someone from Broome County has been sentenced and transferred to state custody, they will appear in that system. The DOCCS database includes records going back to the early 1970s and is available 24 hours a day.
Broome County FOIL Records Requests
Under New York's Freedom of Information Law, you have the right to access government records including booking reports. The process is straightforward. Write down what you want, be specific, and send it to the Records Access Officer. Under Public Officers Law Section 87, agencies can charge $0.25 per page for copies. There is no fee to look at records in person.
Some records may be withheld. Agencies can deny access to records that would reveal non-routine investigative methods or put someone's safety at risk. Personal privacy protections under the state's PPPL also apply. If your request is denied, you have 30 days to appeal. The Committee on Open Government can give you free advice on how to handle a denial.
Note: Court records are not subject to FOIL and must be requested directly from the court that handled the case.
State Tools for Broome County Searches
The NYS OCA Criminal History Record Search costs $95 per name and checks criminal case records from courts in all 62 counties. You need the exact name and date of birth. Results include open cases and convictions from county, supreme, city, town, and village courts across New York. Sealed cases are excluded. Results come back via email on business days, except for "no results" which come back right away.
VINELink is a free service that lets you track inmates across New York's jails and prisons. Register for alerts by phone, email, or text when an inmate gets released, transferred, or their status changes. The service runs around the clock and supports multiple languages. It is anonymous. The offender will not know you registered.
The Sex Offender Registry search lets you check for registered offenders in Broome County. Level 2 and Level 3 offenders are in the public online directory. For Level 1 offenders, you need to call 800-262-3257.
Broome County Booking Report Contents
A booking report from Broome County lists all the facts about an arrest and intake. The person's full name, date of birth, address, and physical details are at the top. Charges follow, along with the arresting officer's name and badge number. The bail amount set by the court is noted, and whether the person posted bail or was held. A mugshot is taken at the time of booking and kept on file. The report also records the time and date of arrest, the booking time, and any property the person had when they came in.
These reports do not include case outcomes. For that, you need court records from the Broome County courts or the OCA criminal history search. A booking report is a snapshot of what happened at the time of arrest and intake. It does not get updated when the case moves through court.
Clean Slate Act and Broome County Records
New York's Clean Slate Act took effect November 16, 2024. Over the next three years, OCA will build a system to automatically seal certain eligible conviction records. Sex offenses and non-drug Class A felonies are excluded. For Broome County, this means some older booking records linked to eligible convictions may eventually become harder to find through public searches. Until OCA completes the sealing process, all current conviction records remain visible.
Nearby Counties
Broome County borders several other counties in the Southern Tier. Each runs its own jail and handles booking reports independently.