This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the responsible public office directly for those services.
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For immediate Lincoln County jail status, contact Lincoln County Detention Center at 511 Hangar Lane, Carrizozo, NM 88301, or call 575-648-6510. The Lincoln County Sheriff is reached at P.O. Box 278, Carrizozo, NM 88301, 575-648-2341 or 800-687-2419. No official jail records-counter hours were found. Send written county booking, release, log, and photograph requests to Lincoln County's IPRA intake at publicrecordsrequest@lincolncountynm.gov. Other questions route as follows:
State-prison release and discharge records belong to the New Mexico Corrections Department, not the county. NMCD identifies NextRequest as its regularly monitored online route. Paper requests may be mailed to Records Custodian Sharon Alexander, New Mexico Corrections Department, P.O. Box 27116, Santa Fe, NM 87502-0116, and the listed records phone is 505-629-2583. The research did not establish public walk-in hours for that records office.
For a court order, judgment, or disposition, contact Lincoln County District Court at 300 Central Avenue, Carrizozo, NM 88301, 575-648-2432. The court lists weekday hours from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., including lunch, and accepts records questions at 12thdistrictresearch@nmcourts.gov. These court records explain the legal authority for release but do not replace the jail's time-stamped departure entry.
- For a named released person or a copy of the release entry, use the complete Lincoln County search and records path.
- For state post-release supervision, call NMCD Ruidoso Office 12B at 575-973-2408 and consult probation and parole.
- For same-day activity, use the fallback routes on Jail Releases: 24 Hours.
- For a state sentence date or alert, compare Projected Release with the VINELink Inmate Search.
- For the local facility, call the Lincoln County Detention Center information line above.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the New Mexico Corrections Department offender search or NMCD NextRequest.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the official Bureau of Prisons or ICE locator for that custody system.