This is not a government office. For custody status, release, bond, visitation, or official records, contact the responsible jail, court, sheriff's office, or corrections agency directly.
Official Yates County Contacts
Use the jail number for custody and jail-rule questions. Use the sheriff's main office for non-emergency sheriff business and the county FOIL process for specific records that are not available online.
Yates County Jail
227 Main Street
Penn Yan, NY 14527
315-536-5175
Custody, jail rules, and visitation questions
Yates County Sheriff's Office
227 Main Street
Penn Yan, NY 14527
315-536-4438
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
- For someone in the county jail, start with jail inmate records and then call the jail if the feed is unclear.
- For booking photos, review jail roster mugshots and use FOIL when a photo is not posted.
- For charges filed after a booking, use court records after a jail arrest and the court clerk process.
- For facility rules, use the Yates County Jail page listed in the footer.
- For sentenced state prisoners, use the New York DOCCS incarcerated lookup.
- For federal or immigration custody, use BOP, U.S. Marshals context, or ICE ODLS as appropriate.
Records and FOIL
Yates County provides an online FOIL form, and the sheriff FOIL PDF includes checkboxes for arrest reports, domestic reports, motor vehicle accident reports, general reports, fire investigation reports, CAD entries, and other records. The sheriff form tells requesters to identify the record, person, date, case number, or CR number when known, and not to ask for all records in broad terms.
County Law section 308(4), cited on the sheriff FOIL material, limits access to E911 call records. Sealed cases, active investigations, privacy rules, and court orders may also limit what an agency can release.