This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, schedule a visit, or pull official booking records. Contact the office that keeps the record for those actions.
Official Lewis County Contacts
Use the office that matches the record type. Lewis County jail records, sheriff records, and court records are not all held by the same custodian.
Lewis County Jail
Jailer Bryon K. Walker
26 Railroad Street
Vanceburg, KY 41179
606-796-2722
Fax: 606-796-0822
Email: lewiscd@ky.gov
Jail Open Records
Bryon Walker, Jailer
112 Second St Room 104
Vanceburg, KY 41179
606-796-2722
Fax: 606-796-0822
Lewis County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Johnny W. Bivens
112 Second Street Suite 102
Vanceburg, KY 41179
606-796-2912
Dispatch: 606-796-0982
Fax: 606-796-2463
Lewis Circuit Court Clerk
Teresa Callahan
Lewis County Justice Center
94 Second St., P.O. Box 70
Vanceburg, KY 41179
606-796-3053
606-796-6002
Sheriff office hours are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Wednesday and Saturday 8:30 a.m. to noon. The Lewis Circuit Clerk hours are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Wednesday 8 a.m. to noon. For county-attorney complaint questions, Benjamin L. Harrison is listed at 112 Second Street Suite 207, Vanceburg, KY 41179, phone 606-796-3201.
- For a person who may be in local custody, start with jail inmate records and the jailer contact.
- For booking photos, use jail roster mugshots and the jail open-records route.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the circuit clerk.
- For sheriff arrest, incident, warrant-service, or transport records, use the sheriff contact and fax route.
- For sentenced Kentucky prisoners, use the statewide Kentucky Department of Corrections locator.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP inmate locator or ICE detainee locator.