Search Daviess County Police Records

Daviess County police records are maintained by the Daviess County Sheriff's Office in Washington, Indiana. You can request incident reports, arrest logs, and administrative records in person or by mail. Indiana's Access to Public Records Act, under IC 5-14-3, gives any person the right to request these documents, and the office must respond to written requests within 7 days.

Daviess County Sheriff's Office

The Daviess County Sheriff's Office is led by Sheriff Gary Allison. The office is at 101 NE 4th Street, Washington, IN 47501. The main phone number is (812) 254-1060. Washington is the county seat and the largest city in Daviess County. The sheriff's office handles all county-level law enforcement and maintains public records for incidents that occur outside Washington city limits. For city-level incidents, the Washington Police Department may hold the relevant records.

The Daviess County Sheriff's website provides general department information, contact details, and an overview of the services the office provides to county residents.

The sheriff's main page is the starting point for reaching any division of the office, including the records staff who handle public records requests for Daviess County.

If you are unsure whether the sheriff or the city police handled a particular incident, call (812) 254-1060 and describe what you are looking for. Staff can direct you to the right agency. For anything that happened on county roads or in unincorporated areas, the sheriff is almost always the right contact.

How to Request Daviess County Administrative Records

The Daviess County administrative records request page outlines the process for requesting public records through the county and provides the form you need to submit.

The county records request form can be submitted in person at the sheriff's office or by mail. Review the form requirements before submitting to make sure you include all necessary information.

There are two ways to submit records requests in Daviess County: in person at the Sheriff's Office at 101 NE 4th Street, or by mail to the same address. When mailing payment, the county requires a cashier's check or money order drawn on a local bank. Personal checks are not accepted. If you submit by mail, include your SASE if you want records mailed back to you.

The fee for administrative records in Daviess County is $5.00 per copy. All fees are paid before records are released. If your request involves multiple records, the total can add up, so ask for a quote when you call ahead. Under IC 5-14-3, the office has 7 days to respond to a written request. Denials must be in writing and must cite the specific exemption that applies. Common grounds include active investigations, juvenile records, and certain protected personal data.

Online Records Tools for Daviess County

Court case records in Daviess County are searchable through MyCase Indiana. This free state portal shows criminal and civil filings, charges, hearing dates, and dispositions for all Indiana courts. You can search by name or case number without an account. For a broader search that covers someone's record across all Indiana counties, not just Daviess, use the ISP Limited Criminal History portal. The fee is $15.70 by credit card or $7 by mail. This search draws from the statewide repository maintained under IC 10-13-2.

The Indiana Sex Offender Registry covers all registrants in Daviess County and statewide. Searches are free and can be filtered by county, zip code, or name. Results show current address, photo, and offense information. Protection orders issued in Daviess County or elsewhere in Indiana can be searched through the Indiana Protection Order Registry. The tool is free and public.

Crash reports from Daviess County traffic accidents are available through BuyCrash.com. You need the report number, the accident date, or the names of the parties involved. This is a paid service commonly used for insurance claims and legal matters.

State Police Records and APRA Portal

For records generated by the Indiana State Police, use the ISP APRA portal. This is a separate system from the county-level request process. If the record you are looking for was created by an ISP trooper rather than a Daviess County deputy, submit your request to the state portal. The 7-day response deadline applies there as well.

Body camera footage from Daviess County Sheriff's deputies is a law enforcement record under APRA. You can request it the same way you would request any other record. Provide the incident date, location, and a description of what happened. The office will respond within 7 days. If the footage is tied to an open investigation, it may be partially or fully withheld. Any denial must come in writing and must name the specific IC 5-14-3 exemption. Redacted versions of footage may be produced when only certain portions are protected.

If you believe a denial from the Daviess County Sheriff's Office was improper, contact the Indiana Public Access Counselor for a free advisory opinion. The PAC can review the denial and tell you whether it was legally justified. If you disagree with the PAC's opinion, you can pursue the matter in court. The process is designed to give the public a meaningful way to enforce their rights under IC 5-14-3 without always needing to litigate.

Criminal History Repository Under IC 10-13-2

Indiana Code IC 10-13-2 establishes the statewide criminal history repository managed by the Indiana State Police. Every Indiana law enforcement agency, including the Daviess County Sheriff's Office, must report arrests and final dispositions to this system. When you run an LCH search at the ISP portal, you are pulling from that repository. If an arrest happened in Daviess County and was properly reported, it will appear in the statewide results.

The repository does not capture every local record automatically. Records that were not properly reported to the state, or that are too old to have been digitized, may not appear. If you are looking for a specific arrest and it does not show up in the LCH results, contact the Daviess County Sheriff's Office directly to confirm whether they have the record locally. Local files may exist even when the statewide system has no entry.

Nearby Counties

Daviess County is in southwestern Indiana and shares borders with six other counties. Each has its own sheriff's office and records request process.