Presumption of Innocence: An arrest does not imply guilt. All individuals featured on this site are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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Search Tips
How to Search Booking & Arrest Records
Filter by Location
Type a full name into the search box, then narrow results to a single state and county. The same name can appear in dozens of jurisdictions, so location filters are essential for finding the right person.
Use Date Ranges
A date range lets you focus on a particular booking window, helpful when you know roughly when an arrest happened. Too many results? Add a county or tighten the date. Too few? Widen it or try an alternate spelling.
Sort & Bookmark
Sort by newest, most-viewed, or top-rated. Filters stay in the URL so you can bookmark or share any search and return to the same results later.
Rate & Vote
How the Rating System Works
Every booking photo on this site can be rated on a scale of 1 to 10. Your rating is factored into the running average immediately, no account required. The average across all user ratings becomes that record's score, and it determines where the record appears when you sort by top-rated.
Records with the highest sustained ratings surface in the Popular This Week leaderboard. Your votes shape who appears on it.
Community Tags
Discover by Vibe, Not Just by Name
Tags are community labels that describe the vibe of a booking photo. Instead of searching by name or location, you can browse records by the reaction they provoke. Each tag has its own browsable feed, and you can filter the full search by tag too.
Understanding Records
How to Read a Booking Record
Each entry shows the name recorded at intake, the booking date (when the person was processed, not the date of any alleged event), and the county and state that made the arrest.
The listed charge is the most misunderstood field. It's what the arresting agency recorded at booking, an allegation, not a finding of guilt. Prosecutors may decline to file, reduce a charge, or drop it entirely. Treat every field as a starting point for verification, not a conclusion.
Important Context
Why Records Vary & May Be Outdated
There is no single national booking database. Every county and state decides for itself what to publish, how much detail to include, and how often to update. Coverage and depth differ from one place to the next.
Records also age. A booking entry captures a single moment, but the situation keeps moving. A person may post bond within hours, charges may be amended weeks later, and a case may be dismissed months after that. For current status, check the county jail roster or browse by state & county to find the right jurisdiction.
Explore by Location
The Browse directory organizes records the way they're maintained, by state and county. Start with a map, open a state, drill to a county. Each county page gathers every published booking for that area.
Browse the Directory →Play Mugshot Match
Can you match the charge to the right mugshot? You get 5 mugshots and 5 charges. Drag and drop to assign each one. The lesson: you can't tell what someone was charged with by looking at a photograph.
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If a record is inaccurate, outdated, sealed, expunged, or dismissed, our team will review it, free, no lawyer required. Every request is reviewed individually.
Presumption of Innocence
Every person shown on this site is presumed innocent until proven guilty. A booking record documents an allegation, not a conviction. This site is not a Consumer Reporting Agency and must not be used for employment, housing, credit, or insurance decisions. How we handle records →
Frequently Asked Questions
Every mugshot can be rated on a scale of 1 to 10. The average of all user ratings becomes that record's score, and records with the highest averages appear first when you sort by "Top Rated." You can rate any record once, no account required, and your rating is factored into the average immediately.
Tags are community labels that describe the vibe of a booking photo. Hot means the photo is striking or attractive; Funny means something about it is humorous; Wild means the situation or expression is outrageous; Spooky means it's unsettling or eerie. Tags help you discover records by mood rather than by name or location, and each tag has its own browsable feed.
No. Each profile is a public booking record, which documents only that an arrest took place. An arrest is an allegation, and everyone is presumed innocent until a court decides otherwise. A large share of these cases end without any conviction at all.
Yes. If a record is inaccurate, outdated, sealed, expunged, dismissed, or a case of mistaken identity, the person shown, or a family member, can request a free review or removal through our Contact page. No lawyer required, and each request is reviewed individually.
Not every jurisdiction publishes booking records online, and those that do publish on different schedules. A record may not have been entered yet, may have been removed, or the name may be spelled differently than you searched. Try widening the date range, removing the county filter, or trying an alternate spelling.
No. America's Top Mugshot is not a Consumer Reporting Agency and does not provide consumer reports under the FCRA. The information here must not be used to make decisions about employment, housing, credit, or insurance.
