This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, approve a release, post bond, pull official booking records, or change jail or court files. Use the official contacts below for those tasks.
Where to Start for Jail or Record Questions
For local custody at the Washington County Jail, use the jail phone first. For arrest, incident, accident, call-for-service, or booking-record questions, the Sheriff's Office Records Division is the local records contact. Sheriff Jared M. Schneider is the elected sheriff listed for the Washington County Sheriff's Office.
Washington County Jail2185 Lexington Boulevard
Washington, IA 52353
Phone: 319-653-5902 Washington County Sheriff's Office Records Division
2181 Lexington Boulevard, PO Box 6
Washington, IA 52353
Phone: 319-653-2107
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Choose the path that matches the record or custody question you are trying to answer.
- For a person who may be held in the county jail, start with jail inmate records and the Washington County Jail phone line.
- For booking-photo questions, use jail roster mugshots and then follow up with Sheriff's Records if a public record request is needed.
- For criminal charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and Iowa Courts Online for Washington County cases.
- For a facility-specific question, use the Washington County Jail page or the facility link in the footer.
- For a sentenced Iowa prisoner, search the Iowa Department of Corrections offender search, which is separate from county jail custody.
- For custody notifications, use Iowa VINELink; the Washington County Attorney page also lists IowaVINE as a victim-notification path.
- For prosecutor and victim-witness resources after charges are filed, review the Washington County Attorney page.
- For federal prison custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator. For immigration detention, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.