Jefferson County Recent Arrests is a private reference service, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, arrange a visit, or retrieve an official booking record. Direct those requests to the public office that holds the information.
Custody and Records Contacts
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
Address: 1200 W. Grimes Ave., Fairfield, IA 52556
Main / non-emergency: (641) 472-3576
Jail: (641) 472-3967
Fax: (641) 469-3353
Sheriff email: brichmond@jeffersoncoiowa.com
Jail administrator email: smiller@jeffersoncoiowa.com
The county does not publish separate records-desk hours. Confirm availability before an in-person records visit. General county courthouse hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., but the courthouse and Sheriff/Jail Law Center are different locations.
Choose a source by the type and stage of the record:
- For a Jefferson County booking record or photograph, begin with the county arrest-record hub, then direct a defined request to the sheriff or jail custodian.
- For current county custody, call the jail. A released person may no longer appear as held even when a maintained booking record still exists.
- For warrant or post-release supervision questions, consult the warrant material on the county hub and verify the answer with the responsible court, sheriff, or supervision office.
- For a fresh arrest window, review Arrests Last 24 Hours. Jefferson County publishes no official same-day online feed, so that resource explains the verified fallback route.
- For several days of local reporting, use the Police Blotter. News entries are selective and are not a county roster.
- For release or transfer notifications in a covered system, use the VINELink Custody Check. An alert is not a full booking record.
- For an error in a booking record or an inquiry about lawful photo removal, follow the source-correction and Iowa record-law paths on the county hub. This private service cannot change a government, court, or news record.
- For the local detention facility, use the Jefferson County Correctional Facility jail number and Law Center address in the contact card above.
- For a Fairfield Police incident or accident report, call the Fairfield Law Center at (641) 472-4146. The city police report and county jail intake record are separate records.
- For a sentenced state prisoner's record or available image, use the Iowa Department of Corrections offender search. It does not cover a new county booking.
- For a federal prisoner, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator. For a person in immigration custody, use the official ICE detainee locator.
- For filed charges, hearings, or the final case result, consult Iowa Courts Online or the Jefferson County Clerk of Court. A charge at booking is not a conviction.