This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, order a release, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the government office responsible for the record.
Choose the Right Records Office
For a Mitchell County booking or current county-jail question, contact the Mitchell County Sheriff's Office at 211 S. 6th St., Osage, Iowa 50461-1228, or call (641) 732-4740. Published office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. No separate records line is listed, so ask the main office for the records custodian or jail-records routing. Confirm before visiting or mailing because older sources give a different jail address.
The correct route depends on the question:
- For a county booking record or photograph, use the home-page records guide and submit a narrow Iowa chapter 22 request to the sheriff.
- For an Osage arrest report, begin with Osage Police; for a St. Ansgar report, begin with that city's police department.
- For Riceville, identify the arresting agency because the city contracts with the Howard County Sheriff.
- For someone just arrested, compare 24 Hour Arrests with the Arrest Log, then call the sheriff to confirm present custody.
- For release, transfer, or custody notifications, use VINELink Check.
- For case filings or disposition, search Iowa Courts Online or contact the Mitchell County Clerk of Court at 212 S. 5th St., Osage, Iowa 50461, (641) 732-3726.
- For a sentenced person in state custody or supervision, use the Iowa Department of Corrections offender search.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the federal Bureau of Prisons or ICE locator.
Mitchell County publishes no booking-record fee schedule or fixed response deadline. Ask for electronic delivery and a cost estimate before chargeable work begins.