Contacts

This is a private reference site, not a Jones County government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, authorize release, post bond, schedule jail services, or retrieve an official booking record. Use the appropriate public office or locator below for official action.


Where to Look for a Person or Record

For local custody questions, start with the Jones County Sheriff's Office or the jail. The county research found no official online Jones County Jail roster, so phone, in-person inquiry, court lookup, VINELink, and Iowa Code chapter 22 requests matter here.

Jones County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Greg A. Graver
500 W. Main St.
Anamosa, IA 52205
Main office: 319-462-4371
Jail: 319-462-2720
Fax: 319-462-4766
Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Jones County Clerk of Court
Phone: 319-462-4341
Email: Jones.County.Clerk@iowacourts.gov
Jones County Attorney
Kristofer Lyons
Phone: 319-462-3961

Choose the record route based on where the person or case sits now.

  • For someone believed to be in Jones County Jail, use jail inmate records guidance and call the jail at 319-462-2720.
  • For booking-photo access, use the jail roster mugshots page and be prepared to request records from the sheriff if no image is posted.
  • For charges, case numbers, court dates, and dispositions after arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, Iowa Courts Online, or the Jones County Clerk of Court.
  • For facility details, use the Jones County Jail and Anamosa State Penitentiary pages listed in the footer.
  • For a sentenced Iowa prisoner, search the Iowa Department of Corrections Offender Search rather than the county jail.
  • For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.