This website is a private reference guide, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule jail services, or pull official booking, court, or criminal-history records. For those actions, contact the official office that controls the record or custody decision.
Where to Check First
For local jail questions, start with the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office and Dickinson County Jail.
Dickinson County Sheriff's Office
Dickinson County Courthouse
1802 Hill Ave, PO Box 214
Spirit Lake, IA 51360
Sheriff: Greg Baloun
Office phone: 712-336-2793
Non-emergency: 712-336-2525
Inmate voice mail: 515-316-9942
Crimestoppers: 712-336-2345
Email: info@dickinsoncountysheriff.com
Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Official site: dickinsoncountysheriff.com
Use the list below to route common Dickinson County inmate and record questions to the right source.
- For someone currently held in the county jail, use the jail inmate records page and the sheriff's free PDF roster at dickinsoncountysheriff.com/jdownloads/Jail/roster.pdf.
- For booking-photo questions, start with jail roster mugshots. The Dickinson County roster PDF does not show mugshots.
- For charges and court filings after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and contact the Iowa District Court for Dickinson County at 1802 Hill Avenue #2506, Spirit Lake, IA 51360, phone 712-336-1138, fax 712-336-4005, or CountyClerk.Dickinson@iowacourts.gov.
- For a facility-specific question, see the Dickinson County Jail page or call the sheriff's office before visiting, mailing property, or sending money.
- For a sentenced Iowa prisoner, use the Iowa Department of Corrections offender search at doc-search.iowa.gov/Offender/Search.
- For federal or immigration custody, search the BOP locator at bop.gov/inmate_locator or the ICE locator at locator.ice.gov.