This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release anyone, post bond, schedule visitation, or pull official booking records. Use the official Mahaska County and Iowa contacts below for those tasks.
Where to Call or Request Records
Mahaska County Sheriff's Office and Mahaska County Jail
Sheriff Russell Van Renterghem
Mahaska County Law Center
214 High Avenue East, Lower Level
Oskaloosa, IA 52577
Sheriff main, records, and civil division: 641-673-4322
Alternate sheriff phone: 641-673-8403
Jail phone: 641-673-2591
Dispatch: 641-673-0347
Fax: 641-672-1191
Email: sheriff@mahaskacountyia.gov
Public counter hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday
Mahaska County Clerk of District Court
106 South 1st Street
Oskaloosa, IA 52577
Phone: 641-673-7786
Email: countyclerk.mahaska@iowacourts.gov
Mahaska County Attorney
Andrew Ritland, County Attorney
106 South 1st Street, 3rd Floor NE Corner
Oskaloosa, IA 52577
Phone: 641-673-9819
Different record questions go to different offices and databases. Start with the route that matches the type of information you need.
- For someone who may be in Mahaska County Jail now, use the jail inmate records guide and call the jail phone line for current custody questions.
- For booking photo availability or request limits, see jail roster mugshots before contacting the sheriff's office.
- For charges, case filings, and court dates after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Clerk of District Court.
- For facility-specific details, use the detention facility page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Iowa prisoner, search Iowa DOC Offender Search rather than the county jail phone line.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.