This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, pull an official booking file, correct a court docket, or answer for the sheriff, jail, court, DOC, BOP, or ICE. Use the official contacts below for those tasks.
Official Custody Contacts
For a person who may be in the Montgomery County Jail, start with the sheriff-operated Law Enforcement Center. County research found no official online jail roster, so phone and records-request channels matter.
Montgomery County Sheriff's Office
Law Enforcement Center
106 W Coolbaugh St
Red Oak, IA 51566
712-623-5107
Office hours: Monday-Friday, 7:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Crime Stoppers: 888-434-2712
County Government
105 E Coolbaugh St
P.O. Box 469
Red Oak, IA 51566
712-623-6625
Auditor fallback for unclear public-records custodians: 712-623-5127
- Current jail custody or booking records: start with jail inmate records and the Sheriff's Office.
- Booking photos: use the process on jail roster mugshots and ask the sheriff what can be released.
- Filed charges after arrest: use court records after a jail arrest and Iowa Courts Online.
- Sentenced state prisoners: use Iowa DOC Offender Search.
- Federal custody: use the BOP Inmate Locator or U.S. Marshals Southern District of Iowa contacts.
- Immigration detention: use ICE ODLS.