This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody or release, post bond, release anyone, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the responsible government office directly for those services.
Choose the Right Record Office
Kossuth County uses separate sources for current jail status, booking records, court cases, and later corrections custody. Start with the office that created the record.
Kossuth County Sheriff’s Office
121 West State Street
Algona, Iowa 50511
Office: 515-295-3514
Jail and bond: 515-295-9277
Fax: 515-295-9304
Email: sheriffsoffice@kossuthcounty.iowa.gov
Call before visiting. County pages show weekday hours ending at either 3 p.m. or 4 p.m.; dispatch answers through the lobby intercom after hours and on weekends.
121 West State Street
Algona, Iowa 50511
Office: 515-295-3514
Jail and bond: 515-295-9277
Fax: 515-295-9304
Email: sheriffsoffice@kossuthcounty.iowa.gov
Call before visiting. County pages show weekday hours ending at either 3 p.m. or 4 p.m.; dispatch answers through the lobby intercom after hours and on weekends.
The Sheriff’s Office does not publish a separately labeled records-unit number. Use the main office number or email for a booking-sheet or photograph request, and describe the person and likely booking date. The jail line is for current custody and bond questions, not a general historical records search.
- For a Kossuth booking sheet or intake photo, follow the focused request steps on the home page, then send the request to the Sheriff’s Office.
- For someone who may have just been booked, call the jail and treat the answer as point-in-time custody status. No verified public county roster or arrest feed is available.
- For a release date or custody alert, use the jail for immediate status and IowaVINE for notifications where a participating record is available.
- For a filed charge, hearing, dismissal, plea, or judgment, search Iowa Courts Online or contact the Kossuth County Clerk of District Court.
- For a possible county warrant, contact a lawyer, the court, or the Sheriff. The Wanted Fugitives page explains why no public Kossuth warrant portal was verified.
- For a person in Iowa state prison or under state supervision, use the Iowa Department of Corrections Offender Search. It is not a county arrest roster.
- For federal custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator. For immigration detention, use the ICE detainee locator. Neither provides a Kossuth booking history.