This is a private reference site, not a jail, court, sheriff's office, or government help desk. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule a visit, or retrieve an official booking record. Use the official office that controls the record or custody decision.
Where to Start
For local custody or booking-record questions, Cherokee County publishes the jail and sheriff contacts below. The county did not publish an official online jail roster or a dedicated booking-record request form in the sources reviewed for this project. Booking records and booking photographs may be requested from the lawful custodian under Iowa Code chapter 22, subject to exemptions and review.
Cherokee County Sheriff's Office and Jail
111 North 5th Street
Cherokee, IA 51012
Jail: 712-225-6738
Sheriff: 712-225-6737
Communications Center: 712-225-6728
Operator: Cherokee County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff: Derek Scott
Cherokee County Clerk of District Court
Drawer F
520 West Main
Cherokee, IA 51012
Phone: 712-225-6744
Fax: 712-225-6749
Email: CountyClerk.Cherokee@iowacourts.gov
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-4:30 PM. The office may close during lunch.
Cherokee County Attorney
Ryan R. Kolpin
520 West Main Street, Drawer C
Cherokee, IA 51012
Phone: 712-225-2835
Hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday. The County Attorney prosecutes Iowa criminal-law and county-ordinance matters but does not provide private legal advice.
Use the topic list below to choose the likely source:
- For someone who may be in the county jail, begin with jail inmate records and the Cherokee County Jail phone line.
- For a booking photo or mugshot request, review jail roster mugshots; Cherokee County does not publish an official mugshot gallery in the reviewed materials.
- For filed charges, hearing dates, or case events after arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Clerk of District Court.
- For facility location details, use the detention facility page linked in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use Iowa Department of Corrections' Iowa Offender Search.
- For federal custody or immigration detention, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.