This is a private reference site, not a Story County office. We cannot confirm custody, confirm release, post bond, remove a hold, schedule visitation, or pull official booking, jail, court, DOC, BOP, or ICE records. Use the official contacts below for those tasks.
Where to Ask About a Story County Inmate or Record
Use the office that controls the record or custody system you need. The key Story County and custody-routing contacts from the official research are:
Story County Jail1315 South B Avenue
Nevada, IA 50201
Jail phone: (515) 382-7464 Story County Sheriff's Office
1315 South B Ave.
Nevada, IA 50201
Non-emergency: (515) 382-6566 Story County Public Records Liaison
Sandra King, Public Information Request
900 6th St.
Nevada, IA 50201
Phone: (515) 382-7243
Fax: (515) 382-7206
Email: sking@storycountyiowa.gov
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-4:30 PM Story County Clerk of District Court
Janet Baldus, Clerk of District Court
1315 S. B Ave.
Nevada, IA 50201
Phone: (515) 382-7410
For the correct starting point, match the question to the system:
- For a person currently held at the county jail, start with jail inmate records and verify urgent questions with the jail line.
- For booking photos, use the jail roster mugshots guide and Story County open-records process.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and Iowa Courts Online or the Clerk of District Court.
- For facility details, use the Story County Jail page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Iowa prisoner or community-supervision record, use the Iowa Department of Corrections offender search at doc-search.iowa.gov.
- For federal custody, use the BOP inmate locator at bop.gov/inmateloc; for immigration custody, use ICE ODLS at locator.ice.gov/odls.