This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, schedule a visit, or retrieve official booking records. Use the official agency routes below for those tasks.
Official Local Jail and Records Contacts
For a current Pottawattamie County jail question, start with the sheriff's roster or the jail phone line. For an official copy of a booking record, incident report, 911 call record, or mugshot request, use the Sheriff's Office Records Division.
Pottawattamie County Sheriff / Records / Jail
1400 Big Lake Road
Council Bluffs, IA 51501
Records: 712-890-2236
Records hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Jail Administration: 712-890-2250
Jail Booking: 712-890-2260
- For someone currently booked at the county jail, use jail inmate records and the official roster at pottcounty-ia.gov/sheriff/inmate_roster or holt.pottcountysheriff.gov/web/inmates.
- For a booking photo or official mugshot request, use jail roster mugshots and the Sheriff's Office Records Division.
- For charges filed after booking, use court records after a jail arrest and Iowa Courts Online.
- For facility-specific basics, use the footer links for Pottawattamie County Jail and the two Iowa DOC 4th District residential facilities.
- For a sentenced Iowa prisoner or supervision record, search the Iowa Department of Corrections offender search.
- For custody notifications, use Iowa VINELink or call IowaVINE at 1-888-742-8463.
- For federal sentenced custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.
- For immigration custody, search ICE ODLS and check the ICE Pottawattamie County Jail facility page.