Poweshiek County Jail Roster Status
No official current-inmate roster, recent-bookings page, booking-search portal, public mugshot gallery, or jail-profile lookup was located on the Poweshiek County Sheriff's Office website. That finding matters because search results may show unofficial roster pages, but the county research did not find a county link or sheriff endorsement for those sites. The Central Iowa Police to Citizen portal also has an inmate route, but its agency settings identify Story County, Ames, Huxley, Story City, Iowa State University Police, and City of Ames Police Department, not Poweshiek County.
For current jail custody, use the Poweshiek County Sheriff's Office first. Sheriff Matt Maschmann leads the office, and Joe Meyer is listed by the county as Deputy, Jail Administrator, and Communication Center Supervisor. The primary local facility is the Poweshiek County Jail / Poweshiek County Public Safety Building. It is the place to start for a person believed to be in pretrial custody, held for an initial appearance, serving a county jail sentence, or waiting on transfer.
The official sheriff contact page is the best local starting point for a no-roster county. See the county source at Poweshiek County Sheriff's Office contact information.
Use that page for the official office number, address, and hours before calling or visiting about a Poweshiek County inmate record.
How to Look Up a Current Inmate
Because Poweshiek County does not provide an official online jail roster, inmate lookup works as a decision tree. Start with the sheriff if the arrest is current or very recent. Move to Iowa Courts Online only after a criminal case has been filed or entered. Use IowaVINE for custody notification, Iowa DOC for sentenced state custody, and federal locators only when the person has moved into federal or immigration custody.
- Call the Poweshiek County Sheriff's Office main number, 641-623-5679, and ask whether the person is currently in the Poweshiek County Jail.
- If phone routing does not resolve the request, visit the Public Safety Building at 4802 Barnes City Rd., Montezuma, IA 50171 during the published Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. office hours.
- Ask whether a public booking record, jail calendar entry, bond status, release status, or transfer destination is available by phone, at the counter, or through an Iowa Chapter 22 request.
- Search Iowa Courts Online for filed Poweshiek County criminal cases after the court has entered the case.
- Register through Iowa VINELink or use IowaVINE for custody status and release notification, not as a full roster replacement.
- Use Iowa DOC Offender Search only for sentenced state prisoners or supervision records.
- Use the Federal BOP locator, ICE Online Detainee Locator, or U.S. Marshals routing only if the person is in a federal or immigration custody path.
Poweshiek County Roster Search Fields
The county roster field table is short for a specific reason: the official Poweshiek County online jail roster was not located. The missing field list should not be filled from another Iowa county or from a private roster site. The available public path is the sheriff phone or counter, followed by Chapter 22 if staff require a formal request.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not available | Not available | Not available | No official Poweshiek County online jail roster was located. |
Roster limit: IowaVINE, Iowa Courts Online, and DOC search can help, but none of them is an official Poweshiek County live jail roster.
What an Inmate Record May Show
Iowa law gives a better baseline than the county website for local jail records. Iowa Code section 356.6 requires the sheriff to keep an accurate calendar for each prisoner committed to the county jail. That calendar requirement includes identity, commitment and discharge timing, cause and authority for commitment, term of confinement, description, discharge authority, and escape details if any. It does not require Poweshiek County to post those details online.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Booking number | Not located in an official Poweshiek online roster; ask whether a booking or arrest report number can be requested. |
| Booking date/time | May be part of the jail record or prisoner calendar, but no public online display was located. |
| Name | Ask the sheriff which name spelling appears in the jail record. |
| Mugshot | No official Poweshiek public booking-photo field was located online. |
| Charges | Use the sheriff for booking context and Iowa Courts Online for filed court charges. |
| Bond or release conditions | Confirm with the jail or court because holds, warrants, or court orders may affect release. |
| Housing location | No public Poweshiek housing-unit display was located online. |
| Release or transfer | Use the sheriff, IowaVINE, or the receiving agency if custody moved away from the county jail. |
When a case has reached court, a separate court record can provide case numbers, charge entries, hearings, and disposition information. That is different from a jail booking profile. The court page for Poweshiek County court records after jail arrest explains how court filings relate to custody records.
County Jail, DOC, BOP, and ICE
The search source depends on the custody system. The Poweshiek County Jail is a sheriff-run local jail for local arrests, pretrial detention, initial appearances, county sentences, and lawful holds. The Iowa Department of Corrections is a separate state system for sentenced offenders and supervision. No Iowa DOC prison, federal BOP prison, ICE facility, or U.S. Marshals detention facility was located inside Poweshiek County.
| Custody question | Where to look | Important limit |
|---|---|---|
| Current Poweshiek jail custody | Sheriff phone, public counter, or Chapter 22 request | No official public online roster was located. |
| Custody notifications | IowaVINE / VINELink at vinelink.vineapps.com | Notification system, not a full booking sheet. |
| Filed charges and hearings | Iowa Courts Online | Court records can lag a very recent booking. |
| Sentenced state prison or supervision | Iowa DOC Offender Search | Not the main source for ordinary pretrial jail custody. |
| Federal sentenced custody | Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator | Federal system only, from 1982 to present. |
| Immigration detention | ICE Online Detainee Locator System | Immigration custody only, with different search requirements. |
The Iowa DOC search form includes Poweshiek as a County of Commitment option, which can help when a sentence came from Poweshiek County. It should not be used as proof that someone is or is not in the Poweshiek County Jail on a new arrest.
Poweshiek County Jail Facility
The facility map for Poweshiek County lists one local detention facility. No separate county annex, work-release center, city jail, regional jail, state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention center was found inside the county from official sources. Facility-specific questions should be routed to the sheriff unless a staff member identifies another receiving agency.
Poweshiek County Jail / Poweshiek County Public Safety Building
4802 Barnes City Rd.
Montezuma, IA 50171
641-623-5679
Office hours listed by the county: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Booking and Initial Appearance
No Poweshiek jail intake handbook was located, so the best local source is the county attorney's criminal-process explanation. After a reported crime, the agency with jurisdiction investigates. If an officer has enough evidence, charges may be filed by complaint with the clerk of court, a summons may be issued in less serious cases, or the person may be arrested and taken into custody.
After arrest, the person may be held for an initial appearance. The county attorney page says the defendant is advised of charges and possible legal consequences, may apply for court-appointed counsel, may receive no-contact orders in certain cases, and has bail conditions addressed. The local court schedule notes Wednesday Magistrate Court and initial appearances, but court schedules should be confirmed with the clerk because custody and transport timing can change.
If the person was booked recently, call the sheriff before relying on Iowa Courts Online or Iowa DOC. A booking can exist before a court entry appears, and a court case can remain open after a person is released from jail.
Visitation, Mail, and Money
Poweshiek County did not publish a jail visitation schedule, inmate mail format, commissary procedure, public deposit vendor, visitor application, dress code, or full phone-rate table in the official pages reviewed. The correct local instruction is to call the Sheriff's Office before visiting, mailing anything, sending money, or trying to schedule a video call. Do not borrow another county's jail rules.
| Topic | Poweshiek County detail located | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visits | No official schedule located | Call 641-623-5679 before traveling. |
| Video visits | No official vendor located | Ask jail staff whether remote visits are offered. |
| Mail format | No inmate-mail format located | Confirm address and allowed items before mailing. |
| Phone / voicemail | Reliance Telephone lists a Poweshiek County Jail voicemail number, 641-316-0584 | Use it as a vendor communication detail, not a custody confirmation line. |
| Commissary deposits | No public deposit portal located | Ask whether money orders or a vendor are accepted. |
| Room and board / work release | County resolution lists sentenced inmate and work-release fees | Do not treat those fees as public deposit instructions. |
Note: Confirm custody and eligibility with jail staff before scheduling a visit, sending mail, or paying any jail-related cost.
Chapter 22 Records Requests
When a Poweshiek County inmate record is not available by phone or counter service, Iowa Chapter 22 is the public-records fallback. Chapter 22 allows public-records requests to be made in writing, by phone, or electronically, and Iowa Code section 22.3 allows reasonable fees tied to actual costs. A request should identify the record sought, the person's full name, date of birth or approximate age if known, arrest date, case number if known, and preferred delivery method.
The Iowa Public Information Board explains public-records rights and fees on its public records guide.
Ask the custodian to cite the legal basis for any denial or redaction. Juvenile records, confidential matters, medical details, criminal identification files, investigative records, and security-sensitive details may be handled differently from basic arrest or prisoner-calendar information.
When the Jail Is No Longer the Source
A person arrested in Poweshiek County can leave the local jail record path. A state prison sentence moves the public lookup to Iowa DOC. A federal warrant, federal indictment, supervised-release matter, or U.S. Marshals hold may shift the search toward federal court, the U.S. Marshals Southern District of Iowa, or the BOP locator. Immigration detention belongs in ICE ODLS. If the sheriff says the person was transferred, ask which agency took custody before searching a different database.
The BOP search screen is available through the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.
BOP records can show a federal register number, age, race, sex, release date, and facility or release status. A BOP release date can change, and a Released or Not in BOP Custody result does not explain county charges, state supervision, or immigration status.