This is a private reference site, not a sheriff's office, jail lobby, court clerk, or records unit. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule a visit, or pull an official booking record. Use the official office or lookup channel that matches the record you need.
Official Jail Contacts
The Buchanan County Sheriff's Office and Correctional Facility share the courthouse complex address in Independence. The sheriff's administrative and civil office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, excluding holidays. The Correctional Center, Communications Center, and Patrol Division operate 24 hours a day.
Buchanan County Sheriff's Office Correctional Facility
210 5th Ave NE
Independence, IA 50644
Main Sheriff's Office: (319) 334-2568
Correctional Center jail information: (319) 334-2017
Jail visitation prompt: (319) 334-2568, option #3
Fax: (319) 334-6542
Records Clerk route: Buchanan County Sheriff's Office administration, Michelle Thoma, Records Clerk.
Use this routing list to choose the right starting point before calling, visiting, or submitting a records request.
- For someone held in the county jail, start with jail inmate records and then use the Correctional Center phone line if the online page has not updated.
- For a booking photo or mugshot question, review jail roster mugshots and ask the sheriff records route whether the photo can be released under Iowa Code chapter 22.
- For filed charges, case events, or court documents after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and Iowa Courts Online.
- For facility address, phone, and visitation details, use the Buchanan County Sheriff's Office Correctional Facility page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Iowa prisoner or supervised offender, search the Iowa Department of Corrections offender locator by name, offender number, location, or County of Commitment.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator, the U.S. Marshals Service Northern District of Iowa for federal pretrial custody questions, or ICE ODLS for immigration detention.