This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, retrieve official booking records, or update court files. Use the official office below for the record or action you need.
Official Records Contacts
For a person held locally, start with the Van Buren County Sheriff, Jail, and Law Center. The sheriff route is the local path for current jail custody, booking-record questions, jail visiting confirmation, money rules, and Iowa Code Chapter 22 requests for nonconfidential jail records.
Van Buren County Sheriff, Jail, and Law Center
907 Broad St.
PO Box 474
Keosauqua, IA 52565
Phone: 319-293-3426
Toll-free: 800-906-3426
Fax: 319-293-7114
Email: sheriff@vanburencountyia.gov
Civil email: vbcivil@vanburencountyia.gov
Civil office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Use the text and tip line, 319-931-3973, for tips or information to the sheriff. Do not use it as a records-request line. Call 911 for emergencies. For custody-status notification, IowaVINE is available at 888-742-8463.
Van Buren County Clerk of District Court
Fourth & Dodge
Keosauqua, IA 52565
Phone: 319-528-5009
Fax: 319-512-7606
Email: countyclerk.vanburen@iowacourts.gov
The IDOC 8th District directory also lists the clerk at 902 Fourth St., PO Box 495, phone 319-293-3108, and fax 319-293-3811.
Van Buren County Attorney
903 4th Street
PO Box 496
Keosauqua, IA 52565
Phone: 319-293-3409 or 319-293-3755
Email: hcmiller@vanburencounty.iowa.gov
Hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Use these routing points by record type:
- For someone in the county jail, use the sheriff and the jail inmate records lookup path.
- For booking photos, use the sheriff records route and the jail roster mugshots page.
- For charges filed after arrest, use Iowa Courts Online and the court records after a jail arrest page.
- For facility details, use the Van Buren County Jail page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the Iowa Department of Corrections offender search.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.