This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, pull booking records, change court dates, or obtain official documents for you. Use the official offices below for those requests.
Official Monroe County Contacts
For a person who may be held locally, start with the Monroe County Sheriff's Office and jail. The county did not publish a separate jail records line in the research reviewed, so the sheriff's main number is the local contact point.
Monroe County Sheriff's Office / Monroe County Jail
114 19th Ave West
Albia, IA 52531
Phone: 641-932-7815
Fax: 641-932-7381
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-4:00 PM
Sheriff: Joe Worth
Monroe County District Court / Clerk of Court
10 Benton Avenue East
Albia, IA 52531
Phone: 641-932-5212
Fax: 641-932-3245
Email: countyclerk.monroe@iowacourts.gov
Monroe County Attorney
Laura B. Davis
201 South Main St, PO Box 362
Albia, IA 52531
Phone: 641-932-5155
Fax: 641-932-2269
Hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-Noon and 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Choose the source by the kind of record or question:
- For someone who may be in the county jail, use the sheriff and jail contact details above and the jail inmate records page.
- For booking photos, start with the sheriff's office and review the jail roster mugshots page before making an Iowa Chapter 22 request.
- For criminal charges, hearings, fines, and filed case information, use Iowa Courts Online or the clerk contact above, along with court records after a jail arrest.
- For a specific local detention facility, use the facility page linked in the footer.
- For a sentenced Iowa prisoner, use the Iowa DOC offender search rather than the county jail.
- For federal sentenced custody or immigration detention, use the BOP inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator instead of Monroe County offices.