This is a private reference site, not an O'Brien County government office. It cannot verify custody, release an inmate, post bond, obtain an official booking record, change a court date, or answer case-specific legal questions. Use the official office contacts below for those tasks.
Where to Start for Jail or Court Records
For jail custody questions in O'Brien County, Sheriff Bruce Devereaux's office and the jail are the local starting point. Public-record requests in O'Brien County are governed by Iowa Code chapter 22, and the right office depends on whether you need jail custody information, a court case, or prosecution records.
O'Brien County Sheriff's Office and Jail
240 1st Street NE, PO Box 260
Primghar, IA 51245-0260
Jail: 712-957-5245
Sheriff general: 712-757-3415 or 712-957-3415
Fax: 712-757-5445
Email: sheriff@obriencounty.iowa.gov
O'Brien County Clerk of Court
155 South Hayes Avenue
Primghar, IA 51245
Main: 712-957-3255
Traffic and Small Claims: 712-957-5860
Email: CountyClerk.OBrien@iowacourts.gov
Hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
O'Brien County Attorney
Katie F. Morgan, County Attorney
P.O. Box 285
Sheldon, IA 51201
712-957-3375
Hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday
Use these record paths according to the question you are trying to answer:
- For someone who may be held at the county jail, start with jail inmate records and the O'Brien County Jail line.
- For booking-photo and mugshot-record questions, review jail roster mugshots before making a records request.
- For charges filed after a jail arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Clerk of Court contact.
- For a specific local detention facility, use the O'Brien County Jail page linked in the footer.
- For a sentenced Iowa prisoner, search the Iowa Department of Corrections offender locator rather than the county jail.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons or ICE detainee locator because those systems are separate from O'Brien County records.
No sheriff or police mobile app was found in the O'Brien County research materials for this site.