Access Plymouth County Inmate Records

Plymouth County Jail Roster

The official custody source is the Plymouth County Sheriff's Office Inmate Roster page. It is not a live name-search database. It posts dated PDF rosters under the sheriff's "Inmate Roster" heading, so the practical search method is to open the newest dated PDF and use the browser or PDF find tool. The inspected sample roster was titled "PLYMOUTH CO. SHERIFF'S OFFICE Inmate Roster - Current Only," which is an important limit. The Plymouth County inmate record shown in that public file is a current custody row, not a full booking packet.

The sample roster PDF, printed June 12, 2026 at 7:44, showed only a few fields: Date Booked, In Cell, Inmate Name, ID Number, and Age. It did not show charges, bond, mugshots, court dates, arresting agency, release status, or clickable inmate profiles. That means a person missing from the latest Plymouth County jail roster may have been released, transferred, booked after the last PDF was printed, sentenced to Iowa DOC, held federally, detained by ICE, or held by another agency.

Use Plymouth County Inmate Records

The local roster search is simple, but it requires the right expectation. There is no visible Search, Submit, Advanced Search, filter, sort, reset, export, or pagination tool on the official roster page. The roster itself is the PDF. If the person was just arrested or may have posted bond, a phone confirmation is often more useful than waiting for the next dated file to appear.

1. Open the official Plymouth County Sheriff's Office inmate roster page.
2. Choose the newest date-labeled PDF link, since the inspected roster says "Current Only."
3. Use browser or PDF find for the last name, then read across the person's row.
4. Record the date booked, cell code, full name, jail ID number, and age exactly as shown.
5. Call Plymouth County Jail at 712-546-4419 or the sheriff's non-emergency line at 712-546-8191 if the roster is stale, unclear, or missing a recent arrest.
6. Use the sheriff's public-records channel for older booking records, incident reports, or details not printed in the current roster.

A current custody check can change fast. Sheriff Jeff TeBrink oversees the jail division and communications center, and the sheriff's office lists 24-hour non-emergency phone access. Routine records requests still follow business-hour public-records channels, but urgent custody questions should start with the jail or sheriff phone lines rather than an old PDF.

Plymouth County Roster Fields

The Plymouth County jail roster has no online form fields to fill out. Its "search fields" are the dated roster links and the columns inside the current-only PDF. This matters for users who expect a vendor portal with last-name search, booking number search, charge filters, or facility filters. Those controls were not found on the sheriff's official roster page.

The cell code should be read as a public housing code, not as a full classification record. The sheriff's jail page says Plymouth County Jail has male general population, male maximum, female general population, female maximum, special status, and work release pods, but the public roster does not decode each printed cell label.

Plymouth County Inmate Profile Fields

A Plymouth County inmate record in the public roster is not a full profile page. The current-only PDF gives enough information to identify a row and ask better follow-up questions, but it leaves out many items people often expect from jail sites. Charges and bond usually need Iowa court records, sheriff press releases, the jail phone line, or a records request.

For a charge or court-date question, use Iowa Courts Online after checking custody. The jail roster and the court record are separate. A person can appear in court records after release from Plymouth County Jail, and a person can be in Plymouth County Jail before a new court case is easy to find online.

Plymouth County Custody Lookup

Plymouth County inmate records split by custody system. The county roster covers people currently held at Plymouth County Jail for pretrial detention, local sentences, work release, and holds awaiting transfer. It does not cover sentenced Iowa prison custody after transfer. It also does not replace the federal BOP locator, U.S. Marshals custody channels, ICE ODLS, or IowaVINE notification.

The sheriff resources page documents IowaVINE as a custody-notification option and lists a toll-free phone line. No Plymouth County Sheriff mobile app was located in the research. The official sheriff website does offer email alerts for inmate rosters, press releases, sex offender updates, and other notices, which is the documented push-alert path for local updates.

Plymouth County Records Requests

When the roster does not show the needed Plymouth County inmate record, use the sheriff's public-records request process. The sheriff's page says reports and records may be requested by telephone, U.S. mail, email, or in person. Requests are reviewed by the sheriff and answered in a reasonable time. Reasonable charges may apply, including time spent researching the request.

Iowa Code section 22.2 gives access to public records unless another law restricts the record. For state prison records, Iowa DOC uses its own open-records process and public-data rules. For county jail records, the sheriff is the custodian for the local jail record, while the clerk and Iowa Courts Online handle the filed court case.

Plymouth County Jail Facility

Plymouth County has one detention facility in the project facility map: Plymouth County Jail. The jail is operated by the Plymouth County Sheriff's Office inside the Law Enforcement Center in Le Mars. The official jail division page says the facility has 70 beds and six pods, including male general population, male maximum, female general population, female maximum, special status, and work release. No separate county annex, regional jail, state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention facility was located inside Plymouth County, Iowa.

City police departments in Le Mars, Akron, Hinton, Kingsley, Merrill, and Remsen may make arrests, but official records route booked adults to Plymouth County Jail. Iowa state prison custody is searched through Iowa DOC after a prison sentence or supervision placement.

Plymouth County Booking Records

Local official pages do not publish a full booking manual, but the record path is clear. A deputy, city police officer, or state trooper may arrest a person on a new charge, warrant, OWI, protection-order violation, assault, or other public offense. Sheriff press releases and Le Mars Police activity reports repeatedly describe arrested people being transported to Plymouth County Jail and booked there. Booking creates or updates the local jail record and can later place the person on the dated roster PDF.

The jail has a booking room, control room, medical room, housing pods, and a classification structure. Iowa jail standards define a holding cell, housing unit, jail administrator, and evaluation in operational terms. Plymouth County's public roster then prints only the limited row fields. If charges, bond, warrants, or first court events are needed, look beyond the roster to sheriff press releases, Iowa Courts Online, the Plymouth County Clerk of District Court, or the sheriff's records process.

Booking

The jail intake event that creates or updates the local custody record.

Current-only roster

A list of people presently shown in custody, not a complete release archive.

Detainer

A hold or notice from another agency that can affect release or transfer.

County of commitment

The county tied to a sentenced Iowa DOC case.

Plymouth County Jail Visitation

The sheriff's jail division materials provide a concise public visitation schedule. The schedule does not publish visitor ID rules, a dress code, child-visitor rules, visit length, appointment process, holiday rules, or remote-video scheduling details. Call the jail before travel if those details matter, especially for a first visit or a visit after a housing change.

Mail and money rules are separate from visit rules. The inmate mail PDF says mail must come through mail service, not from individuals at the jail, and incoming mail is searched for contraband. Certified checks or money orders may be mailed, personal checks are not accepted, and cash may be dropped at the jail. For account deposits, the official flyer directs users to JailATM.

Plymouth County Inmate Contact

Inmate calls, video, voicemail, commissary, and deposits are handled through local jail rules and vendors, not Iowa DOC's state-prison money system. Plymouth County materials identify Reliance Telephone for voice calls, video calls, prepayment, voicemail, and commissary ordering prompts. The Reliance PDF states that communications are subject to monitoring and recording. Friends and family voicemail is listed at 712-308-7839, and Reliance prepayment is listed at 800-896-3201.

Iowa DOC money options such as Access Corrections, JPay, Western Union, or other state-prison channels apply after a person is in Iowa DOC custody. They should not be used as substitutes for Plymouth County Jail's JailATM and Reliance channels unless the inmate has actually moved to DOC custody.