This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, approve release, post bond, pull official booking records, or speak for the Ringgold County Sheriff's Office, the jail, the court, or any corrections agency. Use the official contacts below for those actions.
Where to Ask for Jail or Court Records
For current local custody, the official Ringgold County route is the Sheriff's Office/Jail. The county does not publish a public online roster, and its jail page directs people to call or visit for a specific arrestee's charges and bond.
Ringgold County Sheriff's Office/Jail801 West South Street
Mount Ayr, IA 50854
Phone: 641-464-3921
Email: rcso@ringgoldcounty.us
For case filings, official copies, court dates, and court-record access after a jail arrest, use the clerk's office or Iowa Courts Online.
Ringgold County Clerk of Court109 W Madison
Mount Ayr, IA 50854
Phone: 641-464-3234
For prosecution-related matters in a filed criminal case, the Ringgold County Attorney's Office can be reached at 641-464-3235. The County Attorney is the prosecutor and does not provide private legal advice.
- For someone who may be in the county jail, start with jail inmate records and then call the Sheriff's Office/Jail.
- For booking-photo access, read the jail roster mugshots page before making a Chapter 22 request.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and verify official copies with the clerk.
- For the local facility address, phone, and visiting rules, see the Ringgold County Jail page.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use Iowa Department of Corrections Offender Search rather than the Ringgold jail channel.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.