This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the responsible public office directly for those services.
Official Records and Custody Contacts
Start with the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office for the county roster, sheriff arrest records, dispatch, or help identifying the record custodian.
Hancock County Sheriff’s Office875 State Street
Garner, Iowa 50438
Phone: 641-923-2621
Fax: 641-923-2460
Administrative hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Patrol, communications, and jail functions operate continuously.
Hancock County reports that its inmates have been housed at Winnebago County Jail since 2018. For current physical custody or a facility-held jail record, use the facility contact below.
Winnebago County JailLaw Enforcement Center
935 Highway 69 North
Forest City, Iowa 50436
Jail phone: 641-585-3632
Jail fax: 641-585-8811
Choose the source that matches the question:
- For a booking record, possible photograph, roster entry, or arrest report, follow the request path on the Hancock County recent arrests home page.
- For a booking from the same-day window, review the Daily Arrest Report and then confirm with the sheriff if timing is critical.
- For older or multi-day arrest context, use the Weekly Arrest Log, court index, or a focused records request.
- For custody alerts involving a release or transfer, use the VINELink Inmate Check.
- For a sentenced or supervised state offender, use the Iowa Department of Corrections Offender Search.
- For federal custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator; for immigration detention, use the ICE detainee locator.
- For a court filing or later disposition, contact the Hancock County Clerk of Court or search Iowa Courts Online.