This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot verify custody, release a person, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the public office responsible for the record or custody decision.
Madison County Records Contact
The Madison County Sheriff’s Office is the published contact for the Madison County Jail and county booking records. No separate booking-records telephone line, email address, or public office-hours schedule was found. Call before visiting, and use the sheriff’s current page to check for changed contact details.
Madison County Sheriff’s Office1012 N John Wayne Drive
PO Box 517
Winterset, IA 50273
Phone: (515) 462-3575
Fax: (515) 462-3684
Hours: Not published for a separate records unit
The official Sheriff’s Office page links the inmate roster and an accident or incident-copy request. A request for a booking record or photo should identify the person, approximate date, and record sought under Iowa Code chapter 22.
Use the source that matches the question:
- For a current county-jail entry, booking photo, or booking record, begin with the Madison County arrest and roster hub, then contact the Sheriff’s Office if the item is not online.
- For recent police activity across several days, check the official Winterset weekly activity archive; it is not a county jail booking feed.
- For custody notifications or a release or transfer alert, use IowaVINE and confirm urgent details with the jail.
- For a court case or final disposition, use Iowa Courts Online or call the Madison County Clerk of Court at (515) 462-4451.
- For a person serving an Iowa sentence, use the Iowa Department of Corrections offender search or its open-records portal.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Bureau of Prisons inmate locator or the ICE Online Detainee Locator.