This is a private reference service, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the responsible public office directly.
Custody and Record Contacts
The Monona County Sheriff is the county jail custodian. Its official page does not publish a separate records-unit number, booking-photo fee schedule, or records-office hours. Use either published number and ask for the lawful custodian of the record. Do not treat courthouse hours as Sheriff records hours.
Monona County Sheriff’s Office
Public Safety Building
909 7th Street
Onawa, IA 51040
Office/civil: 712-433-1414
Sheriff/jail: 712-423-2525
Fax: 712-433-1398
Official Sheriff page
Monona County Clerk of Court
610 Iowa Avenue
Onawa, IA 51040
Phone: 712-433-2491
Fax: 712-423-2744
Email: CountyClerk.Monona@iowacourts.gov
Official court page
Choose the office by the question being asked:
- For a booking record or possible photograph, follow the request steps on the county arrest-record page and contact the Sheriff.
- For a new custody event, use Arrested Today; for a wider period, use Arrest Reports.
- For custody alerts, try VINE Arrest Check. Monona County participation was not confirmed, so verify with the jail.
- For the filed case, bond order, or disposition, contact the Clerk and search Iowa Courts Online.
- For a person in state prison or supervision, use the Iowa DOC Offender Search.
- For federal custody, use the Bureau of Prisons locator; immigration detention uses the ICE locator.
- For a city-held incident record, contact the arresting city agency and ask which custodian holds it.