Fayette County Jail Roster Records
The official county source is the Fayette County Jail Inmate List, a free public page maintained through the Fayette County Sheriff's Office. It covers inmates currently in custody at the Fayette County Jail, also called the Fayette County Correctional Center. The roster is not a formal conviction record. The page itself warns that records of arrest are not proof or indicators of guilt and should not be relied on for legal action.
The roster is list-based, not a closed database that requires a booking number. Users can scroll the full visible list or filter by name, charge, and booking-date range. During research on June 13, 2026, the public HTML showed 61 custody rows. The row count can include Fayette County inmates, area-county inmates, and local federal holds because the sheriff's jail page says the facility houses U.S. Marshals prisoners when needed. For more context on the local jail count, see the Fayette County inmate population overview.
How to Use the Fayette County Roster
A practical Fayette County inmate records search starts with the sheriff roster and then moves outward only when the roster does not answer the custody question. Use the official current list first for a recent arrest, bond clue, or custody check. Use the jail phone line when a release decision, visit, bond payment, or spelling issue needs confirmation.
- Open the official inmate list and read the custody disclaimer before relying on any row.
- Search by name if the spelling is known. Names display last name first, often with a comma.
- Use Charge(s) to filter labels such as HOLD FOR OTHER AGENCY, HOLD FEDERAL CHRG, MITTIMUS, or VIOLATION OF PROBATION.
- Use Date Booked From and Date Booked To for a recent booking date. The public list displays date and time booked.
- Select Submit to filter or Reset to clear the search.
- Click or tap the person's name to open detail data when the row supports it.
- If the person is not listed, check court records, Iowa DOC, VINELink, BOP, ICE, or call the jail depending on the facts.
Fayette County Inmate Search Fields
The public form uses a small set of filters. It does not ask for booking number, arresting agency, housing unit, or next court date. That matters because a person searching with a booking number will not find a matching field on the Fayette County roster.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Text input | No | Searches public names on the current-custody list. |
| Charge(s) | Text input | No | Filters by charge or hold wording. |
| Date Booked From | Text/date input | No | Start date for booking-date filtering. |
| Date Booked To | Text/date input | No | End date for booking-date filtering. |
| Submit | Button | Not applicable | Applies active filters. |
| Reset | Button | Not applicable | Clears the list filters. |
The roster screenshot from the official sheriff inmate list shows the same name, charge, and booking-date filters captured in the research inventory.
The filter set is useful for current custody, but it does not replace the jail phone line or court docket when release, bond, or filed charges must be confirmed.
Reading Fayette County Inmate Records
A Fayette County inmate record on the public roster is a custody snapshot. Public row fields include inmate name, date booked, time booked, charge or charges, and bond amount. Detail data can include charge arrays with case number, bond amount, bond type, date bond paid, date and time booked, race, age, gender, city, state, ZIP, and an image path if a booking photo is published. Some rows have a blank image field.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Inmate Name | The person currently listed in Fayette County Jail custody. |
| Date Booked | The booking date entered in MM/DD/YYYY format. |
| Time Booked | The booking time shown on the public row. |
| Charge(s) | An arrest, hold, warrant, mittimus, probation, parole, or federal-charge label. |
| Bond Amount | A public amount, zero value, or no-bond type entry that should be verified. |
| Race, Age, Gender | Demographic fields stored for public detail display. |
| City/State/ZIP | Residence or location fields useful for similar-name checks. |
| Image | Booking image path when present; blank when no public photo is shown. |
Charge labels on the roster are often short. A label such as POSS CNTL SUBST-1,2,3RD or HOLD FEDERAL CHRG should be checked against court or federal records before drawing conclusions.
When a Fayette County Name Is Missing
A missing name does not always mean the person was never arrested. The person may have been released, transferred to another county, moved to Iowa DOC after sentencing, held under a different spelling, booked into federal custody, held by ICE, or not yet added to the public list. The sheriff page does not publish a refresh interval or last-updated timestamp, so do not assume an exact update cycle.
Use the fallback chain in order. Call the jail at 563-422-3234 for custody and visit questions. Use the general sheriff dispatch number, 563-422-6067, when the correct unit is unclear. For historical booking records, make an Iowa Chapter 22 request to the lawful custodian and use the sheriff's fee schedule. For court charges, search Iowa Courts Online or call the Fayette County Clerk of Court.
Fayette County Jail Contact Options
The jail and sheriff office share the public-safety address in West Union. The sheriff contact page gives public office hours for administrative business, while jail custody work continues beyond office hours. Call before relying on lobby access, visitation, or a bond process.
Fayette County Correctional Center
220 N Industrial Pkwy
West Union, IA 52175
Jail: 563-422-3234
General sheriff / dispatch: 563-422-6067
Public office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., excluding holidays
Requesting Fayette County Booking Records
Iowa Code Chapter 22 allows public-record requests in person, in writing, by telephone, or by electronic means to the lawful custodian. The sheriff site has a general contact form, but the research did not locate a separate booking-record request portal. A strong request should identify the person, booking date if known, type of record sought, and whether the requester is asking for a report, photo, video, or other jail record.
| Record or Service | Published Fee |
|---|---|
| Incident report initial copy | $5.00 |
| Additional report copies | $0.50 per copy |
| State accident report | $5.00 |
| Traffic investigation report | $15.00 |
| CD including photos or video | $15.00 per CD |
| Fingerprinting | $10.00 cash, with fingerprint cards |
Fees do not guarantee release of every record. Investigative, juvenile, medical, sealed, expunged, safety-sensitive, or otherwise confidential material may be withheld or redacted.
Fayette County Jail Visits and Mail
The sheriff jail page says to call for specific visitation hours. It publishes several visitor rules that are more useful than a guessed schedule. Visitors must be at least 18 unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, must bring a non-expired government-issued photo ID, and are subject to search. Food and drinks are banned in visitation and waiting areas, cell phones are not allowed in the visitation room, and lockers are available for valuables.
| Topic | Fayette County Jail Rule |
|---|---|
| Visitation hours | Specific hours are not published; call the sheriff's office or jail. |
| ID | Non-expired government-issued photo ID required. |
| Children | Under 18 must be with parent or legal guardian and cannot be left alone. |
| Clothing | Shorts and skirts cannot be above mid-thigh; pants must be worn at the waist. |
| Headwear | Only for verified religious reason and pre-approved by jail staff. |
| Cell phones | Not permitted in the visitation room. |
Mail must include a return address. Personal mail is searched, legal mail is opened by the inmate in front of staff, and photos must come from a third-party vendor such as Shutterfly, Walmart, or Target. Books must come directly from a publisher or approved source such as Amazon.
Fayette County DOC and Federal Lookups
The county roster covers current jail custody. The Iowa DOC Offender Search covers sentenced prisoners, parole, probation, and community-based corrections records. DOC search fields include name, offender number, sex, location, offense, county of commitment, and name-search mode. Fayette is available as a county of commitment for people convicted from Fayette County but held elsewhere.
| Lookup | Use It For | Important Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Fayette County roster | Current county jail custody | No released-inmates tab or refresh timestamp published. |
| Iowa DOC Offender Search | Sentenced state custody and supervision | DOC says records update weekly and may change quickly. |
| VINELink Iowa | Custody notifications | Notification tool, not a full court or jail record. |
| BOP locator | Sentenced federal inmates from 1982 to present | No county booking photos or local court details. |
| ICE ODLS | Immigration detention | No official Fayette County ICE facility was found. |
Note: A local row that says HOLD FEDERAL CHRG can mean the person is physically in Fayette County Jail for USMS, not that BOP has designated a federal prison.
Common Fayette County Roster Terms
Jail and court terms are easy to mix up. The roster is a custody tool, while the court docket is where filed charges and outcomes are tracked.
- Booking
- Jail intake after arrest or transfer, including identity, custody authority, property, charges, and bond fields.
- Mittimus
- A court order committing a person to jail or custody.
- Hold for other agency
- A custody status showing another law-enforcement or corrections agency may control release.
- Federal hold
- Local jail custody tied to a federal process or USMS authority.
- DOC
- Iowa Department of Corrections, the state system for sentenced prisoners and many supervision records.
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