Dallas County Jail Roster Overview
The official roster is the Dallas County Inmate Inquiry. Dallas County links to it from the county Inmate Search page, and the portal identifies the system as a Tyler/NewWorld inquiry. It is free, public, and did not require a login during the research inspection. The roster covers Dallas County jail bookings and current custody, including arrests made by city police agencies that are housed at the county jail.
The roster should be read as a jail record, not as a final court file. Its disclaimer says an arrest record is not proof of guilt, that the sheriff does not provide case disposition, and that users should verify accuracy through the arresting agency or Iowa Courts Online. That warning matters when a Dallas County inmate record has a charge row, bond row, or docket number but no final disposition.
Use Dallas County Inmate Roster
The fastest route is to search the roster with In Custody checked first. That setting is checked by default and limits results to people currently listed in the Dallas County jail roster. If the person may have been released or booked earlier, broader search filters can help, but the county did not publish a retention window for released records.
- Open the official Dallas County Inmate Inquiry.
- Leave In Custody checked for a current jail search.
- Enter a name, subject number, or booking number if known.
- Use booking date fields to narrow recent arrests.
- Select Dallas County Jail New Facility only when that location is known or helpful.
- Open the linked name to view the full inmate profile.
- If no result appears, call the jail, check Iowa Courts Online, or use the DOC, VINE, BOP, or ICE routes described below.
Dallas County Roster Search Fields
The Dallas County inmate records portal supports both broad and targeted searches. A name search is useful when only a last name is known. A booking number or subject number can narrow the result when a family member, court paper, or jail staff member has already provided it. The inspected form did not show a page-size selector, export tool, paid-access warning, login link, or CAPTCHA.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Text | Not stated | General name search field |
| Subject Number | Text | Not stated | Internal person ID, separate from booking number |
| Booking Number | Text | Not stated | Sample profile used a year plus sequence format |
| In Custody | Checkbox | No | Default checked, tooltip said currently jailed only |
| Booking From Date | Date field | No | Format not printed in visible page text |
| Booking To Date | Date field | No | Uses date field behavior but no stated format |
| Housing Facility | Dropdown | No | Observed option: Dallas County Jail New Facility |
The county's official search form is the proper starting point for Dallas County inmate records.
When the search form does not return the expected person, the next step is to verify spelling, broaden the date range, or move to the phone and records-request options.
Dallas County Inmate Profile Fields
A full Dallas County inmate record can include demographic information, photos, booking history, bond rows, court-date rows, and charges. The inspected sample profile showed a booking origin from Perry Police Department, which confirms that a municipal arrest can appear in the county jail roster. The same profile showed some blank disposition and sentence fields, which is normal for newly charged cases.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name and Subject Number | Person identity fields maintained by the jail system |
| Photo | Booking photo in the Photos section when public |
| Booking Number and Date | Specific jail intake event and timestamp |
| Prisoner Type | Status category, such as newly charged |
| Housing Facility | Jail location, observed as Dallas County Jail New Facility |
| Bond Rows | Bond number, type, and amount, which must be verified before payment |
| Court Dates | Upcoming or listed court dates tied to charge numbers |
| Charges | Charge description, offense date, docket number if present, crime class, and arresting agency |
The inspected inmate profile screenshot shows the type of field structure used by Dallas County.
Use the field labels and structure, not a sample person's identity, as the durable record guide.
Dallas County Jail Facility
Dallas County uses one primary detention facility for local jail custody: the Dallas County Jail, also called the Dallas County Sheriff's Correctional Facility. The jail is operated by the Dallas County Sheriff's Office. The official Jail Division page says charge and bond information can be obtained online, by calling the jail, or by visiting the jail.
Dallas County Jail / Dallas County Sheriff's Correctional Facility
28985 Thin Blue Line Lane
Adel, IA 50003
515-993-5815
Jail information line; sheriff administrative hours are Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Dallas County Booking Records
The county Jail Division page says arrestees are transported to the Dallas County Sheriff's Correctional Facility for property intake, medical screening, fingerprinting, photographing, and a warrants check. Staff work to process and release eligible people promptly, but the county says timing can depend on the number of arrestees being processed at the same time. That is why a person can be in custody before the public roster gives a complete profile.
New charges go before a magistrate within 24 hours. The magistrate informs the person of the charges and may set bond. Release can happen by bond, pretrial release through the 5th Judicial District Department of Correctional Services, final court appearance and sentencing, or court order. For court outcomes after the jail record appears, use court records after a jail arrest rather than the roster alone.
Dallas County Lookup Channels
The roster is only one access channel. Dallas County publishes phone, in-person, public-records, court, state, federal, immigration, notification, and app-related routes that can matter when a search does not work or a record needs confirmation. The sheriff's app may help residents interact with sheriff services, but app-only inmate search features were not confirmed in the research.
| Need | Official Channel | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Current jail custody | Dallas County Inmate Inquiry | Search with In Custody checked |
| Charge or bond verification | Jail phone 515-993-5815 | Use before payment or travel |
| Reports or copies | Sheriff records request form | Fees and turnaround were not visible in fetched text |
| Court case outcome | Iowa Courts Online | Formal court records and dispositions |
| Custody notifications | Iowa VINELink | Notification system, not the primary record |
| State prison custody | Iowa DOC Offender Search | Updated weekly per DOC notice |
| Federal custody | BOP inmate locator | Federal prisoners from 1982 to present |
| Immigration detention | ICE ODLS | Adult ICE detainees and qualifying CBP custody cases |
Dallas County Visitation Records
Dallas County's Inmate Account / Bond page routes video visitation, telephone, and email correspondence through CIDNET. The fetched Inmate Visitation page mainly published mail rules and did not expose a complete in-person visitation schedule. Confirm visit availability directly with the jail before travel, because relying on an incomplete public page can lead to a missed visit.
| Channel | Provider or Location | Published Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Video visitation | CIDNET customer portal | Account questions go to CIDNET support |
| Telephone | CIDNET account | Grouped with correspondence account setup |
| Email correspondence | CIDNET customer portal | County-linked account setup route |
| In-person visitation | Dallas County Jail | Schedule not located in reviewed text |
| Privileged mail | Jail mail process | May be contraband-searched in the inmate's presence and not read |
Dallas County Inmate Contact
Mail is delivered Monday through Friday. Incoming mail is opened and searched for contraband, and mail from a person incarcerated in the Dallas County Jail within the previous six months is not accepted. Privileged correspondence, including attorney, judge, governor, citizen's aid office, and legislator mail, may be opened only in the inmate's presence for contraband detection and may not be read by staff.
| Service | Dallas County Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail format | Full name, arrest number, cell number, P.O. Box 187, Adel, Iowa 50003-0187 |
| Allowed mail | Letters, cards, and paperback books under jail rules |
| Money deposits | Online, phone, or facility kiosk through county-linked JailATM route |
| Cash or checks in mail | Contraband and not delivered to the inmate |
| Deposit fees | Not published in reviewed county text |
Note: Verify custody with the jail before sending money, mail, or visit requests for a newly booked person.
State Federal ICE Inmates
A person missing from Dallas County inmate records may be outside county custody. Sentenced Iowa prisoners are searched through the Iowa DOC locator by name, offender number, sex, location, offense, county of commitment, and name-search type. Federal prisoners are searched through BOP by number or name fields. Immigration detainees are searched through ICE ODLS by A-number and country or biographical details. These systems do not replace the county jail roster for current Dallas County bookings.
The county also links VINE for custody and criminal-case notifications. VINE is useful when a person wants alerts, but it is not the source of the original jail record. For booking photos specifically, use the roster or the official records request route described on the Dallas County jail mugshots page.