Polk County Inmate Population is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release anyone, post bond, pull official booking records, schedule visits, or retrieve court files. Use the official offices and portals below for those tasks.
Official Polk County Contacts
Polk County jail and records questions go to different official channels depending on the record. Current adult jail custody starts with the Polk County Inmates portal or the jail phone line. Public-record requests for sheriff records use the Sheriff's Office records process, including the official GovQA request portal.
Polk County Jail
1985 NE 51st Place
Des Moines, IA 50313
Phone: (515) 323-5400
Public lobby: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Polk County Sheriff's Office Administration
5995 NE 14th Street
Des Moines, IA 50313
Phone: (515) 286-3814
Email: polkcounty.sheriff@polkcountyiowa.gov
Sheriff: Kevin J. Schneider
Sheriff Records Requests
Polk County Sheriff's Office
Attention: Jerry Noble
5995 NE 14th Street
Des Moines, IA 50313
Phone: (515) 286-3313
Normal records hours: Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Online requests: Polk County records request portal
Where To Look
Use the channel that matches the kind of custody or record you need. Polk County's current jail roster is separate from court cases, state prison records, federal prison records, and immigration custody searches.
- For someone in the county jail, start with jail inmate records or the official Polk County Inmates portal.
- For booking photos, use the jail roster mugshots page and the sheriff records request process when a photo is not visible online.
- For charges, case status, and court events after booking, use court records after a jail arrest and Iowa Courts Online.
- For a sentenced Iowa prisoner, use the Iowa DOC offender search instead of the county jail roster.
- For immigration custody, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System and then confirm facility instructions directly.
- For federal prison custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.