This is a private reference website, not a government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release anyone, post bond, accept inmate funds, schedule visits, or pull official booking, jail, court, or arrest records. Those requests must go to the public office that controls the record.
Official Channels for Adair County Records
Use the route that matches the type of record or custody question. Adair County did not have an official online jail roster or mugshot gallery located during the build research, so recent custody questions usually start with the Sheriff's Office.
Adair County Sheriff's Office
Adair County Jail / Adair County Public Safety Center
302 E. Iowa St.
Greenfield, IA 50849
Phone: 641-743-2148
Fax: 641-343-7185
Email: sheriffsoffice@adaircountyso.org
Sheriff: Jeff Vandewater
Adair County Clerk of Court
Stacey Armstrong, Clerk of Court
400 Public Sq., Ste. 7
Greenfield, IA 50849
Phone: 641-743-2445
Fax: 641-743-2974
Hours: Monday-Thursday 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Friday 1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Adair County Attorney
Melissa Larson, County Attorney
350 Public Sq., PO Box 317
Greenfield, IA 50849
Phone: 641-743-6390
Email: attorney@adaircountyiowa.org
- For a person recently booked into the county jail, begin with jail inmate records and then contact the Adair County Sheriff's Office at 641-743-2148.
- For booking photos or a local mugshot question, review jail roster mugshots and ask the Sheriff's Office about Iowa Code chapter 22 records access.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, Iowa Courts Online, and the Adair County Clerk of Court.
- For the local detention facility, use the facility page for Adair County Jail / Adair County Public Safety Center.
- For a sentenced prisoner, parolee, probationer, work-release placement, or community-based corrections record, use the Iowa DOC locator at https://doc-search.iowa.gov/Offender/Search.
- For custody notifications in Iowa, use VINELink Iowa at https://vinelink.vineapps.com/state/IA/ENGLISH.
- For federal prison custody, use the BOP locator at https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/. For immigration detention, use ICE ODLS at https://locator.ice.gov/.