This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, change a visit, or retrieve an official booking record. Use the official office that controls the record or custody system.
Official Record Contacts
For local custody, start with the Lac qui Parle County Sheriff's Office and County Jail. Sheriff Allen Anderson's office lists the Government Center at 911 8th Ave, Madison, MN 56256. The mailing address is 911 8th Ave, Ste. 1, Madison, MN 56256. The main number is 320-598-3720, dispatch operates 24 hours a day, and the public office is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Published jail visiting hours are Tuesday through Thursday from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Friday from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Requests for jail data that is not posted online generally use the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act process in Minn. Stat. Chapter 13. Law-enforcement data classifications may involve Minn. Stat. 13.82, while correctional and detention data may involve Minn. Stat. 13.85. Send the request to the government entity that maintains the record.
Court records after a jail arrest are handled through Lac Qui Parle County District Court at 600 Sixth Street, Madison, MN 56256. The court phone is (320) 295-4000, and published business hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For prosecution questions, the Lac qui Parle County Attorney is Richard Stulz at 214 6th Avenue, Madison, MN 56256, phone 320-598-7578.
Choose the channel that matches the record you need:
- For a person held in the county jail, use the jail inmate records page or call the Sheriff's Office main line.
- For booking photos that appear on the local roster, use the jail roster mugshots page and verify any request with the Sheriff's Office.
- For charges, hearings, or case filings after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Minnesota Court Records Online system.
- For facility details, use the Lac qui Parle County Jail page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, search the Minnesota Department of Corrections locator instead of the county jail roster.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.