Iowa official directory

Iowa Courts Online provides a statewide trial case search for all users, including Criminal as a case type, with county selectable including ALL. Lee County appears as two clerk selectors (Lee North and Lee South) and remains one county. A reCAPTCHA quota/over-limit message was visible; no name was submitted and the Search control was not treated as a successful search. Visibility of the form with a quota message is interface observation, not an executed search.

• Not a criminal-history check. The FAQ points older charge history to Iowa DCI.
• Payment search is a different mode.
• Juvenile is a case type on the form and is not the criminal handoff.
• Documents are not the free internet docket.

Checked 2026-10-07

The DOC search form has name, offender number, sex, and a location list of named state institutions, Corrections Compact, eight judicial districts, and Interstate Compact. County of Commitment lists Iowa counties. The location list does not name county jails. The page says information is updated weekly and may be incomplete. doc.iowa.gov navigation also lists the eight districts and the state institutions. No name was submitted. County jail coverage is not established by this form.

• Not established as a county-jail roster.
• Not a court docket.
• Not a warrant search.
• No name was submitted.

Checked 2026-10-01

Iowa DOC publishes family-services guidance for visiting a person in DOC custody. Facility list on DOC pages is state institutions and districts, not county jails. This is not a jail visiting roster and not the offender search form.

• Not county-jail visiting.
• Not a custody search submission.
• Does not promise visit approval.

Checked 2026-10-07

Iowa DOC directs paper deposits to a central Fort Dodge Offender Fiduciary Account and names electronic options Access Corrections, JPay, and Western Union. This is DOC commissary/funds guidance, not county-jail deposits and not a bond payment.

• Not county-jail deposits.
• Not bond or fine payment.
• Vendor fees not restated as advice.

Checked 2026-10-07

Iowa DOC victim-services page describes IowaVINE registration for automated notification. This is not a public jail roster and not proof of custody status for a non-registrant search.

• Not a county-jail roster.
• Not a completed registration in this batch.
• Not a substitute for offender search.

Checked 2026-10-07

The district-court and directory pages expose eight judicial districts and county links. Parsed links produced 100 clerk selectors: 98 county slugs plus Lee North and Lee South. That is 99 counties, with Lee split into two offices. Selectors were not opened. Iowa Courts Online remains the statewide docket. The directory is the contact fallback when the portal is blocked.

• Not a second case search.
• County pages were not opened.
• Lee North and Lee South are not two counties.

Checked 2026-10-01

Iowa Code 2026 chapter 811 is titled Pretrial and Post-Trial Release — Bail. Section 811.1 says defendants are bailable by sufficient surety, on condition, or on recognizance, except listed defendants who shall not be admitted to bail. Section 811.2 says bailable defendants are ordered released on personal recognizance or an unsecured appearance bond unless the magistrate finds that will not reasonably assure appearance or will jeopardize someone's safety. Further conditions can include supervision, restrictions, a deposit up to 10 percent, or a surety or cash bond. Section 811.2A is marked repealed by 2007 Acts. The Judicial Branch uniform bond schedule, effective July 1, 2017, applies only when the person was arrested for a crime other than a forcible felony and the courts are not in session. It says a judicial officer is not bound by the schedule after seeing the person, and it lists crimes for which bond may not be set until a judicial officer sees the person. Amounts on that schedule are not a prediction.

• Not everyone is bailable. Section 811.1 lists exceptions.
• The schedule is not the rule after a judicial officer sees the person.
• Does not tell a person to pay a listed amount.
• Forcible felonies and other listed arrests are outside the schedule.

Checked 2026-10-07

Official guidance on obtaining and contacting court-appointed counsel; not an automatic appointment.

• Batch 50 research did not grant independent approval or Production publication.
• A readable guide is not a verified search transaction.

Checked 2026-10-28

DOJ index of state courts, laws and agencies. Individual linked statutes and legal rules were not substantively reviewed here; check the current primary text before explaining a rule.

• Batch 50 research did not grant independent approval or Production publication.
• A readable guide is not a verified search transaction.
• Official legal-reference entry point only. Not legal advice and not a certification of current law.
• Individual statutes and rules linked from this page were not substantively verified here.

Checked 2026-10-28