This is a private reference site, not a Watonwan County office. We cannot verify custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule jail visits, or retrieve official booking records. Use the official office listed below for the action you need.
Where to Look for a Watonwan County Record
For current local jail custody, start with Watonwan County Jail. For sheriff records and Minnesota Data Practices Act requests under Minn. Stat. 13.03, contact the Watonwan County Sheriff's Office during its administrative hours. Court filings after an arrest are handled by Court Administration and Minnesota Court Records Online.
Watonwan County Jail
715 Third Avenue S, Watonwan County Courthouse, St. James, MN 56081
Mailing: P.O. Box 168, St. James, MN 56081
Phone: 507-375-1206
Fax: 507-942-1006
Jail Administrator: Julie Carr
Administrative office hours: Monday-Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Watonwan County Sheriff's Office
Watonwan County Courthouse, 710 2nd Avenue S, St. James, MN 56081
Phone: 507-375-3121
Fax: 507-375-1246
Emergency: 911
Sheriff: Jared Bergeman
Administrative Secretary: Shay Forstrom
Data requests and sheriff administrative business: Monday-Friday, 7:55 a.m. to 2:55 p.m.
Watonwan County Court Administration
710 2nd Avenue S, St. James, MN 56081
Mailing: P.O. Box 518, St. James, MN 56081
Phone: 507-621-6005
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- For someone held in the county jail, use jail inmate records and confirm urgent custody questions with the jail at 507-375-1206.
- For booking photographs, use jail roster mugshots and the sheriff's data-practices process under Minn. Stat. 13.82.
- For charges and hearings after arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and MCRO at https://publicaccess.courts.state.mn.us/CaseSearch.
- For the local detention facility, use the Watonwan County Jail page linked in the footer.
- For a sentenced Minnesota state prisoner, search the MNDOC public viewer at https://coms.doc.state.mn.us/publicviewer/.
- For a federal prisoner or immigration detainee, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.