• Clerk of District Court: 110 Allamakee Street, Waukon, IA 52172; 563-568-6351.
• Allamakee County Attorney: courthouse, 110 Allamakee Street, Waukon, IA 52172; 563-568-3813.
• Allamakee County Sheriff and Jail: 877 Highway 9, Waukon, IA 52172; 563-568-4521.

It comes without unnecessary delay after booking, usually as a video hearing from the jail. A magistrate goes over the charge, decides on release and asks if the defendant wants an appointed attorney. After a warrantless arrest, a judge must confirm probable cause within 48 hours.

• Magistrate: simple misdemeanors, traffic cases and city violations from Waukon, Postville and the river towns.
• District associate judge: OWI and comparable mid-level offenses.
• District judge: felonies and juvenile cases.

1. Booking at the Highway 9 jail and a first appearance.
2. The County Attorney's trial information, due within about 45 days.
3. Arraignment, often handled by written waiver.
4. Exchange of evidence, depositions and motions.
5. Trial inside 90 days of arraignment, unless the accused agrees to more time.
6. After a conviction, a probation officer writes a report and the judge imposes sentence.

On Iowa Courts Online. Choose Allamakee County and search by name or case number to see charges, hearings, bond and outcomes. Juvenile and sealed matters are not shown.

Yes, if they cannot pay. Ask the magistrate for one and complete a financial affidavit. When the court approves, a lawyer is assigned through the State Public Defender system, usually a contract attorney in northeast Iowa. Repayment of some costs may be ordered later.

A district judge acting as the juvenile court hears delinquency matters in Waukon, with First Judicial District Juvenile Court Services handling intake and supervision; the clerk can tell you which office has the case. Youths who must be detained go to North Iowa Juvenile Detention Services, 1440 West Dunkerton Road, Waterloo, IA 50703, 319-291-2455.

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, Eastern Division, sitting in Dubuque and Waterloo. The clerk is at 111 7th Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401, 319-286-2300. PACER holds the docket; for someone already in federal custody, try the BOP locator.

Yes, see our Allamakee County bail page for amounts, posting, refunds and the 2026 law.

Phone the clerk at 563-568-6351 or fax 563-568-6353. If you need to know when a case will be heard, the district's scheduling desk answers at 319-833-3332.

The Allamakee County Sheriff's Office serves the court's warrants and takes calls at 563-568-4521, day or night, because it also runs county dispatch. Allamakee keeps no published warrant roll, and Iowa never built a public statewide search, so phoning is the real check. To read the court file, use Iowa Courts Online. A warrant for missing court can sometimes be handled by asking for a new date: the Clerk of District Court is at 110 Allamakee Street in Waukon, 563-568-6351.