A person held at the Law Center jail is prosecuted in Centerville, in the Iowa District Court for Appanoose County. The county is assigned to Iowa's Eighth Judicial District.
201 North 12th Street, Centerville, IA 52544
Phone: 641-856-6101
Email: countyclerk.appanoose@iowacourts.gov
Phone the clerk for hours before you go. Simple misdemeanors are mostly a magistrate's work. Indictable charges, from serious misdemeanors to felonies, are heard by judges. The Juvenile Court Office is nearby at 211 North 12th Street, 641-856-6194.
The State Public Defender reaches Appanoose County only in a limited way. Centerville defendants outside that office's share are matched with a contract lawyer, whose appearance is entered in the Appanoose County file.
Related reading includes our Appanoose County bond steps, the Centerville custody check and a page on Appanoose County arrests. Questions about a specific inmate should go to 7106, the jail line: 641-437-7106.
