• Clerk of District Court: 100 Courthouse Square, Bloomfield, IA 52537; 641-664-2011; countyclerk.davis@iowacourts.gov.
• Davis County Attorney: 207 South Washington Street, Bloomfield, IA 52537 (mail: P.O. Box 129); 641-664-2010. It is a part-time office whose lawyers also keep a private practice, and it prosecutes every state misdemeanor and felony in the county.
• Davis County Jail: Bloomfield; 641-664-2385.

The County Attorney's office says people in custody go before a judge inside 24 hours of arrest. At that hearing the court checks the complaint, appoints a lawyer if needed, sets bail if the warrant did not and schedules a preliminary hearing.

• Magistrates decide simple misdemeanors, traffic cases and city ordinance charges.
• District associate judges take the middle tier: OWI, assault causing injury and similar misdemeanors.
• District judges: felony cases, assigned to Bloomfield by the Eighth District.

1. Arrest and initial appearance.
2. The trial information, which in practice replaces the preliminary hearing.
3. Arraignment; a lawyer can file it in writing so the defendant need not attend.
4. Discovery, including depositions of State witnesses.
5. Trial, which the defendant can demand within 90 days of the trial information.
6. A presentence investigation, then sentencing, usually two to six weeks after a guilty plea or verdict.

Search Iowa Courts Online by choosing Davis County, then a party name or case number. It shows charges, bond and court dates.

Ask the judge at the initial appearance and fill in the financial affidavit. If the court grants the request, the State Public Defender's system assigns counsel, often a contract attorney from southeast Iowa.

The County Attorney presents delinquency and child-in-need-of-assistance cases in juvenile court, which is part of the district court. Juvenile Court Services for the area is at 101 West 4th Street, Ottumwa, IA 52501, 641-683-0070. When a youth has to be detained, the placement is the South Iowa Area Detention Service Agency at 2528 255th Street, Montrose, IA 52639, 319-463-7417, down in Lee County.

They are filed in Des Moines with the Southern District's Central Division, 111 Locust Street, Des Moines, IA 50309; the clerk is at 515-284-6248. Federal files are not on Iowa Courts Online, and sentenced prisoners are listed in the BOP locator.

Our Davis County bail page covers amounts, posting bond, the 2026 law and refunds.

At South Iowa Juvenile Detention, 2528 255th Street, Montrose, IA 52639, 319-463-7417. The juvenile judge must hold a detention hearing within 1 working day.

One big one: no weapons of any kind. The Davis clerk is at 641-664-2011 and the fax is 641-664-2041. Call 641-684-6502 about the date of a hearing.

The Clerk of District Court at 100 Courthouse Square in Bloomfield can explain a warrant that came from a missed hearing and how to ask for a new date; call 641-664-2011. Davis County sheriff's deputies are the ones who serve warrants, and their number is 641-664-2385. They don't put out a list of names. Bloomfield families have no Iowa statewide warrant search, but Iowa Courts Online will show whether the case is open.