Arrests and Booking
Booking Into the Decatur County Jail
Whoever makes the arrest in Decatur County, the person is brought to 206 NE 2nd Street, and Lane's jailers finish every intake step before deciding on housing or release.
- Prints, a Leon mugshot and possible DNA. Jailers verify identity, fingerprint the arrestee under Iowa Code section 690.2 and take a booking photograph, and the jail's listing warns that a DNA sample may be collected.
- Questions about health, prior arrests and property in Leon. New Decatur County arrivals answer health and record questions, are searched, and watch staff bag and inventory their property.
- A classification review by Lane's jailers. Risk level, medical condition and mental-health needs decide which Leon cell a person gets.
- A no-cost call from the Decatur County booking desk. Each new Leon arrival gets one call at the jail's expense during booking, per the listing, so a spouse, a buddy or a bail contact hears the news early, on top of the family-and-lawyer contact that Iowa Code 804.20 already guarantees.
- Naming visitors and call recipients in Leon. At booking, a Decatur County inmate submits a short list of people allowed to visit and take calls, and nobody on it is cleared until jail staff approve them.
- Getting the Leon arrestee in front of a judge. Iowa Code 804.21 obliges Lane's deputies to deliver a Leon arrestee to Porter's magistrates promptly, without stalling.
Cash bail and sureties for people booked on NE 2nd Street are explained in the Leon bail and bond guide.
Questions About a Leon Booking
If Lamoni or Leon police make the arrest, does the person still go to Sheriff Lane's jail?
Will Decatur County jailers search my son's pockets and bag at intake?
My daughter was arrested near Leon last night; was she allowed a call without a Reliance account?
If Lamoni or Leon police make the arrest, does the person still go to Sheriff Lane's jail?
Yes. Lane's facility lists Lamoni and Leon among the communities it serves and books local police arrests along with the sheriff's own.
Will Decatur County jailers search my son's pockets and bag at intake?
Yes. Property is secured and a body search is done during booking, per the jail's listing.
My daughter was arrested near Leon last night; was she allowed a call without a Reliance account?
Yes. The free booking call can go to a relative, a friend or a bonding contact, and Lane's jail at 641-446-4111 can confirm she is there.
