Inmate Search for Emmet County - Jails in Iowa
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Jails and Juvenile Courts in Emmet County, Iowa
Grown-ups taken into custody anywhere from Ringsted to Dolliver end up in the Emmet County Jail, run by Sheriff Justin Schultes in Suite 2 of the Estherville Law Enforcement Center at 114 North 6th Street. The sheriff's office answers 712-362-2639, and its page directs families to IowaVINE for custody alerts.
Youth cases are handled through the Third District's Juvenile Court Office at 609 1st Ave. North in Estherville; because Iowa juvenile records are confidential, parents should ask that office or the arresting agency.
Jails in neighboring counties
Next door on the Iowa side, county lockups operate in Spirit Lake (Dickinson County), Algona (Kossuth County), Emmetsburg (Palo Alto County) and Spencer (Clay County). Across the state line are the Jackson County Jail in Jackson and the Martin County Jail in Fairmont.
Emmet County Jails
Emmet County Juvenile Facilities
County Jails Bordering Emmet County
Emmet County lies on the Minnesota border, so its neighboring jails are split between two states.
- Dickinson County Jail in Spirit Lake, among the Iowa Great Lakes to the west.
- Kossuth County Jail in Algona, east past Armstrong.
- Palo Alto County Jail in Emmetsburg, south along the Des Moines River.
- Clay County Jail, which Spencer deputies run, just past the corner where Emmet County touches Clay County.
- Jackson County Jail, up Highway 4's route into Minnesota at Jackson.
- Martin County Jail at Fairmont, the Minnesota seat closest to Armstrong.
Other Jails Nearby
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