Keokuk County Jail Inmate Bail & Bonds

Search the name on VINELink or call VINE at 888-742-8463, then phone the sheriff at 641-622-2727 to confirm. New bookings can lag. More options are on our inmate search page.

Iowa's uniform bond schedule sets the opening amount: $300 for a simple misdemeanor, $1,000 serious, $2,000 aggravated, then $5,000, $10,000 and $25,000 for class D, C and B felonies. The list covers forcible felonies, assault with a domestic abuse element, disobeying a court's no-contact or protective order, and stalking; it also takes in sexual abuse of the first three degrees, delivering, making or possessing meth to deliver, intimidating with a dangerous weapon, and being a felon with a firearm. Those charges have no schedule amount, so release terms come from a judicial officer, often at a video hearing from the jail.

• Cash: the entire sum, repaid when the case closes, provided the defendant never missed court.
• Surety: a licensed bail agent's bond; the agent's charge is kept.
• Real property: Iowa land or home equity pledged under oath.

Never pay a caller or texter who claims to be able to free someone. Check first with the sheriff at 641-622-2727.

Under Senate File 2399, in force since July 1, 2026, getting out on a signed promise without money is open only to simple or serious misdemeanors that are nonviolent and unrelated to drugs. The magistrate has to write down reasons for bail that falls below the schedule. The Judicial Council, for its part, must deliver an inflation-updated schedule to the Supreme Court by July 1, 2027.

The Clerk of District Court is in the Keokuk County Courthouse, 101 South Main Street, Sigourney, IA 52591, open weekdays 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Call 641-622-2210 or write to countyclerk.keokuk@iowacourts.gov with questions about a bond on file.

Expect a warrant and a bond forfeiture. Section 811.6 of the Iowa Code builds in a 30-day notice to the defendant and bonding company before the forfeiture is final. A separate failure-to-appear charge can follow, graded as a class D felony on felony cases and a serious misdemeanor on lesser ones.

Yes, after the case is over, if the defendant came to every hearing. The court may first apply the money to fines, costs or restitution. The clerk at 641-622-2210 can say when a check should arrive. For deposits to an inmate's spending account, use our money guide.

No. A federal charge from Keokuk County is handled in federal court in Des Moines, with the clerk at 111 Locust Street, Des Moines, IA 50309, 515-284-6248, and a federal magistrate sets release. If ICE files a detainer, Iowa Code chapter 27A tells the Sigourney jail to hold the person for ICE, so state bond might only end in transfer. Check the ICE locator afterward.

Normally not. Youths needing secure custody are taken to the Central Iowa Juvenile Detention Center, 2317 Rick Collins Way, Eldora, IA 50627, 641-858-3852, and a judge reviews detention at a hearing within 1 working day.