• Clerk of District Court: 101 South Main Street, Sigourney, IA 52591; 641-622-2210; weekdays 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Keokuk County Attorney: courthouse, 101 S. Main, Sigourney, IA 52591; 641-622-3500; weekdays 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Keokuk County Jail: 204 S. Stone, Sigourney, IA 52591; 641-622-2727.

The magistrate explains the charge, decides on release, and takes any request for a free lawyer. With a warrantless arrest, a judge must agree within 48 hours that the arrest was justified. Hearings from the jail are commonly done over video.

• Magistrate: simple misdemeanors and traffic tickets, along with city code violations.
• District associate judge: OWI and the other serious or aggravated misdemeanors.
• District judge: felony prosecutions, plus juvenile court.

1. Booking on South Stone and an appearance before the magistrate.
2. A trial information from the prosecutor, usually inside 45 days.
3. Arraignment, which can be waived on paper.
4. Both sides swap evidence, take depositions and argue motions.
5. A jury trial within 90 days of that filing unless the right is waived.
6. On a guilty finding, the judge orders a background report before imposing a sentence.

Search Iowa Courts Online after picking Keokuk County. A name or case number brings up charges, bond, hearing dates and orders; juvenile and sealed cases are hidden.

A defendant who cannot afford a lawyer asks the magistrate and fills in a financial affidavit. If the court agrees, it appoints counsel under the State Public Defender program, which in Keokuk County is usually a private contract attorney. A convicted defendant may later be ordered to repay part of the legal fees, and the clerk can tell you what is owed.

Delinquency petitions go to a district judge sitting as juvenile court in Sigourney. The area's Juvenile Court Services office is at 106 South 1st, Oskaloosa, IA 52577, 641-673-0419. Youths who are detained are taken to the Central Iowa Juvenile Detention Center, 2317 Rick Collins Way, Eldora, IA 50627, 641-858-3852.

Federal crimes from Keokuk County are prosecuted in Des Moines at the U.S. courthouse, 111 Locust Street, Des Moines, IA 50309; clerk 515-284-6248. PACER has the filings, and the BOP locator shows federal prisoners.

Our Keokuk County bail page explains bond amounts, how to post, refunds and the 2026 changes.

Keokuk County's clerk answers at 641-622-2210; fax 641-622-2171. No weapons are allowed inside. Ask the scheduler at 641-684-6502 for a hearing time.

Ask the Keokuk County Sheriff's Office, open weekdays 8 to 4:30 at 641-622-2727; its deputies serve warrants from the courthouse. That number is the only official one for the office. No names are shared from Sigourney, and Iowa offers no public statewide search. Court cases show on Iowa Courts Online. The Clerk of District Court at 101 South Main Street (641-622-2210) can walk you through requesting another date when a hearing was missed.