• Clerk of District Court: 17 East Main Street, Marshalltown, IA 50158; 641-754-1603.
• Marshall County Attorney: 1 E. Main Street, Marshalltown, IA 50158; 641-754-6314; weekdays 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Juvenile Court Office: 26 S. 1st Avenue, Suite 205, Marshalltown, IA 50158; 641-753-3481.
• Marshall County Jail: 2369 Jessup Avenue, Marshalltown, IA 50158; 641-754-6380.

Usually within a day of booking, a magistrate sees the defendant, often by video from the jail on Jessup Avenue. The magistrate goes over the complaint, decides on bond or release conditions and records a request for appointed counsel. Without an arrest warrant, probable cause must be confirmed by a judge in 48 hours.

• Magistrates take simple misdemeanors, traffic citations and local ordinance cases.
• District associate judges take OWI and other serious and aggravated misdemeanors.
• District judges take felony cases.

1. Booking on Jessup Avenue and a prompt appearance before a magistrate.
2. Formal charges by trial information, which the prosecutor usually files inside 45 days.
3. Arraignment, which a written plea of not guilty can replace.
4. Discovery and depositions, then pretrial motions.
5. Trial, owed within 90 days of arraignment if speedy trial is kept.
6. Sentencing in Marshalltown, ordinarily after a presentence report.

Yes. Iowa Courts Online shows Marshall County dockets searchable by party name or case number. Confidential and juvenile cases do not appear.

The County Attorney runs a fine-enforcement and Driver License Reinstatement program that sets up payment agreements for delinquent court debt. Call the program at 641-844-2763 or the main office at 641-754-6314.

Tell the magistrate early that paying an attorney is out of reach and sign the court's financial affidavit. If you qualify, a public defender or contract lawyer is appointed; the court can later order partial repayment.

The County Attorney files delinquency and child-in-need-of-assistance petitions, and Juvenile Court Services supervises youth from its Marshalltown office, 641-753-3481. Youth ordered into secure detention are usually taken to the Central Iowa Juvenile Detention Center in Eldora, 641-858-3852.

The Southern District of Iowa, Central Division, U.S. Courthouse, 111 Locust Street, Des Moines, IA 50309, 515-284-6248. PACER has the filings, and the BOP locator finds people in federal prison.

See our Marshall County bail page for amounts, posting and refunds.

For district court warrants, contact the sheriff at 641-754-6380; Marshalltown police serve many city warrants on their own. Marshall County shares no warrant list, and the state has no public statewide search. Iowa Courts Online shows the case. After a missed Marshalltown hearing, rescheduling goes through the Clerk of District Court at 17 East Main Street (641-754-1603). A Marshalltown lawyer can schedule the person's arrival at the jail on Jessup Avenue in Marshalltown.