• Clerk of District Court: 100 West High Street, Toledo, IA 52342; 641-484-3721; countyclerk.tama@iowacourts.gov.
• Tama County Attorney: 100 West High Street, Toledo, IA 52342 (mail: P.O. Box 6); 641-484-3020; weekdays 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Juvenile Court Office: 100 High Street, Toledo; 641-484-2635.
• Tama County Jail: 100 North Main Street, Toledo, IA 52342; 641-484-3760.

Normally within a day of the arrest. A magistrate tells the defendant the charge, fixes bond or release conditions and deals with any request for a court-appointed lawyer. Anyone held after a warrantless arrest gets a probable cause ruling inside 48 hours.

• Magistrates: simple misdemeanors, local ordinance violations and traffic tickets.
• District associate judges: drunk driving, plus serious and aggravated misdemeanors.
• District judges: felony trials and juvenile matters.

1. Booking at the jail on North Main Street and the initial appearance.
2. A trial information, which the County Attorney typically files within 45 days.
3. Arraignment, which a written not-guilty plea frequently replaces.
4. Evidence sharing, depositions and pretrial motions.
5. Trial within 90 days after arraignment, if the speedy-trial right is not waived.
6. For a defendant found guilty, a presentence investigation comes first, then the sentence.

Yes. Iowa Courts Online covers public criminal cases by name or number; juvenile and confidential matters are not shown.

Request one at the initial appearance and fill out a financial affidavit. Once approved, you get a public defender or a private lawyer working under state contract to represent you; you may later be ordered to pay back some of the cost.

The Juvenile Court Office in Toledo, 641-484-2635, takes delinquency complaints, and petitions come from the County Attorney. Detention, when ordered, means the Central Iowa center in Eldora, listed below.

The U.S. District Court for northern Iowa, at 111 7th Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401, 319-286-2300. Use PACER for federal filings and the BOP locator for federal prisoners.

Amounts, payment and refunds are covered on our Tama County bail page.

At the Central Iowa Juvenile Detention Center, 2317 Rick Collins Way, Eldora, IA 50627, 641-858-3852. Iowa requires a detention hearing within 1 working day.