• Clerk of District Court: 224 West Main Street, Washington, IA 52353; 319-653-7741; countyclerk.washington@iowacourts.gov.
• Washington County Attorney: in the courthouse, 222 West Main Street, P.O. Box 841, Washington, IA 52353; 319-653-7746.
• Juvenile Court Office: courthouse lower level, 224 West Main Street, Washington, IA 52353; 515-336-9977.
• Washington County Jail: 2185 Lexington Boulevard, Washington, IA 52353; 319-653-5902.

Usually the next day. The magistrate reads the charge, sets bond or conditions and takes an application for counsel. Where police acted without a warrant, a court has 48 hours to decide whether probable cause existed.

• Magistrates: traffic tickets, city ordinance violations, simple misdemeanors.
• District associate judges handle OWI charges and serious and aggravated misdemeanors.
• District judges hear felonies and sit as juvenile court.

1. Booking on Lexington Boulevard and an appearance before a magistrate.
2. The prosecutor's trial information, ordinarily filed within 45 days.
3. Arraignment, which a defendant can skip by filing a written not-guilty plea.
4. Evidence sharing, depositions and motions.
5. Trial, due within 90 days after arraignment unless the defendant waives that deadline.
6. If convicted, a presentence investigation precedes sentencing.

Public case files can be found on Iowa Courts Online using a name or case number. Confidential and juvenile files stay closed.

Tell the court at the first appearance that you need counsel and complete the financial affidavit. Qualifying defendants receive a public defender or contract lawyer; the judge can later assess some of that cost against them.

Delinquency referrals go to the Juvenile Court Office, 515-336-9977; petitions are filed by the County Attorney. Juvenile court officers can tell a family where a detained child is being held.

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, Eastern Division: 131 East 4th Street, Davenport, IA 52801; clerk 515-284-6248. Use PACER for filings and the BOP locator for federal prisoners.

Bond amounts, payment and refunds are on our Washington County bail page.

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

Washington County sheriff's deputies do; the office answers at 319-653-2107. There's no list from Washington deputies and no Iowa statewide search. Iowa Courts Online shows the case. The Clerk of District Court at 224 West Main Street (319-653-7741) can explain resetting a missed hearing in Washington. Most people clear it by reporting, with an attorney, to the jail on Lexington Boulevard; a judge then sets the next court step.