• Clerk of District Court: 620 Douglas Street, Room 101, Sioux City, IA 51101; 712-279-6611; CountyClerk.Woodbury@iowacourts.gov.
• Woodbury County Attorney: lower level of the Law Enforcement Center, 3701 28th Street, Sioux City, IA 51105; 712-279-6516; weekdays 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Juvenile Court Office: 822 Douglas Street, Room 201, Sioux City, IA 51101; 712-279-6586.
• Woodbury County Jail: 3701 28th Street, Sioux City, IA 51105; 712-279-6040.

Most defendants appear before a magistrate within a day of arrest. The charge is read, bond or release terms are fixed and a lawyer can be requested. A person arrested with no warrant is owed a judge's probable-cause finding inside 48 hours.

• Magistrates hear simple misdemeanors, ordinance violations and traffic matters.
• District associate judges take OWI, serious misdemeanors and aggravated misdemeanors.
• District judges preside over felony cases and juvenile court.

1. Booking at the Law Enforcement Center on 28th Street and a magistrate appearance.
2. The trial information, which the County Attorney normally files within 45 days.
3. Arraignment, or a written not-guilty plea filed instead.
4. Discovery, depositions and pretrial motions.
5. Trial within 90 days of arraignment, absent a speedy-trial waiver.
6. A presentence investigation and sentencing for those convicted.

Use Iowa Courts Online to find public criminal cases by name or number; juvenile and confidential files are not available.

Tell the magistrate you want counsel and complete a sworn statement of finances. Eligible defendants get a state public defender or contract lawyer; partial repayment may be ordered.

The Juvenile Court Office at 822 Douglas Street, 712-279-6586, receives delinquency referrals; the County Attorney's office files petitions. Families can ask juvenile court officers where a detained youth is placed.

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa, Western Division: 320 6th Street, Sioux City, IA 51101; 712-233-3900. Check PACER for filings and the BOP locator for federal prisoners.

Our Woodbury County bail page explains where to post bond and how refunds work.

There is a local one. The Woodbury County warrant search covers warrants held in the county, and Woodbury County sheriff's deputies and Sioux City police serve them. Call the sheriff at 712-279-6010 to confirm, because Iowa has no public statewide search behind it. Iowa Courts Online shows the court case. When a Sioux City hearing was missed, the Clerk of District Court at 620 Douglas Street, Room 101, Sioux City (712-279-6611), can explain rescheduling.