This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule a visit, or pull official booking records. Use the official Ottawa County offices below for those actions.
Where to Check for Jail and Court Records
For current Ottawa County jail custody, start with the sheriff's roster and then use the appropriate office if the roster does not answer the question.
| Ottawa County Sheriff's Office | 315 Madison Street, Room 110, Port Clinton, OH 43452 Main phone: 419-734-4404 |
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| Sheriff public records | Deputy Heather Moss 419-734-6823 hmoss@ottawacountysheriff.org |
| Jail administration | 419-734-6864 |
| Full Service Facility | 419-734-6828 |
| Minimum Security Jail | 419-734-6995 |
| Ottawa County Clerk of Courts | 419-734-6755 for certified court records and clerk-filed case records |
| Ottawa County Municipal Court | 419-734-4143 |
| Ottawa County Prosecutor | 419-734-6845 |
Use these routes by record type:
- For someone who may be in the Ottawa County Detention Facility or Minimum Security Jail, use jail inmate records and the sheriff's current JailTracker roster.
- For booking-photo questions, begin with jail roster mugshots and then ask the Sheriff's Office records contact if a public-records request is needed.
- For charges, case numbers, dockets, or certified copies after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, the Clerk of Courts, and Municipal Court as appropriate.
- For a facility-specific phone path, use the Ottawa County Detention Facility and Ottawa County Minimum Security Jail pages listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Ohio prisoner, search the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Offender Search rather than the county jail roster.
- For federal sentenced custody or immigration detention, use the BOP Inmate Locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator. Those systems do not replace Ottawa County jail records for local bookings.