Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 30, 2026 and October 1, 2026.
Allamakee County, Iowa, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Allamakee County Sheriff's Office and three city agencies. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the County Attorney files charges, a case in the Iowa District Court for Allamakee County. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Allamakee County public records, Iowa arrest records, Iowa inmate search and Iowa criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Allamakee County
The Allamakee County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Allamakee County. It reported 95 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists three cities in Allamakee County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Waukon, 3,799 residents: 14 arrests reported for 2025.
- Postville, 2,418 residents: 72 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lansing, 959 residents: 10 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Allamakee County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Allamakee County Sheriff's Office: 95 for 2025, 89 for 2024, 73 for 2023, 71 for 2022, 54 for 2020 and 63 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Postville: 72 for 2025, 60 for 2024, 54 for 2023, 66 for 2022, 63 for 2020 and 45 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Waukon: 14 for 2025, 19 for 2024, 21 for 2023, 57 for 2022, 44 for 2021 and 19 for 2020.
- Lansing: 10 for 2025, 10 for 2024, 24 for 2023, 21 for 2022, 35 for 2021 and 29 for 2020.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 191 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 191 in 2025 against 178 in 2024, up 7.3 percent.
Through August 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 79 arrests, against 110 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Allamakee County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Allamakee County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 6 people, up from about 6 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 42 beds, and it ran at 14 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Allamakee County Sheriff's Office at allamakeecounty.iowa.gov/departments/sheriff/jail (page title: County Jail | Allamakee County, Iowa), phone 563-568-4521, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Iowa Department of Corrections lists its inmates at doc.iowa.gov/inmate-family-services.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Allamakee County
An arrest in Allamakee County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Iowa District Court for Allamakee County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at iowacourts.gov/iowa-courts/district-court/judicial-district-1/distr..., phone 563-568-6351); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at allamakeecounty.iowa.gov/departments/attorney, phone (563) 568-3813).
Statewide, Iowa Courts Online is the Iowa Judicial Branch's free statewide case search.
Iowa is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: anyone can request a name-based criminal history check online, through the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Allamakee County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Iowa Open Records Law (Chapter 22) the agency must answer without delay; the law sets no fixed number of days, and a delay past 20 days must be justified, and it may charge the actual cost of copying and retrieval.
- An arrest by the Allamakee County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 563-568-4521.
- An arrest in Waukon, Postville or Lansing: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, (563) 568-3813, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Iowa District Court for Allamakee County, through the court records page at iowacourts.gov, phone 563-568-6351.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Allamakee County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the six cities in Allamakee County: Waukon, Postville and Lansing. New Albin, Harpers Ferry and Waterville have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Iowa District Court for Allamakee County.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Allamakee County each year?
The Allamakee County Sheriff's Office reported 95 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 191 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Allamakee County?
Ask the Allamakee County Sheriff's Office at 563-568-4521; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at allamakeecounty.iowa.gov.
Where are people arrested in Allamakee County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Allamakee County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Allamakee County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation: anyone can request a name-based criminal history check online. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Iowa Open Records Law (Chapter 22).
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Allamakee County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Allamakee County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Iowa Open Records Law (Chapter 22) the answer is due without delay; the law sets no fixed number of days, and a delay past 20 days must be justified.
Is this the official Allamakee County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.