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 24, 2026 and October 4, 2026.
Clarke County, Iowa, has about 9,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Clarke County is held at the county jail, run by the Clarke County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Clarke County public records, Clarke County arrest records, Clarke County warrants, Clarke County criminal records, Clarke County court records, Iowa arrest records and Iowa inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Clarke County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Clarke County is held at the county jail, run by the Clarke County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Clarke County Sheriff's Office at clarkecountysheriff.org (page title: Clarke County Jail Roster Lookup, IA, Inmate Search), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
The Clarke County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 22 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 30 beds, and it ran at 73 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Clarke County has about 9,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 23 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Clarke County Jail
The Clarke County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Osceola make the arrests that end in a booking in Clarke County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Osceola's 125 for 2025 and the Clarke County Sheriff's Office's 121 for 2024.
Together, the two agencies in Clarke County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 245 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Clarke County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Clarke County serves the sentence in a facility of the Iowa Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at doc.iowa.gov/inmate-family-services.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Clarke County?
Look on the custody page of the Clarke County Sheriff's Office at clarkecountysheriff.org. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Clarke County jail?
About 22 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 30 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Clarke County go?
To a facility of the Iowa Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.iowa.gov/inmate-family-services.
Is this the official Clarke 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.