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 on September 24, 2026.
Muscatine County, Iowa, has about 42,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Muscatine County is held at the county jail, run by the Muscatine 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: Muscatine County public records, Muscatine County arrest records, Muscatine County warrants, Muscatine County criminal records, Muscatine County court records, Iowa arrest records and Iowa inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Muscatine County
The county jail, run by the Muscatine County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Muscatine County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Muscatine County Sheriff's Office at muscatinecountyiowa.gov/sheriff (page title: Sheriff’s Office | Departments | Muscatine County, IA), phone 563-264-0188, 3600 Park Ave. W Muscatine, IA 52761, Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:00 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 563-264-0188.
The Muscatine County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 240 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 255 beds, and it ran at 96 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Muscatine County has about 42,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 58 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Muscatine County Jail
The Muscatine County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Muscatine, West Liberty and Wilton make the arrests that end in a booking in Muscatine County.
The Blue Grass Police Department and the Durant Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Muscatine County, so their arrests are not broken out for Muscatine County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Muscatine's 978 for 2025, the Muscatine County Sheriff's Office's 344 for 2024 and Wilton's 52 for 2024.
Together, the four agencies in Muscatine County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 1,627 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 Muscatine County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Iowa Department of Corrections lists its inmates at doc.iowa.gov/inmate-family-services.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Muscatine County?
Ask the Muscatine County Sheriff's Office at 563-264-0188; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at muscatinecountyiowa.gov/sheriff.
How many people are in the Muscatine County jail?
About 240 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 255 beds.
What is the phone number for the Muscatine County jail?
563-264-0188, the number on the page of the Muscatine County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Muscatine 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 Muscatine 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.