Lincoln County Jail Roster
The official local custody source is the Lincoln County Sheriff inmate roster. The roster is identified as the new inmate roster for the Lincoln County Sheriff and shows a run date and time. It is grouped by Males and Females and lists public roster columns rather than a visible search form. That design matters because users may need to review the current table instead of typing a name into a county search box.
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office runs the local jail from the Law Enforcement Center in Ivanhoe. The sheriff page says the facility is directly behind the courthouse and houses the Communications Center, jail facility, and staff offices. Sheriff Bob Bushman supervises deputies, an investigator, dispatchers, and correctional staff with help from a chief deputy and jail administrator.
Lincoln County's jail is small, designed to hold up to 15 inmates. It should not be treated like a large regional detention campus with multiple public units. The sheriff's page says staff book inmates in and out, transport detainees to and from court, house people sentenced to serve jail terms, manage programs, deliver meals, and provide access to medical care and required services under Minnesota Department of Corrections rules.
Use the Lincoln Inmate Roster
The roster is useful for current county custody, booking charges, disposition text, and bail totals. It does not replace court case records. A person may have charges shown in jail custody before a full court file is easy to find by name, and a person may have a court case after release from jail. For filed criminal case details, use Minnesota Court Records Online and the local Lincoln County arrest records and court charges context.
- Open the Lincoln County Sheriff inmate roster.
- Check the run date and time so the custody snapshot is not mistaken for a permanent record.
- Review the Males and Females roster sections for the person's name.
- Read the JailId, photo, charges, current disposition, and total bail columns if a row appears.
- If the person is not listed, call the Sheriff's Office or use VINE, DOC, BCA, or MCRO based on the question.
Note: No official Lincoln County sheriff mobile app or app-only inmate lookup was found in official sources.
Lincoln County Inmate Fields
The county roster did not expose a search form in the accessible source captured for research. Instead, the public roster table itself supplies the usable fields. Treat the table columns as the roster inventory and use sheriff contact if the current listing does not answer a custody question.
| Field or Column | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Run Date/Time | Timestamp | N/A | Shows when the roster was generated. |
| Males / Females | Section headings | N/A | Roster entries are grouped by sex. |
| JailId | Table column | N/A | Local jail roster identifier. |
| Photo | Image column | N/A | Booking photo if displayed. |
| Name | Text column | N/A | Inmate name as shown on the roster. |
| Charges | Text or list | N/A | Current listed booking or charge information. |
| Current Disposition | Text column | N/A | Custody or case disposition status in the roster row. |
| Total Bail | Currency column | N/A | Total bail shown for the roster entry. |
What Lincoln Inmate Records Show
A Lincoln County inmate record is a custody snapshot. The roster can show who is booked at the local jail and which charges or dispositions are listed at the time the roster runs. It does not prove final guilt, and it does not show all court filings, warrants, sealed data, or full criminal-history results.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| JailId | The local identifier used by the Lincoln County jail roster. |
| Photo | A booking image when available on the roster. |
| Name | The person listed in current Lincoln County jail custody. |
| Charges | Charges or booking descriptions shown for the current custody entry. |
| Current Disposition | The status text posted in the roster row. |
| Total Bail | The total bail amount displayed for that custody entry, if any. |
| Run Date/Time | The date and time tied to the roster snapshot. |
If charges have been filed in District Court, MCRO may show the case number, court events, Register of Actions, plea, disposition, and sentence. If no court case is found by name, try case number or call court administration because pending criminal name-search limits can affect results.
Lincoln County Jail Facility
The local jail facility is the Lincoln County Law Enforcement Center. It is the single county jail facility identified in the research, so there is no separate north jail, annex, workhouse, or regional adult detention center to list for Lincoln County. Use the sheriff contact for current custody, release, bail, visitor approval, mail format, and money-deposit questions.
Lincoln County Sheriff's Office / Law Enforcement Center
322 N. Wallace St., PO Box 166
Ivanhoe, MN 56142
507-694-1664
Jail capacity: 15 inmates
The general county courthouse contact block lists 319 N. Rebecca, PO Box 79, Ivanhoe, MN 56142, phone 507-694-1000, fax 507-694-1198, and weekday office hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Use the Law Enforcement Center contact for jail-specific questions.
County Jail vs DOC Custody
Lincoln County inmate records and Minnesota DOC records answer different questions. The county roster is for people currently booked in the local jail. The Minnesota DOC public offender locator covers adults committed to the Commissioner of Corrections and still under DOC jurisdiction, including prison and supervised-release status. The DOC source notes that newly sentenced people may take several business days to display.
| Source | Use It For | Key Fields |
|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County Sheriff roster | Current county jail custody, booking charges, disposition, bail | JailId, photo, name, charges, current disposition, total bail |
| Minnesota DOC locator | State prison or supervised-release status under DOC jurisdiction | Name search or MNDOC Offender ID |
| Minnesota VINE | Custody status and notification registration | Person or case information, notification preferences |
| BCA CHS | Public conviction history | First name, last name, date of birth |
The Minnesota DOC public offender locator is the state-level custody tool for Lincoln County searches that go beyond the county jail.
Lincoln County Booking Process
The Sheriff's Department books people into and out of the Lincoln County jail, transports detainees to and from court, and houses people serving local jail terms. Booking can create a jail roster entry before the final court record is complete. Charges on a roster can be booking charges, listed allegations, or current custody descriptions. Filed court charges come from the prosecutor and court file.
That distinction matters for a Lincoln County inmate search. A roster charge is not the same thing as a conviction. A court case can later show amended, reduced, dismissed, or resolved charges. The full case path, plea, disposition, and sentence are court records, not jail roster fields.
Jail staff also handle meals, programs, and access to medical care and required services. The county's 2026 fee schedule lists a booking fee in county of $15.00 each, a medical co-pay of $5.00, Huber fees of $25 per day in county and $75 per day out of county, board of prisoners at $75.00, and commissary expenses as varying. These are documented county cost lines, not public instructions for depositing money.
Lincoln Jail Visits and Mail
The official Lincoln County sheriff page confirms the jail and its duties, but it does not publish a detailed visitation schedule, mail policy, phone vendor, commissary vendor, money-deposit method, dress code, video-visitation vendor, or attorney-visit schedule in the captured material. The safest public guidance is to check custody on the roster and call the Sheriff's Office before visiting, mailing items, or trying to send funds.
| Topic | Official Lincoln County Detail Located | Current Action |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visitation schedule | Not published in captured sheriff page | Call Sheriff's Office or jail before visiting. |
| Visitor ID rules | Not published | Confirm directly with the jail. |
| Video visitation | No official vendor found | Do not rely on third-party vendor claims. |
| Mail format | Not published | Ask the jail for name and JailId format. |
| Money deposits | No official kiosk or online vendor found | Call before sending funds. |
| Commissary | County fee schedule says commissary varies | Vendor and deposit process not posted. |
| Attorney visits | Not published | Counsel should contact the jail or court directly. |
Use Minnesota VINE for custody-status notifications, but do not use VINE as a personal-safety plan. For urgent safety issues, call emergency services or work with victim-assistance contacts.
Contacting Lincoln Inmate Sources
Current custody questions should go to the Sheriff's Office or jail. Court dates, case numbers, and filed criminal case records go through Lincoln County District Court and MCRO. State prison status goes through DOC. Public conviction history goes through the BCA. Federal custody is separate again, and federal inmates are searched through the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator is useful when a Lincoln County inmate search points to federal custody rather than county or state custody.
- Roster charge
- A charge or allegation listed in jail custody records at the time of booking or roster generation.
- Court charge
- A filed charge tracked in the District Court case record.
- Disposition
- The status or outcome shown by the roster or court record, depending on the source.
- Bail
- Money or conditions set for release when allowed by the court or jail process.
Lincoln Inmate Public Records
For jail, booking, incident, arrest, or sheriff records not visible online, use a public-records request under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act. Releasable data depends on the record type and classification. Law-enforcement data can be limited by active investigation status, privacy rules, juvenile status, sealed court orders, or other restrictions.
The public-data request fallback also matters when the roster is too narrow. A current roster may not show older booking records, incident reports, jail medical details, full arrest narratives, or closed custody events. The county's fee schedule includes sheriff record copy and electronic data lines, but requesters should confirm the exact cost and release status with the county before assuming a record can be sent.
Lincoln County routes public-data request materials through the Auditor-Treasurer page, including public data request, data subject request, and data table materials. The county fee schedule lists sheriff report or document copies for 1-100 black-and-white pages at $0.25 each side or as allowed under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act. It also lists sheriff electronic data by email at $25, electronic data by mail at $25 plus storage device and postage or shipping, sheriff digital photos at $25 plus storage device, and transcription at actual cost or as allowed under MNGDPA.
Those fee lines do not guarantee that a jail record will be released. They describe costs when releasable data is copied or produced. Current custody, release timing, bail, and visitation approval should still be confirmed by phone with the Sheriff's Office because the public roster is a snapshot and jail operations can change during the day.
Note: BCA public criminal history is for conviction data and should not be used as a live custody or jail-release source.