This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release anyone, post bond, schedule visitation, or obtain official booking records. Use the official Shelby County, Ohio contacts below for custody, bond, court, and public-record questions.
Official Contacts for Jail and Court Records
For current custody at the Shelby County Correctional Facility, start with the jail or sheriff's office. For felony court records, bonds, and Common Pleas filings, use the Clerk of Courts. For misdemeanor and traffic cases, use Sidney Municipal Court. Victim questions and felony prosecution matters route through the prosecutor's office.
| Office | Use For | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Shelby County Sheriff's Office | Nonemergency sheriff questions, jail operator contact, dispatch routing | 555 Gearhart Road, Sidney, OH 45365 Main line: 937-498-1111 Fax: 937-498-7845 Emergency: 911 Operates 24 hours a day |
| Shelby County Correctional Facility | Current jail custody, jail roster fallback, holds, local facility questions | 555 Gearhart Road, Sidney, OH 45365 Jail line: 937-498-7831 Jail fax: 937-494-2180 |
| Sheriff Jail Operations | Jail operations and PREA reporting contact listed in local research | Lt. Karla Pleiman, Jail Operations / Inmate Work Crew Phone: 937-494-2106 |
| Sheriff Records Requests | Incident reports, crash reports, and public-records requests for law-enforcement records | Mail or walk in at 555 Gearhart Road, Sidney, OH 45365 Incident reports: $2 Crash reports: $4 No fax requests for crash reports noted in the research |
| Shelby County Clerk of Courts | Common Pleas criminal records, felony filings, bonds, case documents, older court records | 100 E. Court St., 3rd Floor, Sidney, OH 45365 Phone: 937-498-7221 Fax: 937-498-4840 Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. |
| Sidney Municipal Court | Adult misdemeanor criminal and traffic cases for Shelby County, online payment and record search questions | 110 W Court Street, Sidney, OH 45365 Court phone: 937-498-0011 Clerk office questions: 937-498-8712 Fax: 937-498-8179 Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. |
| Shelby County Prosecutor | Felony prosecution, grand jury matters, victim services routing | William R. Zimmerman Jr., Prosecutor 100 E Court Street, 1st Floor, Sidney, OH 45365 Phone: 937-498-2101 Victim Services: 937-498-7400, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. |
Choose the record path that matches the question before calling or visiting.
- For someone held in the county jail, use jail inmate records and the jail line at 937-498-7831.
- For booking-photo questions, review jail roster mugshots and then use a sheriff records/public-records request if the roster or app does not answer it.
- For charges filed after arrest, check court records after a jail arrest, the Clerk of Courts, or Sidney Municipal Court depending on the case type.
- For facility-specific information, use the Shelby County Correctional Facility page and confirm rules with jail staff.
- For a sentenced Ohio prisoner, use the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Offender Search.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.