This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, change a court date, or pull an official booking record. Use the official office that keeps the record for those actions.
Official Iron County Contacts
For a current Iron County Jail custody question, call the sheriff's office first. No official online jail roster was located in the research materials, so live status, release, bond, and transfer questions should be checked with the jail or the court that issued the order.
Iron County Sheriff's Office and Jail
Sheriff Chuck Helton
220 South Shepherd Street
Ironton, MO 63650
Phone: 573-546-7051
Dispatch: 573-546-4000
County hours: 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
The older sheriff site lists administrative office hours as Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Because the posted hours differ, call before traveling to the office.
Iron County Circuit Clerk
250 South Main Street
Ironton, MO 63650
Phone: 573-546-2511
Email: ironcounty@courts.mo.gov
Hours: 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Iron County Prosecuting Attorney
Brian Parker
250 South Main Street
Ironton, MO 63650
Phone: 573-546-2333
Hours: 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Use the office that matches the record type or custody status.
- For someone held in the local jail, start with jail inmate records and the sheriff's phone number.
- For booking photos, use jail roster mugshots to see the local limits and Sunshine Law request path.
- For charges filed after an arrest, check court records after a jail arrest and contact the circuit clerk for public case-file questions.
- For a specific local facility, use the Iron County Jail page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use Missouri DOC Offender Search instead of the county jail.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP inmate locator, the U.S. Marshals Service, or ICE ODLS as applicable.