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Davis County Jail Overview

Davis County Jail is operated by the Davis County Sheriff's Office at the Davis County Law Center in Bloomfield. It is a county jail, not an Iowa state prison. The jail receives arrests made by the sheriff's office, Bloomfield Police, and other agencies working in Davis County. Bloomfield Police are tied to the same law-center address, which is why city arrests flow into the county jail rather than a separate city jail.

The Davis County Jail population includes pretrial detainees, people serving local jail sentences, arrestees waiting for first appearance, and short-term holds before court or transfer. Sheriff Zachary Dunlavy is listed on the county sheriff page, and Sylvia Wagler is listed as jail supervisor. For record access, the most important local point is that no official public Davis County online jail roster was located in the county materials reviewed. A current Davis County Jail inmate search therefore starts with the jail or sheriff's office, then moves to court and state systems as needed.

The official sheriff page also points families to jail communications, visitation, commissary, VINELink, visitor rules, and the inmate rule book. That makes the Davis County Jail page useful for operating information even though it does not publish a live county roster. For a broader custody path, the Davis County jail inmate records page explains how county jail status, court records, VINE, DOC, BOP, and ICE searches fit together.

The official Davis County Sheriff's Office page shows the jail links, visitation summary, sheriff contacts, records fees, commissary links, and VINELink route used for local custody information.

The screenshot reflects the local source that replaces a public roster for many Davis County Jail questions: the sheriff's office page, jail phone route, records information, and approved support links.

Davis County Jail Population

The jail's rated capacity is 41 beds. That figure comes from the 2017 Iowa State Sheriffs' and Deputies' Association Gold Star article describing the new Davis County Law Center and Jail. The same source lists the housing layout in detail: male general population, male maximum security, male medium, female general population, female maximum security, a swing dorm, two negative-air special-status cells, and a padded detox intake cell.

A recent local count is available from Davis County Board of Supervisors minutes. On March 10, 2025, Sheriff Zach Dunlavy reported 11 inmates in jail while updating the board on law-center maintenance. That is a point-in-time count, not an annual average. Vera's county jail data reported a 2019 Davis County jail population of 17, a rated capacity of 41, 93 annual admissions, 15 pretrial detainees, and 2 sentenced jail inmates. Those older figures help show scale, but they should not be treated as today's roster.

Lookup Davis County Jail Custody

No official Davis County Jail online roster was found on the sheriff's office website or in the jail materials reviewed. That changes the lookup order. A current Davis County Jail inmate check should begin by calling the sheriff's office or law center, using a full legal name, date of birth or age if known, arrest date, and arresting agency. If the person has already appeared in court, Iowa Courts Online can help confirm filed charges, court dates, and case status.

If the person was sentenced to prison or moved into state supervision, Davis County Jail is no longer the correct lookup point. Use the Iowa Department of Corrections Offender Search and filter by county of commitment when useful. For federal custody, use the BOP Inmate Locator. For immigration detention, use ICE ODLS. Iowa VINE is a separate custody notification tool, not a jail roster, but it can help track covered custody changes.

1. Call Davis County Jail or the sheriff's office to ask whether the person is in local custody.
2. Have the full name, date of birth or age, arrest date, and arresting agency ready before calling.
3. Ask whether booking is complete if the arrest was recent, because intake may take time.
4. Search Iowa Courts Online after charges are filed to confirm the court case, bond, and hearings.
5. Use Iowa DOC, BOP, or ICE only when the person has moved beyond local county jail custody.

Davis County Jail Contact

Use the sheriff's office phone line for jail-status questions and the law-center number when routing through the shared facility. The county sheriff page lists the sheriff's public phone, fax, and email, while county and city sources also list the law-center phone. Records and report requests are handled locally; the sheriff page states that reports must be picked up in person or can be faxed once payment is received.

For local reports, the sheriff page lists report and incident-report fees, preparation time charges, and copy media fees. Iowa Code Chapter 22 still controls what can be released. Law-enforcement investigative records, juvenile material, medical information, protected victim or witness information, and security-sensitive records may be withheld or redacted.

Davis County Jail Visits

The sheriff page gives the current public visitation summary as Wednesday and Sunday from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The inmate rule book lists Wednesday and Sundays only from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.; when planning a visit, the county webpage time is the safer public summary to verify by phone. Visitors must be on the inmate's visitation sheet and approved by the sheriff or jail administrator before the visit.

Visitor rules are specific. Adults need a current government-issued picture ID with date of birth. Children 17 and younger may visit only with an adult and prior approval. Personal property is not allowed in the visitation area, including purses, wallets, coats, valuables, packages, tobacco, gum, soda, and food. Visitors are subject to search, and refusal can lead to denial. Former Davis County Jail inmates must wait three months after release before visiting. Anyone currently on parole or probation to any court or DOC is not allowed to visit.

Note: Call before leaving for Bloomfield, because custody status, approval lists, security needs, or staff direction can change a visit.

Davis County Jail Mail

Davis County Jail rules separate privileged mail from ordinary mail. Privileged correspondence with an attorney, judge, governor, legislators, clerk of court, or ombudsman is opened in the inmate's presence, inspected for contraband, and not read. Non-privileged incoming mail is opened and searched for contraband, and it may be read or copied for security. Mail should be in English, coded letters are not permitted, and inmate-to-inmate correspondence requires sheriff approval.

Communications and deposits run through vendors linked by Davis County. The sheriff page links CIDNET for prepaid phone calls, home video visits, and text or picture messages. The county also links Stellar Services and JailATM for commissary and deposits. Vendor steps can require an account, email verification, phone verification, photo ID upload, state and facility selection, inmate search, and facility approval.

Davis County Jail Booking

Booking at Davis County Jail follows the arrest and transport stage. Jail staff document identity, property, legal authority for confinement, and custody records. Iowa jail standards require proper process or court order before a person is confined or released. The Davis County inmate rule book states that cash and valuables are not kept on the inmate's person; money, checks, and money orders received for an inmate are placed in the property envelope and receipted.

Screening also includes medical, mental-health, suicide-risk, and classification concerns. Classification means the jail's decision about housing and security based on risk, sex, charge type, behavior, medical or mental-health concerns, and separation needs. The 41-bed layout supports separation by male and female housing, maximum and medium custody, general population, swing dorm use, special status, and detox or intake needs. Iowa jail standards also address separation of adults and juveniles, pretrial and sentenced status where feasible, and vulnerable or high-risk prisoners.

Initial appearance

The first court appearance after arrest. Davis County Attorney materials state that a person held in custody must be taken before a judge within 24 hours.

Detainer

A hold or notice from another agency or jurisdiction that can affect release from Davis County Jail.

Classification

The jail housing and security decision made after intake screening.

Davis County Jail History

The current Davis County Jail replaced an older 10-bed jail at the former Bloomfield-Davis County Law Enforcement Center. The old jail was in a building constructed in 1934 as the Bloomfield Municipal Water Works and converted to jail use in 1972. Then-Sheriff Dave Davis described structural problems and classification limits after a 2014 Iowa State Jail inspection. When the old jail was full or could not manage required separation, Davis County had to house inmates outside the county at higher cost.

Voters approved a $5.8 million law center and jail bond on May 5, 2015. The project broke ground in 2016, had an open house in March 2017, and became a 41-bed jail after county supervisors added a 12-bed expansion while the work was under budget. County minutes from November 19, 2018 say the old law enforcement center at 110 West Franklin Street had been abandoned in favor of the new location. The new law center also brought together sheriff functions, Bloomfield Police, and other public-safety uses in a shared local facility.

Inside the jail, the inmate rule book lists programs and conditions that matter for longer stays: drug and alcohol counseling, local mental health access, GED for inmates in custody over a long period, court-ordered work release, religious practice, court access, grievance rights, exercise, laundry, and medical care. Necessary medical care is not denied because of inability to pay, though medical costs are treated as the inmate's responsibility. Booking photos and formal charge outcomes are separate topics, so the Davis County jail mugshots page focuses on booking-photo access and limits.