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Questions about official Buena Vista County criminal records belong with the government office that created or keeps the record. The contacts below separate sheriff and jail material from filed Iowa District Court cases, statewide criminal-history checks, and city police reports. This private site cannot receive a public-record request or issue an official copy.

This Is Not a Government Office. This is a private reference resource. It cannot retrieve or correct a criminal record, perform an official check, issue a certified copy, or accept an Iowa expungement filing. Contact the proper public custodian directly.

Need an Official Record?

Use the office tied to the kind of Buena Vista County record sought:

  • Court cases and expungement filings: contact the Buena Vista County Clerk of District Court at 215 East 5th Street, Storm Lake, IA 50588, 712-749-2546, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; the criminal court case records page explains the search route
  • Sheriff reports and local record requests: call sheriff administration at 712-749-2530 or visit 411 Expansion Boulevard, Storm Lake, IA 50588, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
  • Booking and current custody: call the Buena Vista County Jail at 712-732-2452; county dispatch is available at 712-749-2525 for nonemergency routing
  • Iowa criminal-history results: use the Iowa Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal Investigation Record Dissemination Section
  • Storm Lake police reports: contact the Police Department at 401 East Milwaukee Avenue, 712-732-8010, during its Monday through Friday records hours of 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  • Other incident reports: ask the law-enforcement agency that created the report, since no single county office holds every agency's narrative

The sheriff site identifies Jennifer Fulcher as Records Secretary. Begin a sheriff public-record request with administration at 712-749-2530 or send it by mail to P.O. Box 276, Storm Lake, IA 50588. For a filed criminal matter or certified court copy, use the clerk at the courthouse instead.