This is a private reference site, not a Big Stone County government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, accept jail payments, schedule visits, or retrieve official booking records. Use the official agencies and locators below for those tasks.
Where to Start for Big Stone County Custody Questions
Big Stone County Sheriff's Department
Sheriff Mark Brown
11 SE 2nd Street, Suite 101
Ortonville, MN 56278
Phone: (320) 839-3558
Office hours: Monday-Friday 7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Weekend hours may vary.
Big Stone County Courthouse
20 Second St SE
Ortonville, MN 56278
Phone: (320) 487-1200
Big Stone County District Court
Phone: (320) 849-7005
Big Stone County does not operate a county jail facility, so a current custody search may require several official channels. Start with the sheriff for local arrest routing, then check the holding facility or statewide locator that fits the case.
- For a person arrested in Big Stone County, use the jail inmate records page and contact the sheriff to ask whether the person was transferred.
- For booking photos, use jail roster mugshots and check whether the person appears on the Traverse County or Lac qui Parle County roster.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and Big Stone County District Court or MCRO.
- For the actual holding facility, check the facility pages for the Big Stone County Sheriff's Office, Traverse County Jail, and Lac qui Parle County Jail in the footer.
- For county custody notifications, search Minnesota VINE when a jail roster does not answer the release or transfer question.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the Minnesota Department of Corrections public locator rather than a county jail roster.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator or the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.