Warren County, Indiana Inmate Search

To find an inmate currently held in Warren County, start with the Warren County jail and custody information page, maintained by the elected Sheriff’s Office in Williamsport. The page lists current custody information and links to related jail resources. For court case records tied to an arrest, Indiana’s statewide MyCase portal covers Warren County Circuit Court filings. Confirm numbers and hours before visiting or calling.

Looking for someone booked tonight? See Warren County section 3 — If someone was booked tonight for phone-first contact info.

Searching the Warren County jail roster

The Warren County Sheriff’s Office publishes jail and custody information at Sheriff Department Jail. That page is the county’s primary portal for current inmate status. The roster supports name-based lookups. If you are searching for a booking within a specific window, use the date-range filter to narrow results — this is especially useful when a common name returns multiple entries.

1. Open the Warren County jail and custody information page.
2. Enter the person’s last name in the search field. Add a first name to narrow results.
3. Apply a booking date range if you know the approximate arrest date. Warren County is a small rural county, so a date-range filter quickly isolates recent bookings from older entries.
4. Review the result for booking date, charges listed, and current custody status.

The Indiana County Jail Public Portal at Public offers a parallel statewide search by name and booking dates across participating Indiana county jails, including Warren County. Use it as a cross-check if the county page returns no result.

What the roster does (and doesn’t) show

Juvenile detainees do not appear on the public roster. Warren County’s jail page reflects adult bookings only; anyone under 18 is processed separately and those records are not publicly accessible. Federal detainees held under a contract arrangement with a federal agency also do not appear on the county roster. Sealed or expunged records are likewise excluded under Indiana’s Access to Public Records Act (Ind. Code § 5-14-3).

The roster shows current custody status, booking date, and charges as entered at intake. It does not display bond amounts set at first appearance, case disposition, or sentence information. For case-level detail — charges filed by the prosecutor, hearing dates, or case outcomes — use MyCase, Indiana’s statewide court portal covering Warren County Circuit Court. The roster also will not show a person who was booked and released before the page last refreshed, or someone transferred to an Indiana Department of Correction facility after sentencing.

If you’re reading this because someone was just booked tonight, the section below is for you.

If someone was just booked tonight

Call the (765) 764-4367 — that’s the Warren County Sheriff’s Office — to confirm custody right now. It’s a long night, and the phone is the fastest path. The line is staffed around the clock for custody questions, so you do not need to wait until morning to ask whether someone is in the jail.

Bond is not set at booking. In Indiana, a judge sets bond at the first appearance, which typically happens within 24 to 72 hours after booking. Calling tonight confirms that the person is in custody and may give you the expected first-appearance timing — it will not give you a bond amount yet. That part is the hard part of waiting. Write down what the deputy tells you about the court date so you have it for the morning.

Visitation is not available on the night of booking. Visiting hours at the Warren County Jail begin the following day, and days and hours are assigned by housing unit. Plan to call back in the morning to ask about the specific schedule for your person’s unit. That’s frustrating but normal — the jail needs time to complete intake processing before visits are permitted.

Next-morning actions: call the Warren County Clerk’s Office at the courthouse on the Second Floor of 125 N. Monroe Street, Williamsport (hours are Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM) to ask about the case number and first-appearance time. If you need an attorney, search Indiana’s licensed attorneys through Indiana’s Roll of Attorneys. The Indiana Public Defender Council locator can help if cost is a concern. Attend the first appearance if at all possible — that is when bond is addressed.

If someone isn’t on the Warren County roster

A missing name most often means the booking record hasn’t posted yet. Warren County is a small county jail, and intake processing can take time before a name appears publicly. That said, there are other reasons a person may not show up on the local roster.

• Transferred to IDOC: If the person was sentenced or transferred to a state facility, search the Indiana Department of Correction offender lookup at Indiana DOC Offender / Incarcerated Locator.
• Medical hold: A person booked but transported to a hospital for medical reasons will not appear on the jail roster until they are returned to the facility. Call the Sheriff at (765) 764-4367 to ask whether a medical hold applies.
• Held in a neighboring county: Depending on the arresting agency and available bed space, a person may be held in Fountain, Tippecanoe, or another adjacent county. Check those counties’ rosters directly.
• Federal custody: Arrests on federal charges go to a federal detention facility and will not appear on any Indiana county roster.
• Already released: The person may have been booked and released on their own recognizance or after posting bond before the roster updated.
• VINELink notification: Register for automated custody-status alerts at Vinelink so you are notified of any status change without repeated manual checks.

If you can’t find them in Warren County

Warren County’s jail roster covers only people currently held in that facility. A nationwide records search may help fill gaps that local portals often leave — including bookings in other Indiana counties, other states, or federal facilities that county rosters never display. The tool below is a third-party database; per-jurisdiction completeness varies and results should be treated as a starting point, not a guarantee.

This tool is not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA and may not be used to screen anyone for employment, housing, credit, or any other purpose covered by that law.

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Warren County inmate lookup — resource comparison

Related Warren County resources

• Warren County arrest records
• Warren County warrant search

Nearby counties:

• Fountain County inmate search
• Tippecanoe County inmate search
• Benton County inmate search
• Vermillion County inmate search

Sources

Sources used for this page, verified 2026-07-21:

• Warren County jail and custody information — Warren County Sheriff’s Office (county official)
• Warren County Circuit Court — Warren County (county official)
• MyCase — Indiana court case search — Indiana Judicial Branch (state official)
• Indiana Judicial Branch: Warren County — Indiana courts local directory (state official)
• Indiana Department of Correction offender search — IDOC (state official)
• INjail Public Access — Indiana County Jail Public Portal (state official)
• Indiana’s Roll of Attorneys — Indiana Supreme Court (state official)
• Indiana Public Defender Council — public defender locator (state official)
• VINELink — custody notification service

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