Union County, Indiana Inmate Search

Start your search at the Union County Indiana Sheriff’s Office website, which is the county’s primary official source for custody information. Union County is one of Indiana’s smallest counties by population, with its jail operated by the elected Sheriff out of Liberty, Indiana. Booking records are public under Indiana’s Access to Public Records Act (Ind. Code § 5-14-3). If the online roster does not return a result, call the Union County Courthouse at (765) 458-6121 to reach the Sheriff’s records line.

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

Searching the Union County jail roster

The Union County Indiana Sheriff’s Office website is the direct starting point for a custody check. No separate inmate-search portal has been confirmed for Union County; the Sheriff’s site is the county-official resource for current custody status.

1. Go to Union County Indiana Sheriff’s Office.
2. Look for the inmate or jail section in the site navigation.
3. Search by the person’s last name. Common name variations may return multiple results — confirm by date of birth or booking date.
4. If the site search returns no result, call the Union County Courthouse at (765) 458-6121 to reach the Sheriff’s records line. Phone lines can have wait times, so plan for that when calling during business hours.

Union County’s jail is a small facility serving a rural county in eastern Indiana, near the Ohio border. Because the roster is not a high-volume automated feed, a phone call to the Sheriff often resolves questions faster than repeated online searches.

What the roster does (and doesn’t) show

Juvenile detainees do not appear on the public roster. Individuals held under federal detainers or transferred to Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) custody are also absent from the local list. Sealed records and cases involving certain protected classes are withheld by law under Indiana’s Access to Public Records Act, Ind. Code § 5-14-3.

The roster reflects current county jail custody only. A person booked and released on bond the same night may not appear, or may drop off the list before you search. Charges shown at booking can change after a court appearance. Court case details — including updated charges and hearing dates — are available through Indiana’s statewide court portal, MyCase, which covers Union County Circuit Court and Superior Court records.

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

If someone was just booked tonight

Tonight is hard, and the fastest path forward is a phone call. Reach the Union County Sheriff’s Office by calling the Union County Courthouse line at (765) 458-6121 — the line is staffed around the clock for custody questions. Give the full name and approximate age of the person you’re looking for. A deputy can confirm whether that person is in custody.

Bond is not set at booking. That part is the hard part — you have to wait. In Indiana, bond is typically set at first appearance, which happens within a set window after booking. Calling tonight confirms custody status and lets you ask when the first appearance is scheduled. That’s the hearing where bond gets addressed. You cannot pay bond before it is set.

Visitation is not available tonight. That’s frustrating but normal. Visitation hours at the Union County jail begin the following day at the earliest. Check the visitation information page for current schedules before making the trip to Liberty. Confirm hours before visiting — schedules can change.

Tomorrow morning, your next steps are: call the Union County Clerk’s office at the courthouse (765) 458-6121 to get case information once a case number is assigned; attend or monitor the first appearance if you can; and consult an attorney if you need guidance on bond reduction or the charges. The Indiana Public Defender Council can help locate public defender resources if the person cannot afford private counsel. It’s a long night — the morning gives you more to work with.

If someone isn’t on the Union County roster

• Booking lag: The roster may not reflect a booking that happened within the past several hours. Call the Sheriff’s line to confirm before concluding the person isn’t in custody.
• IDOC transfer: If the person has an existing sentence or a hold, they may have been transferred to state custody. Search the Indiana Department of Correction offender locator at Indiana DOC Offender / Incarcerated Locator.
• Released: Bond may have been posted or the person may have been released on recognizance before you searched.
• Neighboring county: An arrest by Indiana State Police or a neighboring jurisdiction may route a person to Fayette, Wayne, or Franklin County jail instead of Union County.
• Federal custody: Federal arrests go to federal detention facilities and never appear on county rosters.
• VINELink notification: Register at Vinelink to receive automated alerts when custody status changes in Indiana facilities.
• Multi-state lookup: If you have reason to think the person may be held in another state, a nationwide search tool may help surface records that Indiana’s county rosters cannot reach — see the section below.

Booking lag is the most common reason a name doesn’t appear right away. Call the Sheriff’s line first before working through the other paths on this list.

If you can’t find them in Union County

A nationwide records search may help fill gaps that local portals often leave — particularly when someone could be held in another county, another state, or federal custody. The tool below is designed to search across multiple jurisdictions and may surface custody or records information not visible on the Union County roster. Treat it as a starting point, not a guarantee of completeness.

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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.

Union County inmate search — resource comparison

Related Union County resources

Union County arrest records ·
Union County warrant search

Nearby counties:
Fayette County inmate search ·
Wayne County inmate search ·
Franklin County inmate search

Sources

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

• Union County Indiana Sheriff’s Office — primary county official source for custody and jail information
• Union County: Sheriff — state-hosted county sheriff page
• Access to Public Records — Union County — public records framework under Ind. Code § 5-14-3
• Union County — Indiana Judicial Branch — local court directory
• Clerk — Union County — Clerk of Court contact and case records
• Indiana MyCase case records search — case search for Union County Circuit and Superior Courts
• Indiana DOC Offender / Incarcerated Locator — state prison custody lookup
• VINELink — custody-status notification service
• Visitation information — jail visitation guidance
• Indiana Public Defender Council — public defender locator

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