This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, pull official booking records, retrieve police reports, or update court records. For an official answer, contact the agency that holds the record.
Official Colfax Contacts
For a Colfax County custody question, start with the office or system that matches the record. The sheriff's office is the local holding-cell contact. Court files are handled by the county or district court. Prosecution records and pending-charge questions follow the County Attorney's rules, and public-record requests go to the department that keeps the record or to the County Clerk if the correct department is unclear.
Colfax County Sheriff's Office / Holding Cell
411 E 11th Street, 4th Floor
Schuyler, NE 68661
Phone: (402) 352-8526
Fax: (402) 352-8545
Business hours: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday, closed holidays
Sheriff: Shawn Messerlie
Jail Administrator: Corporal Alyssa Ledon
Transport Officer: Chad Kennedy
Courts and Prosecutor
Colfax County Court: 402-352-8511
Clerk of the District Court: (402) 352-8506
Colfax County Attorney Bruce J. Prenda
412 E 11th Street, Schuyler, NE 68661
Phone: (402) 352-8502 and (402) 352-8503
Use these paths for the most common Colfax County inmate and record questions:
- For a current local custody question, start with jail inmate records and the Colfax County Sheriff's Office.
- For a booking photo or arrest-identification photograph, review jail roster mugshots and request the record from the agency that holds it.
- For charges, hearing dates, filings, or disposition after booking, use court records after a jail arrest, Colfax County Court, District Court, or Nebraska JUSTICE.
- For a person moved from Colfax County to a contract jail, use the relevant facility page for Butler, Platte, or Antelope.
- For a sentenced Nebraska prisoner, use the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services incarceration record search.
- For federal custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator. For immigration custody, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator.
Colfax public-records guidance says requests should be sent to the department in charge of the record. If the right department is not clear, the request can go to the County Clerk for forwarding. The county provides an approximate fee before work proceeds, and Nebraska law allows actual duplication costs without requiring a purpose statement.