This is a private reference site, not a government records desk. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, approve visitation, or pull an official booking record. Use the government office that controls the record or custody status.
Where to Ask for Grant County Records
The correct contact depends on what happened to the person and which agency now controls the record.
Grant County Sheriff's Office and Grant County Jail
Address: 8820 Hwy 35/61/81, Lancaster, WI 53813
Phone: (608) 723-2157
Emergency: 911
Hours: open 24 hours, according to the official Sheriff's Office page
Use for: current Grant County Jail custody questions, jail records, booking information, incident reports, warrant-related Sheriff records, and records not available through a verified online roster.
Grant County NextRequest
Portal: grantcountywi.nextrequest.com
Use for: public-record requests to the Sheriff's Office, including reports, booking records, jail records, and mugshot requests. Wisconsin open-records law may allow inspection or copies, but redactions or withholding can apply under Wis. Stat. 19.31, 19.35, 19.36, confidentiality rules, investigation concerns, or the public-records balancing test.
Grant County Clerk of Court
Clerk: Tina McDonald
Address: 130 W. Maple St, P.O. Box 110, Lancaster, WI 53813
Phone: (608) 723-2752
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Use for: criminal case files, filed charges, court dates, judgments, copies of court documents, and payment questions connected to a Grant County Circuit Court case.
Grant County District Attorney
District Attorney: Ryan Kieler
Address: 130 W Maple Street, Lancaster, WI 53813
Phone: (608) 723-4237
Fax: (608) 723-4382
Email: ryan.kieler@da.wi.gov
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Use for: prosecutor-office matters. The DA prosecutes violations of state law and county ordinances, but filed case documents and public court copies normally come through the Clerk of Court or WCCA.
Where to Look by Situation
- For a person believed to be in Grant County Jail, start with the Sheriff's Office at (608) 723-2157 and the jail inmate records page.
- For booking photos, use the Sheriff's public-record route and review the jail roster mugshots page. Grant County does not have a verified official online mugshot gallery in the research.
- For formal charges after arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, Wisconsin Circuit Court Access at wcca.wicourts.gov, and the Clerk of Court.
- For a sentenced Wisconsin prisoner, search the Wisconsin DOC Offender Locator at appsdoc.wi.gov/lop/welcome. DOC does not cover people sentenced only to county jail.
- For custody notifications, use Wisconsin VINELink at vinelink.vineapps.com/state/WI, understanding that it is a notification tool, not a full archive.
- For a federal inmate, use the BOP Inmate Locator at bop.gov/inmate_locator. BOP covers federal inmates from 1982 to the present.
- For immigration detention, use ICE Online Detainee Locator System at locator.ice.gov. ODLS is separate from county jail, DOC, and court records.