Koochiching County Jail Roster
The official Koochiching County, Minnesota custody source is the Koochiching County Jail page, which links to the public jail roster PDF. Koochiching County Jail is operated by the Koochiching County Sheriff's Office, with Sheriff Perryn Hedlund named in the county directory and Carrie Geiss named as jail administrator in the research sources. The jail phone is 218-283-4416. The roster reviewed for this build was titled "KCJ Website Jail Roster" and was printed June 18, 2026.
The roster is not a searchable web application. There is no county-published form field for first name, last name, date range, booking number, facility, or arresting agency. It is a static PDF. That makes the search process simple but limited: open the roster from the official jail page, use the find tool in the browser or PDF viewer, then read the public fields in the row. The county disclaimer warns that the information should not be used for legal action and may not be current, accurate, or complete.
Use Koochiching County Inmate Roster
The best route is to start from the official jail page rather than an old downloaded PDF or a third-party roster copy. The county page places the roster next to its public-data disclaimer, which matters because the sheriff's office explains the limits on juvenile information, current legal status, false identifying data, and roster accuracy.
- Open the official Koochiching County Jail page and choose the "Koochiching County Jail Roster" link.
- Check the printed date on the roster PDF before relying on any row.
- Use Ctrl+F or Command+F in the PDF viewer to search a last name.
- Try alternate spellings, an arresting-agency label, or a known charge term if the name is not found.
- Read across the row for the mugshot column, name, age, arresting agency, arrest date/time, charges, bail, and release date.
- Use Minnesota Court Records Online or court administration for pending case status.
- Call the jail at 218-283-4416 when the PDF appears stale, incomplete, or unclear.
Koochiching County Roster Search Fields
The public roster has no official search form. The table below is intentionally narrow because adding invented fields would mislead users. The only practical search control is the PDF viewer's own find function, which can search visible text but cannot filter by custody status or produce an official search result.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| None on public county roster PDF | Static PDF | Not applicable | Search manually with browser or PDF find. No tabs, filters, login, or sort controls were located. |
| Browser/PDF Find | Viewer function | Optional | Search by last name or other visible text; not an official county form field. |
Koochiching County Inmate Record Fields
Koochiching County inmate records in the public roster are row-based. The inspected roster did not provide a click-through inmate profile, housing unit, date of birth, case number, warrant number, magistrate, projected release date, or separate status field. Some charge lines may include status-like words, such as probation violation or found guilty, but those words are part of the charge text and do not replace the court record.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Front Mugshot | Reserved roster column for a front booking photo; the text extract did not reliably display the image. |
| Name | Last name and first name or full public name as listed in the row. |
| Age | Numeric age, not date of birth. |
| Arresting Agency | Agency label such as Koochiching County, International Falls, Minnesota State, or KCD1-Koochiching. |
| Arrest Date/Time | Date and time where populated, commonly MM/DD/YY HH:MM. |
| Charges | Statute or citation with plain-language charge descriptions; multiple charges can appear together. |
| Bail | Roster column for bail information, but amounts were not consistently visible in the inspected text. |
| Release Date | Roster column for release information, often blank for people currently listed. |
Koochiching County Jail Contact
Use the jail contact when the roster is too new, too old, misspelled, or unclear. The county does not publish a live roster database, so phone confirmation may be the fastest way to resolve a current custody question. Records requests, court records, and prison locators remain separate from the jail phone line.
Koochiching County Jail
715 Fourth Street
International Falls, MN 56649
218-283-4416
Operator: Koochiching County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Records Request
Koochiching County Sheriff's Office
ATTN: Records Request
715 4th Street, International Falls, MN 56649
Civil Division: 218-283-1141
Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-4:00 PM
Koochiching County Access Channels
A full inmate-record search should follow the custody chain. The roster is the first stop for current local jail custody, but it is not the only source. Court charges, prison sentences, federal custody, immigration custody, and release notifications each use a different system.
| Need | Best Channel | What It Covers |
|---|---|---|
| Current local custody | County roster PDF and jail phone | People listed at Koochiching County Jail |
| Arrest or incident report | Sheriff records request | Accident, arrest, and incident reports subject to Minnesota data law |
| Formal charges and case status | Minnesota Court Records Online | District court case records, subject to remote-access limits |
| Sentenced Minnesota prison custody | MNDOC public viewer | Adults committed to DOC and still under DOC jurisdiction |
| Custody notifications | VINELink / Minnesota Haven | Custody-status and release notifications, not a full booking record |
| Federal sentence | Federal BOP locator | Sentenced federal prisoners |
| Immigration detention | ICE detainee locator | People in ICE custody or certain recent CBP custody cases |
No official Koochiching County Sheriff's Office mobile app was located in the research sweep. Use the roster PDF, phone line, records request, court records, DOC locator, BOP locator, ICE locator, and VINELink instead of looking for an app-only Koochiching roster.
County State Federal Inmate Lookup
The county roster covers local jail custody. The MNDOC locator is for adults committed to the Commissioner of Corrections who remain under DOC jurisdiction, including people in prison and people released from prison but still under supervision. MNDOC warns that newly sentenced individuals may take several business days to display, so a recent sentence may not appear immediately.
The Minnesota DOC public viewer screenshot in the manifest matches this search path. Open the MNDOC public offender locator when a Koochiching County arrest has become a prison sentence or when a person is no longer on the county roster after transfer.
The state locator may show DOC offender ID, DOC name, aliases, birth date, current status, sentence date, release dates, caseworker details, and mugshot images when public.
Federal and immigration custody are separate again. No BOP prison or ICE detention facility was located inside Koochiching County. Use the BOP inmate locator for sentenced federal prisoners and ICE ODLS for immigration detention. Federal pretrial custody may involve U.S. Marshals channels and federal court records rather than a local county roster.
The BOP locator is a distinct federal system, as shown by the captured Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator page.
A Koochiching County jail record and a federal BOP record should not be treated as interchangeable, even when the same person has had both local and federal custody events.
Koochiching County Booking Process
A local arrest usually starts with transport to Koochiching County Jail at the Law Enforcement Center. The public roster later reflects the public portions of that custody record: name, age, arresting agency, arrest date and time if populated, charges, bail if populated, and release date if applicable. The roster does not disclose internal housing or all intake details.
State jail standards require more than a name and charge entry. The 2025 DOC inspection discussed admission orientation and medical-screening requirements, including questions about current illness, medication, substance use, mental-health history, tuberculosis symptoms, behavior observations, trauma observations, and referral or housing disposition. The inspection cited areas needing corrective action, which is a reminder that intake is a safety and classification process, not just a public roster entry. Formal court processing follows through Minnesota courts, and the county jail page directs users to the Minnesota Court System for pending legal status.
Koochiching County Visitation Schedule
Current official public visitation hours, video-visit vendor details, phone vendor rules, deposit vendor rules, and remote-visit pricing were not located in the county web sources reviewed. The inmate handbook is local background, but it is dated January 2018 and should be confirmed by phone. The jail is also in a facility-transition period, so visitation, mail, and money rules may change.
| Visit Type | Schedule | Source Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-person social visitation | Not located in current official web sources | Gap | Call 218-283-4416 before travel. |
| Video visitation | Not located | Gap | No official vendor located. |
| Attorney visitation | Not located | Gap | Confirm separate attorney-security rules with jail staff. |
| Holiday or emergency visits | Not located | Gap | Confirm during weather closures, court days, or lockdowns. |
Koochiching County Jail Mail Money
The handbook and official jail page confirm that inmate rules exist, but no current public vendor page was located for commissary, money deposits, phones, or video visits. The handbook warns that non-canteen items are not allowed in cells and are treated as contraband. It also says inmates should not ask corrections officers to personally mail letters or items. Before sending funds, mail, or property, confirm current formatting and acceptance rules directly with the jail.
| Service | Vendor / Method | Fee | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commissary/canteen | Not located in current official source | Not located | Handbook confirms canteen concept; no current fee table found. |
| Money deposit | Not located | Not located | Call jail before trying an online deposit. |
| Phone or video calls | Not located | Not located | No Securus, GTL, HomeWAV, or InmateCanteen source was confirmed. |
| Confirm with jail | Postage unless another rule applies | Use inmate name and jail address only after confirming format. |
Note: Confirm custody status with the jail before scheduling a visit, mailing property, or sending funds.
Koochiching County Records Requests
When the roster is not enough, the sheriff's records process is the official route for accident, arrest, and incident reports handled by the sheriff's office. The records request page says reports are released subject to the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act and are not automatically mailed. Requesters may contact the Civil Division or send a written request to the sheriff's office.
The county's records request page screenshot from the manifest shows the local routing source for report requests.
Records may be withheld when they are confidential, juvenile, Social Services related, vulnerable-adult related, victim-identifying, active-investigation material, or when release could jeopardize safety and welfare.
Koochiching County Sheriff Records Context
The Law Enforcement Center page is also relevant because it identifies the sheriff's office campus and general contact context. The official Law Enforcement Center page gives the non-emergency and dispatch phone as 218-283-4416 and ties the jail, sheriff, and law-enforcement functions to the same county campus.
That campus context matters because custody, incident reports, court records, and prosecution may all relate to one arrest, but each office keeps a different type of record.