This is a private reference site, not a Whitley County office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule visitation, or pull an official booking record. Use the government office or official locator that owns the record you need.
Where to Ask for Whitley County Records
Whitley County Jail: 711 N Opportunity Dr, Columbia City, IN 46725. The jail division lists Jail Commander Sean Martin and the jail business phone at (260) 244-7119. Use the official jail division page at whitleycounty.in.gov/department/division.php?structureid=66 for the county jail contact record.
Whitley County Sheriff's Department: Sheriff Jason Spencer's department is listed at 711 North Opportunity Drive, Columbia City, IN 46725, with the main business phone (260) 244-6410. The sheriff and jail department page is whitleycounty.in.gov/department/index.php?structureid=9.
Warrants: the county warrants division says to call (260) 244-6410, option 1, for warrant questions. Its contact card lists 24-hour availability at whitleycounty.in.gov/department/division.php?structureid=67.
Court records and copies: the Whitley County Clerk's copy/file-management page gives (260) 248-3143 for file management and also references the Clerk's Office at (260) 248-3102. Posted copy hours are Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., and Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; public record-search hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., closed 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. for lunch.
Use these routes by record type:
- For a person in Whitley County Jail, start with jail inmate records, then call the jail at (260) 244-7119 if the search is urgent or a booking is too recent to appear.
- For booking photos, read jail roster mugshots and use the sheriff or jail contact if the roster does not display an image.
- For filed charges, hearings, orders, and copies after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, Indiana MyCase, and the Whitley County Clerk.
- For Whitley County Jail address, phone, visitation, mail, and facility details, use the Whitley County Jail page.
- For a sentenced Indiana state prisoner, use the Indiana Department of Correction incarcerated search instead of the county jail roster.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System, because those records are separate from Whitley County Jail records.