Ottawa County Record Contacts

This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the office that holds the record.


Where Ottawa Records Are Held

The Ottawa County Sheriff handles local jail and release records. Confirm office arrangements before visiting because the reviewed public-record page did not publish fixed counter hours.

Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office
315 Madison Street, Room 110
Port Clinton, OH 43452
Main: 419-734-4404
Jail Desk: 419-734-6828
Jail Lobby: 419-734-6848
Records contact: Deputy Heather Moss, 419-734-6823, hmoss@ottawacountysheriff.org

Use the custodian that matches the question:

  • For a local discharge entry or booking sheet, contact the Sheriff’s records office or Jail Desk.
  • For Common Pleas felony records, call the Clerk at 419-734-6755; for Municipal records, call 419-734-4143.
  • For local probation, call Common Pleas Adult Probation at 419-734-6795 or Municipal Probation at 419-734-6299.
  • For an ODRC offender-detail issue, write ODRC Central Records, P.O. Box 430, Columbus, OH 43216.
  • For Ohio VINE automated information, call 1-800-770-0192 or TTY 1-866-847-1298.
  • For a federal case, use BOP or USMS records; for documented immigration custody, use ICE’s locator or 1-888-351-4024.
  • For the complete local search and records-request steps, begin on the Ottawa County release-record home page.