This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, schedule visits, add funds, or pull official booking records. Use the official office that owns the record for those actions.
Official Buffalo County Contacts
For current local jail custody, sheriff records, or a booking-record request, start with the Buffalo County Sheriff's Office and Buffalo County Jail. The county sources reviewed did not publish separate public lobby hours for jail records, so call before traveling. Police reports and other non-crash sheriff records are routed through the Buffalo County Sheriff's NextRequest portal.
Buffalo County Sheriff's Office and Jail
Sheriff Michael Osmond
407 S. 2nd St.
Alma, WI 54610
Mailing: P.O. Box 396, Alma, WI 54610
Phone and jail information: 608-685-4433
Fax: 608-685-3379
Emergency: 911
Non-urgent tip line: 608-685-2847
Use the following route based on the question:
- For someone who may be in Buffalo County Jail, use jail inmate records, call 608-685-4433, or check Wisconsin VINE.
- For booking photos, use jail roster mugshots and the Sheriff's NextRequest records process.
- For charges, case numbers, or hearing dates after arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and WCCA.
- For facility rules, mail, visiting, and phone service, use the Buffalo County Jail facility page in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the Wisconsin DOC Offender Locator, not the county jail.
- For federal or immigration custody, use BOP or ICE locator tools because those systems are separate from Buffalo County.
The Buffalo County Clerk of Courts is also at 407 S. 2nd St., Alma, WI 54610, with mailing address P.O. Box 68, Alma, WI 54610. The Clerk's phone is 608-685-6212 and fax is 608-685-6211. Use the Clerk for court-record copy and court-date routing, not jail release decisions.