This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, approve a release, post bond, pull an official booking record, correct a jail roster, or speak for Otter Tail County or the State of Minnesota.
Where to Ask for Official Help
For current custody, release, jail visits, or booking-record questions, use the official office that controls the record. The Otter Tail County Jail is at 416 South Mill Street, Fergus Falls, MN 56537, and the jail phone line is 218-998-8556. The Sheriff's Office is at 417 Court Street S, Level 1-A, Fergus Falls, MN 56537; phone 218-998-8555; email sheriff@ottertailcounty.gov. The county lists public counter hours for the jail location as Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Law-enforcement and custody operations are not limited to lobby hours.
Otter Tail County also lists a Sheriff's Office Operations Center at 469 Main Street, Ottertail, MN 56571; phone 218-367-6300; fax 218-367-2633; building hours Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Otter Tail County District Court is at 121 West Junius Avenue, Fergus Falls, MN 56537. Court Administration handles court records, calendars, fines, fees, restitution, bail accounting, and trial exhibits.
- For someone held in the county jail, start with jail inmate records and the official Jail In Custody List PDF.
- For booking-photo questions, review jail roster mugshots and consider a Sheriff's Office data request if the photo is not publicly displayed.
- For charges filed after booking, use court records after a jail arrest and Minnesota Court Records Online.
- For facility address, operator, and visitation details, use the Otter Tail County Jail page.
- For a sentenced Minnesota state prisoner, check the Minnesota Department of Corrections public locator.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator, ICE Online Detainee Locator, and direct jail confirmation when the county jail may be boarding the person.