This is a private reference site, not a Van Wert County or Ohio government office. We cannot confirm custody or release, release anyone, post bond, or pull an official booking record. Contact the office that keeps the record.
Official Offices and Lookup Routes
The Sheriff’s Office handles county jail record requests, while the correctional facility can route immediate jail inquiries. Published research does not state records-office hours, so call before visiting. The addresses and channels below lead to the agencies that can provide or verify their own information.
Van Wert County Sheriff’s Office
113 N. Market Street
Van Wert, OH 45891
Phone: 419-238-3866
Records email: rsmith@vanwertcountysheriff.com
Request booking and release records here. Emailed records are free under the published policy; paper copies are five cents per page, CDs are one dollar, and mailing adds actual costs.
Van Wert County Correctional Facility
204 N. Washington Street
Van Wert, OH
Phone: 419-238-2464
Use the facility number for jail-information routing. The official sheriff app covers current inmates, not a verified historical release archive.
County and Municipal Courts
County Clerk of Courts
121 E. Main St., Suite 300
Phone: 419-238-1022
Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Van Wert Municipal Court
102 E. Main St.
Phone: 419-238-5767
Email: vanwertmunicourt@gmail.com
Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Use Common Pleas records for felony matters and Municipal Court for its own cases. Municipal Probation is 419-238-5760. The Police Records Bureau is 419-238-1989.
Ohio State Records and Alerts
ODRC Central Records
P.O. Box 430
Columbus, OH 43216
Use the ODRC Offender Search for an Ohio prisoner, released state offender, or APA-supervision record. Ohio VINE is available at VINELink, 1-800-770-0192, or TTY 1-866-847-1298. ODRC Victim Services registration help is available at DRC.Victim.Services@odrc.state.oh.us.
Choose the route that matches the question:
- For a released person or county release record, start with the home search and records process, then request the sheriff record.
- For state or local supervision, use Probation & Parole and the office named in the person’s record.
- For recent county-jail departures, review Jail Releases: 24 Hours; Van Wert has no verified official daily release feed.
- For timing or notification, compare Projected Release with VINELink Inmate Search.
- For the local jail, use the Van Wert County Correctional Facility page linked in the footer.
- For a sentenced Ohio prisoner, use ODRC. For federal prison or immigration custody, use the official BOP or ICE locator.
- For juvenile matters, call Juvenile Court at 419-238-1118; juvenile records must not be treated as public adult records.