Contact

This website is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule a visit, pull official booking records, or change a court or jail record. Use the official office that controls the record or custody file.


Official Aitkin Contacts

For current Aitkin County Jail custody, start with the jail and sheriff contacts below. The Sheriff's Office and jail are at 218 1st St NW, Aitkin, MN 56431, and the office is open 24/7. Sheriff's Administration business office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays.

Aitkin County Sheriff's Office and Jail

218 1st St NW
Aitkin, MN 56431

Main sheriff: 218-927-7435 or 888-900-2138
Direct jail: 218-927-7456
Dispatch non-emergency: 218-927-7400
Records: 218-927-7433 or 218-927-7434
Visit appointments: 218-927-7444
Jail fax: 218-927-6887
Jail email: jail@aitkincountymn.gov

Data-practices requests for sheriff and jail records should go to the department that maintains the data. Aitkin County identifies Sheriff Dan Guida as responsible authority and Undersheriff Heidi Lenk as designee for sheriff data at 218 1st Street NW, Aitkin, MN 56431. The main phone is 218-927-7435, fax is 218-927-7359, and email is dan.guida@aitkincountymn.gov. Requests may be made by phone, mail, fax, or email under Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13. Aitkin County District Court handles hearings, calendars, fines, certified court copies, and court records at 209 Second Street NW, Room 242A, Aitkin, MN 56431, phone 218-927-7350, with hours Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Aitkin County Attorney is Jim Ratz, 209 2nd St NW, Room 268, Aitkin, MN, phone 218-927-7347, email coatty@aitkincountymn.gov.

  • For someone held at the local jail, use the official roster process described in jail inmate records, then call the jail if the PDF does not answer the question.
  • For booking photographs, use the public-records route summarized on jail roster mugshots.
  • For charges, hearings, certified copies, or court calendars after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and Aitkin County District Court.
  • For the local detention facility, use the Aitkin County Jail facility page listed in the footer.
  • For a sentenced Minnesota prisoner, search the Minnesota Department of Corrections public locator rather than the county roster.
  • For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator, U.S. Marshals custody channels, or the ICE Online Detainee Locator.