Bremer County Jail — Waverly, Iowa

The active adult Bremer County Jail is inside the Sheriff/Law Enforcement Center at 111 4th St. NE, Waverly, IA 50677. Call 319-352-5400, option 2 for jail, fingerprints and named-person information; option 3 is dispatch and option 5 is Sheriff administration.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — Jail · Bremer County Sheriff · Bremer County Elections — County officials

This guide covers only the adult county Sheriff jail. The courthouse, Juvenile Court Office, Waverly Police, Second District supervision, state or federal prison, immigration detention, treatment, youth placement and receiving contract facilities use different records and rules.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff · Iowa Judicial Branch — Bremer County · Iowa DOC — Second Judicial District · Iowa DOC — Inmate and family services · Federal Bureau of Prisons — Inmate Locator · ICE — Online Detainee Locator

The jail history describes a courthouse jail, a 1970s facility and the current expanded complex. Only 111 4th St. NE is the current public address. Historic cells, photographs and courthouse references are not family-service destinations.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — Jail · Bremer County Jail — 2025 PREA Final Audit Report

The Sheriff page and 2025 PREA audit identify 79 housing spaces. The audit reports a 35.7 average daily population for its review period. Neither number is a live count, staffed-classification availability or a promise that Bremer will accept a transfer.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — Jail · Bremer County Jail — 2025 PREA Final Audit Report

Search IowaVINE with the exact legal name and save the displayed spelling, identifier, facility and timestamp. Bremer publishes no independent browser roster or refresh interval, so confirm travel, mail, money and bond steps at 319-352-5400 option 2.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — Jail · Iowa Attorney General — IowaVINE · Iowa DOC — Victim registration and VINE

Retry spelling, hyphens and prior names and allow booking time. Ask option 2 whether the person is booking, at court, hospitalized, transferred, held for another agency or outside Bremer custody. Court records show the case, not present physical custody.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — Jail · Iowa Attorney General — IowaVINE · Iowa Judicial Branch — Search court records

Use option 2 for custody and local rules; 319-352-5661 ext. 101 for filed Bremer court records; counsel for legal advice; Reliance for account failures; and OnBoard for a ride. County office hours are not visit or release hours.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff · Iowa Judicial Branch — Bremer County · Reliance Telephone — Customer contact · OnBoard Public Transit

Bremer publishes two 30-minute social visits per week. Family must contact the resident for the housing pod. GP1: Monday and Friday 1–5 p.m.; GP2: Monday 8 a.m.–noon and Friday 6–10 p.m.; F1: Monday 6–8 p.m. and Friday 10 a.m.–noon; WR: Monday 8–10 p.m. and Friday 8–10 a.m. Confirm holidays, lockdowns and check-in before travel.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — Jail

Every visitor must be on the resident’s visitation list or will be refused. The public page does not explain how or when the list is changed, approval timing, background screening, former-resident restrictions, no-show consequences or appeals; ask option 2 before travel.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — Jail

For visitors over age 18, the page accepts a valid driver license from any U.S. state or Mexico, valid ID card, pictured government employee or military ID, or valid passport. Exactly-age-18 treatment, expired ID and alternatives are not published; confirm.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — Jail

Every minor present must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. The page does not state whether birth certificates, custody papers or the minor’s ID are required, how many children may attend or whether remote rules differ. Confirm each item first.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — Jail

Nothing may be brought into the visitation room; secure all items before entering. Bremer does not publish lockers, a vehicle-storage rule, infant-supply exceptions, accessibility items or lost-property responsibility. Ask staff rather than leaving valuables unsecured.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — Jail

The published rule bars tube tops, see-through mesh, short shorts, micro-miniskirts, thin-strap tank tops, backless or sleeveless tops, midriff/cutoff shirts, bathing tops and clothing that promotes violence, hate, drugs, profanity, sex acts or gangs. Footwear is required.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — Jail

The county does not publish late-arrival, long-distance, emergency, clergy, interpreter, disability-accommodation or attorney-visit procedures. Ask option 2 which process and documents apply; do not infer an exception from the regular pod schedule.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — Jail · Iowa Administrative Code — jail facilities

A March 2020 county notice said paid video chat would continue during a temporary suspension. The current jail page names Reliance for phones but does not publish current video availability, scheduler, rates or rules. Verify Bremer-enabled products before registration or payment.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — March 2020 jail visitor notice · Bremer County Sheriff — Jail · Reliance Telephone — Services

If staff confirms video, choose Bremer County Jail, Iowa in the provider flow, match the legal name and identifier, verify onsite versus remote mode, lead time, price, duration, cancellation and refund terms, and keep the confirmation. Generic Reliance features are not local permission.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — Jail · Reliance Telephone — Support · Reliance Telephone — Services

For a confirmed product, test camera, microphone, permissions, browser/app and connection. Save time, screenshot and transaction ID. Use Reliance for billing/technical failure and option 2 for housing, lockdown, discipline or eligibility restrictions.

Sources: Reliance Telephone — Support · Reliance Telephone — Customer contact · Bremer County Sheriff — Jail

Bremer names Reliance Systems for inmate phones. The jail page prints 1-800-893-3201, while Reliance’s current customer page publishes 800-896-3201. Because the numbers conflict, use the direct provider website/contact page and preserve the county typo rather than silently choosing it.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — Jail · Reliance Telephone — Customer contact

Reliance markets several account and communication types, but facility availability varies. Select the exact Bremer facility, resident and funded telephone; begin with a small amount and save receipts. Ask whether balances are refundable or follow a transfer or release.

Sources: Reliance Telephone — Support · Reliance Telephone — Services · Bremer County Sheriff — Jail

Record facility, resident spelling and identifier, funded number, call time, displayed error, payment reference and block history. Ask Reliance about account or billing problems and option 2 about local call hours, discipline, housing, security or transfer status.

Sources: Reliance Telephone — Support · Reliance Telephone — Customer contact · Bremer County Sheriff — Jail

The new personal-mail process delivers scans electronically to the resident’s assigned tablet, but this does not prove family texting, photo messaging, entertainment or direct calling. Confirm each enabled feature, price, retention and refund rule before payment.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — Jail · Reliance Telephone — Services

Effective January 1, 2026, address personal mail to: Bremer County Jail - IA; Inmate First and Last Name; 1533 S 42nd Street – Suite 200; Grand Forks, ND 58201. Include the sender’s full name and complete return address and keep the envelope within 8.5 by 14 inches. Mail sent to the Waverly jail is returned.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — Jail

Reliance scans personal mail to the assigned tablet, then destroys the mailed items, including photographs. Items sent to the processing center are not returned, released to the resident or reimbursed. Do not mail an irreplaceable original.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — Jail

The county bars personal pictures showing sexually suggestive material or behavior. Photos are destroyed after scanning. Size/count, instant-film, altered-image, social-media print and rejection-notice rules are unpublished; confirm before mailing.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — Jail

Privileged/legal and medical mail must go directly to Bremer County Jail, resident name, 111 4th St. NE, Waverly, IA 50677. The county does not publish exact attorney-addressee wording, credential marking, opening process or rejected-legal-mail appeal; counsel should confirm.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — Jail · Iowa Administrative Code — jail facilities

The jail says it will not accept books, newspapers or magazines from a bookstore or individual and will return them to sender. The North Dakota processor also rejects publications and bulk mail. No publisher-direct exception or approved digital alternative is published.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — Jail

No current official page publishes a family package, clothing drop, release clothing, medication, eyeglass or indigent-supply program. Do not send a package or bring property based on commercial directions; ask option 2 for a named resident and item.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — Jail · Iowa Administrative Code — jail facilities

Bremer says cash and money orders are the only accepted inmate funds. Mailed funds must be a money order addressed to the resident at 111 4th St. NE. Cash or money orders may be dropped at check-in during that resident’s scheduled visit. Confirm payee, memo/identifier, receipt and limits first.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — Jail

The public page explains accepted funds but does not name an online trust/commissary provider, kiosk, fee, purchase schedule, product catalog, care package or indigent kit. Reliance is verified for communications, not trust. Ask option 2 before paying any commercial listing.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — Jail · Reliance Telephone — Services

Keep the money-order stub, mailing proof or signed receipt. Verify name and current custody. Ask option 2 whether the item was received, rejected, credited, held or forwarded; ask the issuer about replacement. No public dispute deadline or transfer/release balance process is published.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — Jail

For an immediate life threat outside the jail, call 911. For an urgent concern about someone in custody, call option 2, state the legal name and concrete symptoms, ask that jail/medical staff be alerted, and record time and responder. Family cannot demand protected details or prescribe treatment.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff · Iowa Administrative Code — jail facilities

The PREA audit confirms an operating jail but public sources do not name the current clinical contractor, nurse line, medication/drop-off rule, glasses/dental route, copay, records release or family message procedure. Call option 2; send only necessary facts and ask how the resident requests care.

Sources: Bremer County Jail — 2025 PREA Final Audit Report · Iowa Administrative Code — jail facilities · Bremer County Sheriff — Jail

Tell option 2 immediately about suicide, withdrawal, acute psychosis or safety concerns for a resident. For community crisis use 988. The City lists local/community supports, but they are not the jail clinical chain and cannot confirm custody treatment.

Sources: Iowa Administrative Code — jail facilities · City of Waverly — Assistance Resources

Iowa jail rules require a grievance procedure, but Bremer does not publish its form, deadline, appeal level, emergency route or third-party filing rule. The resident should request the current form and keep copies/dates. Family may call option 2; unresolved administration concerns may go to the Iowa Ombudsman after the jail has an opportunity to respond.

Sources: Iowa Administrative Code — jail facilities · Bremer County Sheriff — Jail · Iowa Office of Ombudsman — law enforcement · Iowa Office of Ombudsman — contact

The 2025 PREA audit describes accessibility, but Bremer does not publish the jail accommodation request, interpreter, auxiliary-aid, mobility-access, service-animal or ADA appeal process. Call option 2 before travel and ask for the jail’s ADA coordinator; court accommodation is a separate process.

Sources: Bremer County Jail — 2025 PREA Final Audit Report · Iowa Administrative Code — jail facilities · Iowa Judicial Branch — Bremer County

Bremer publishes a local PREA page with its 2025 final audit, policy, handout and data. For immediate danger call 911 or option 2. For a nonemergency third-party report, use the contact method in the current handout or call option 2 and ask for the PREA coordinator; do not quote an inaccessible form from memory.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — PREA · Bremer County Jail — 2025 PREA Final Audit Report · Bremer County Jail — PREA handout · Bremer County Jail — Prison Rape Elimination Act · Bremer County Jail — PREA data

Bremer County Clerk of Court is at 415 E. Bremer Ave., Waverly, 319-352-5661 ext. 101. Use the exact name or case number for filed charges, dates and bond orders. The clerk does not control housing, visits, transport or release processing.

Sources: Iowa Judicial Branch — Bremer County · Iowa Judicial Branch — Search court records

The County Attorney prosecutes; the Clerk keeps the filed record; appointed or retained defense counsel gives legal advice. Ask the court about appointment if eligible and ask option 2 how counsel schedules confidential communication. Do not send case strategy through ordinary scanned mail.

Sources: Iowa Judicial Branch — Bremer County · Iowa State Public Defender · Bremer County Sheriff — Jail

Use the jail for the current amount and hold and the Clerk for the filed order. Iowa distinguishes cash, surety and sometimes ten-percent bonds; do not assume eligibility, payee, accepted hours or release timing from the state schedule alone. Ask for a receipt and exact next step.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — Jail · Iowa Judicial Branch — Bremer County · Iowa Judicial Branch — Uniform Bond Schedule · Iowa Judicial Branch — Criminal cases FAQ

Jail staff receives/releases prisoners and Iowa rules require intake-property receipts, but Bremer publishes no family property-release authorization, pickup person, ID, items, hours, abandoned-property deadline or disputed-item process. Call option 2 before travel.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — Jail · Iowa Administrative Code — jail facilities

Jail staff processes releases, but no public source gives an exact time, door, waiting area, clothing, medication handoff or discharge-balance process. Confirm court holds, other-agency holds and transport; keep the resident’s name/phone available and wait only where staff permits.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — Jail · Iowa Judicial Branch — Bremer County

VINE can notify of custody-status changes, but an alert does not identify a safe pickup point, prove all holds are cleared or guarantee the person is physically outside. Confirm with option 2 and the resident before dispatching a ride.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — Jail · Iowa Attorney General — IowaVINE · Iowa DOC — Victim registration and VINE

Second Judicial District probation, parole, pretrial or residential placement begins only when ordered and is not another name for Bremer County Jail. Confirm the assigned officer, office, first report time and conditions in the filed order or release papers.

Sources: Iowa DOC — Second Judicial District · Iowa Judicial Branch — Bremer County

Before discharge, confirm ID/property, medications, weather clothing, charged phone, court date, supervision, safe transport, food and housing. Waverly and NEICAC publish assistance contacts, but aid depends on eligibility, hours and funds and is not a guaranteed discharge placement.

Sources: City of Waverly — Assistance Resources · NEICAC — Crisis Assistance and Food Pantries · Iowa DOC — Second Judicial District

No official jail source reviewed identifies a visitor lot, accessible-space inventory, drop-off curb, after-hours entrance, waiting rule or release pickup point at 111 4th St. NE. Call option 2 before driving and do not transfer courthouse or downtown parking guidance.

Sources: Bremer County Sheriff — Jail · Bremer County Sheriff · Iowa Judicial Branch — Bremer County

OnBoard serves the general public, including people with disabilities, in Bremer County. Reserve at least 24 hours ahead at 319-233-5213 or 800-369-3022 and request 111 4th St. NE as the destination. Service is Monday–Friday 6:30 a.m.–6 p.m.; reservation office 8 a.m.–4 p.m.

Sources: OnBoard Public Transit · Iowa DOT — OnBoard Public Transit · INRCOG — Transit · City of Waverly — Transportation

OnBoard publishes $2 per mile with an $8 one-way minimum. Ask for the quoted fare, payment method, pickup window, cancellation/no-show rule, attendant/accommodation and return ride. A published rate does not confirm a seat or jail access.

Sources: OnBoard Public Transit · Iowa DOT — OnBoard Public Transit

Iowa DOT describes demand-response, door-to-door and paratransit service but no named jail stop or safe final path. Ask dispatch for the accepted loading/unloading point, driver-assistance boundary and whether the vehicle can wait; confirm the correct entrance with option 2.

Sources: Iowa DOT — OnBoard Public Transit · OnBoard Public Transit · Bremer County Sheriff — Jail

October 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7, 2026 fall within the published weekday span; October 3–4 do not have regular service published. Every weekday still requires advance reservation and acceptance. These are not bookings or release pickups.

Sources: OnBoard Public Transit · Iowa DOT — OnBoard Public Transit

OnBoard requires advance scheduling while jail release time, door and waiting rule are unpublished. Ask dispatch whether a will-call or flexible return is permitted, arrange a backup person and reconfirm custody before travel. No guaranteed release pickup was found.

Sources: OnBoard Public Transit · Bremer County Sheriff — Jail

NEICAC’s Waverly pantry is at 1805 Horton Road, 319-352-4532, Monday, Wednesday and Friday 8 a.m.–3 p.m. The City also lists Monday and Thursday community meals. Call first for eligibility, holiday changes and supplies; none can admit or release a resident.

Sources: NEICAC — Crisis Assistance and Food Pantries · City of Waverly — Assistance Resources

Cobblestone Inn & Suites at 208 E. Bremer Ave. is a direct lodging lead near central Waverly. Confirm current address, check-in, accessibility, rate, vacancy, cancellation and travel to the jail directly; no rate or availability is guaranteed.

Sources: Cobblestone Inn & Suites — Waverly

The City lists Iowa Northland Regional Housing Authority at 211 20th St. NW, Suite A, 319-483-5079, and Low Rent Housing Agency at 320 15th St. NW, 319-352-3394. These are eligibility-based housing contacts, not guaranteed same-day shelter or custody placements.

Sources: City of Waverly — Assistance Resources

Waverly resources include NEICAC basic-needs help, food programs, veteran assistance, housing and violence-support contacts. Call first, state the practical need and ask eligibility/hours. They cannot override jail rules, court orders or clinical privacy.

Sources: City of Waverly — Assistance Resources · NEICAC — Crisis Assistance and Food Pantries · Bremer County Veterans Affairs