Contacts

Lawrence County Inmate Population is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, pull an official booking record, or change a court or jail entry. For official answers, use the sheriff, jail, court, clerk, prosecutor, ODRC, BOP, ICE, or VINELink channel that matches the record.


Where to Ask for Jail and Court Records

For Lawrence County Jail custody questions, start with the jail or sheriff's office. For filed charges, warrants, hearings, bonds, or certified court records, use the court or clerk handling the case.

Lawrence County Sheriff's Office and Jail

Lawrence County Sheriff's Office, Sheriff Jeffery Lawless / Jeff Lawless
115 S. 5th Street, Ironton, Ohio 45638
Sheriff's office phone: 740-532-3525
Jail phone: 740-532-5819
Fax: 740-532-7525
Email: sheriff@lawcoso.com

Local Courts and Record Offices

Lawrence County Municipal Court
10916 County Road 1, P.O. Box 126, Chesapeake, OH 45619
Phone: 740-867-3127
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Ironton Municipal Court
301 South 3rd Street, P.O. 237, 3rd Floor, Ironton, OH 45638
Phone: 740-532-3062
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Lawrence County Common Pleas General Division
111 South 4th Street, 3rd Floor Annex Building, Ironton, OH 45638
Phone: 740-533-4329
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Lawrence County Clerk of Courts
111 S. 4th Street, Ironton, OH 45638
Main phone: 740-533-4352
Legal division: 740-533-4355
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Lawrence County Prosecutor Brigham McKinley Anderson / Brigham M. Anderson
Phone: 740-533-4360

Use the list below to choose the right starting point for the type of information you need.

  • For someone believed to be in Lawrence County Jail, use the sheriff's inmate report and the guidance on jail inmate records.
  • For booking photos or what the public jail report does and does not show, review jail roster mugshots.
  • For charges, bonds, warrants, and court filings after an arrest, start with court records after a jail arrest.
  • For facility address, jail phone, visitor ID rules, medication rules, and drop-off notes, use the Lawrence County Jail page listed in the footer.
  • For a sentenced Ohio prisoner, use the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Offender Search at https://appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch.
  • For federal sentenced custody or immigration custody, use the BOP Inmate Locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator rather than the county jail report.