This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, pull official records, change court dates, remove records, or give legal advice. Use the official office that controls the record or custody decision.
Where to Ask First
For current Nowata County Jail custody, start with the sheriff's office because no official online Nowata jail roster, mugshot gallery, sheriff app, visitation schedule, or commissary vendor was located. Sheriff Jason McClain is listed by the Oklahoma Sheriffs' Association as the Nowata County sheriff. The sheriff's public contact information found in official research is:
Nowata County Jail / Sheriff's Office229 N. Maple St.
Nowata, OK 74048
Phone: (918) 273-2287
Email: shadley@nowatasheriff.com
Have the person's full name, date of birth if known, arrest date, arresting agency, and case number ready. Ask whether the person is housed at the Nowata County Jail, released, transferred, held for another agency, or subject to a bond or detainer. For written booking-record, jail-register, arrest-report, or booking-photo requests, address the request to the sheriff under the Oklahoma Open Records Act and ask for any copying, search, or redaction fees before processing.
- For local custody questions, use jail inmate records and call the sheriff at (918) 273-2287.
- For booking photos, use jail roster mugshots and request the photo from the agency that booked or holds the record.
- For filed charges and court settings, use court records after a jail arrest and search OSCN or call the court clerk.
- For the local detention facility, use the Nowata County Jail page listed in the footer.
- For sentenced Oklahoma prisoners, use ODOC OK Offender Lookup and Oklahoma VINE, not the county jail.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator.
Different offices handle different parts of a Nowata County arrest. The sheriff can speak to jail custody if the person is housed locally. Court records, case numbers, warrants, bond orders, and filed charges usually belong with the court clerk, OSCN, or the prosecutor after charges are filed.
Nowata County Court Clerk229 N. Maple St.
Nowata, OK 74048
Phone: (918) 273-0127
Fax: (918) 273-2207 District Attorney District 11, Nowata Office
DA: Will Drake
229 N. Maple
Nowata, OK 74048
Phone: (918) 273-3167
Fax: (918) 273-2202 Nowata Police Department
City Hall, 114 S. Maple St.
Nowata, OK 74048
Non-emergency: (918) 273-3538
Email: Police@NowataOK.gov
The City of Nowata states that open-records requests for police and accident reports are filed at City Hall. If Nowata Police made the arrest, ask the city whether the police report, accident report, municipal citation, or city open-records form is the correct route.