Lookup Renville County Inmate Records

Renville County Jail Roster

The official Renville County Jail in-custody list is the main public source for current Renville County inmate records. It is free, does not require a login, and works as a live roster table rather than a search form. The page displays a timestamp, so the first step is to check when the roster was generated. Then scan the entries or use browser find for a last name.

The roster covers people currently held at Renville County Jail. That includes local pretrial detainees, sentenced county inmates, work-release participants, boarders from other counties, and BOP boarders housed locally. It does not replace the Minnesota DOC locator for sentenced state prisoners, the BOP locator for federal prison records, ICE ODLS for immigration detention, or the Sheriff's Records Division for older booking material.

The county's inmate-list route page on the Sheriff's Office website sends users to the same custody roster. If a current roster entry is missing, staff may still need time to finish intake, court paperwork may have changed, or the person may have been released or transferred. Call the jail information line at 320-523-3600 when custody status affects travel, bond, visitation, or money deposits.

Use the Renville County Roster

Because Renville County's roster has no visible search box, the process is closer to reading a daily custody sheet. The current table is still useful because it shows the columns that most people need: photo, MNI, name, sex, age, booking number, intake date, charges, and bail/bond. The charge line may also explain whether the person is court pending, sentenced, a boarder, or held for BOP.

1. Open the official in-custody roster and confirm the timestamp at the top of the page.
2. Scan the list by last name, or use browser find if the list is long.
3. Match the name with age, sex, MNI, and booking number before relying on the entry.
4. Read the charge and bail/bond fields together, since money and conditions may both matter.
5. Use DOC, BOP, ICE, VINELink, the jail phone line, or a records request if the person is not listed.

The roster screenshot in the manifest comes from the official Renville County custody page and shows how the county presents booking fields.

The layout confirms that the public roster is built for current custody review, not for historical searches by release date or arresting agency.

Renville County Roster Fields

Renville County's public roster does not expose Search, Reset, Advanced Search, pagination, export, login, or dropdown controls in the inspected page. The available fields are roster columns. That means users should treat each row as a compact current-custody record and should not expect the roster to return older bookings after release.

Renville County Inmate Profile

A Renville County inmate record on the public roster is narrower than the full jail file. It gives enough information to identify a current custody event, check the broad charge status, and decide which office to contact next. It does not publish date of birth, address, detailed physical description, medical or mental-health data, visitor logs, housing pod, arresting agency, court date, or release date for current entries.

Roster charge language is not the same as a final conviction. A charge can be amended, dismissed, reduced, or resolved later in court. Formal case status belongs in Minnesota Court Records Online or Renville County District Court records, not only the jail roster.

Renville County Booking Records

The 2025 annual report gives a detailed picture of booking at Renville County Jail. Intake starts in the pre-booking area after the arresting officer finishes. Jail staff change out the inmate, conduct a strip search for weapons and contraband, use the body scanner, and inventory property. Staff then create the computer record with personal information, charges, medical history, identifying marks, and property details. Fingerprints for Renville County law-enforcement arrests are sent electronically through Live Scan to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the FBI.

The county jail page adds that a person entering for a sentence is booked, gives identity and medical or mental-health details, submits fingerprints, is photographed, and may give a DNA sample. Clothing is stored until release, and money brought into the jail is placed into the inmate trust account. After booking, the person is assigned to a housing unit, often after first court appearance. These steps explain why a new arrest may not instantly appear in the public roster.

Find County State Federal Inmates

The Renville County roster is only one part of the access chain. If the person is in current county custody, start with the roster and the jail phone line. If the person has been sentenced to prison, search the Minnesota DOC public offender locator. If the person is a federal inmate or BOP boarder, use the BOP inmate locator. If immigration detention is possible, use ICE ODLS. For alerts, use Minnesota VINELink or call 1-877-MN-4-VINE.

Older Renville County Records

Released people may drop from the current roster, so older Renville County inmate records often require a Sheriff's Records Division request. The Records Division page says requests may be made in person or by U.S. Mail, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at the Renville County Sheriff's Office, 105 5th Street South, Suite 210, Olivia, MN 56277. The records phone is 320-523-3794, and the fax is 320-523-3787.

Provide a report number if available, plus the date, time, location, and names of people involved. The records page says the Sheriff's Office can review only records belonging to that office. Incidents handled by another agency must be requested from that agency. Cases still under investigation are confidential and cannot be released. Fees follow the Sheriff's Office fee schedule, and in-person cash payments should be exact because the office may not be able to make change.

Renville County Jail Facility

Renville County Jail is the only detention facility mapped for this project. It opened in 2008, is operated by the Sheriff's Office, and holds pretrial and sentenced adult men and women. The county page calls it a 72-bed facility, while the annual report gives the fuller count of 78 licensed beds, including 72 housing beds plus six holding-cell beds, and an approved operative capacity of 65.

Renville County Visitation Rules

The Renville County jail page states that there is currently no on-site visitation. All inmate visits are video unless pre-approved by Jail CRS or Jail Administration. Visitors must provide picture ID with name and current address and must provide their relationship to the inmate. Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. If that adult is not the guardian, guardian permission must be granted with a signed form.

Mail Phone and Money

Mail should be addressed to the inmate's full name, c/o Renville County Jail, 104 4th Street S., Olivia, MN 56277. All non-privileged mail is searched and inspected. Privileged mail from attorneys, courts, Minnesota DOC, BOP, or elected officials is opened in the inmate's presence. Do not mail cash. General mail can be rejected for no-contact violations, sexually explicit material, gang-related content, criminal plans, stickers, stamps, perfume, coded mail, or content encouraging violence.

Inmates after initial appearance generally have access to email, phone, and voicemail unless discipline limits access. The public cannot call directly into an inmate. Phone cards are purchased through canteen, and money may be deposited on communications or text accounts through Reliance Telephone. Public voicemail for inmate messages is 320-400-3018. Corrections officers do not deliver routine phone messages, but dire emergency messages may be requested through 320-523-3600.