This site is not a government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, verify a release time, confirm bond, release a person, post bond, pull an official booking record, or change a court or jail file. Use the official office below for custody, bond, release, and records questions.
Official Richland County Record Routes
Start with the office that controls the record type. Richland County Jail handles active local custody, the sheriff records unit handles many arrest and report requests, and the clerk or court handles filed case records.
Richland County Jail
73 East 2nd Street
Mansfield, OH 44902-2005
Phone: 419-774-5678
Administration hours: 8am-4pm Monday-Friday
Richland County Sheriff's Office and Records
597 Park Ave. East
Mansfield, OH 44905-2848
Main phone: 419-524-2412
Records / CCW / Background line: 419-774-5881
Public-records request contact: Major James Sweat, 419-774-3552, jpsweat@richlandcountyoh.gov. Records Supervisor Alisa Finley can be reached at 419-774-3558 or afinley@richlandcountyoh.gov.
Richland County Common Pleas Clerk
Public records for Common Pleas filings are handled through the clerk's legal division at 50 Park Avenue East, Mansfield, OH 44902. The public-records line listed in the research is 419-774-5549.
Use this routing list for the most common questions:
- Active local custody or release prompts: call Richland County Jail at 419-774-5678 and use jail inmate records for roster context.
- Booking photos on the roster or older mugshot requests: review jail roster mugshots, then use sheriff records if the current roster does not show the record.
- Charges filed after booking: use court records after a jail arrest and confirm with the proper clerk or court.
- Richland County Jail facility questions: use the Richland County Jail page listed in the footer.
- Sentenced Ohio prisoners: search the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Offender Search, not the county jail roster.
- Federal sentenced custody or immigration custody: use the BOP Inmate Locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator, depending on the custody type.