Brown County Busted Mugshots is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, arrange a release, post bond, or obtain an official booking record. For a current-custody answer, release information, or a public record, use the government system or office that holds the record.
Official Brown County Record Routes
The Brown County Sheriff's Office is the appropriate starting point for county-jail records. No separately named public-records unit was identified. For a formal request, use the county's public-data form and identify the request as Brown County Sheriff's Office data. The main line can help identify the proper county contact when a request needs clarification.
Brown County Sheriff's Office
15 South Washington Street, 2nd Floor
New Ulm, MN 56073
P.O. Box 877
New Ulm, MN 56073
Main and non-emergency: 507-233-6700
Brown County Jail: 507-233-6775
Ordinary office hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Dispatch operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Use 911 for an emergency.
The right destination depends on where the person is in the custody and court process. A current roster is not a released-record archive, and a state or federal locator is not a substitute for a Brown County booking record.
- For current Brown County Jail custody, use the Brown County jail information and forms page, which links to the official current roster.
- For a specified adult booking record or booking photograph, use the Brown County Public Data Request Form. Include the person's name, event date, and agency when known.
- For a criminal case after booking, use Minnesota Court Records Online to locate public case information and the later court disposition.
- For a person committed to Minnesota state custody or under Department of Corrections supervision, use the Minnesota Department of Corrections public viewer.
- For federal prison custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.
- For a person currently in immigration custody, use the ICE detainee locator.