This Is Not a Government Office. This is a private reference resource. It cannot retrieve criminal records, perform official background checks, change or remove a record, or receive an expungement filing. Those services must come from the responsible government office.
Need an Official Record?
Send each request to the custodian responsible for that type of Story County record:
- Court case files: use the Story County Court Case Lookup or contact the Story County Clerk of District Court at the Justice Center for filed pleadings, docket entries, orders, dispositions, and certified copies
- Criminal histories and rap sheets: contact the Iowa Department of Public Safety Division of Criminal Investigation, Criminal History Record Dissemination Unit
- Deputy reports, bookings, and jail records: contact the Story County Sheriff's Office, which routes sheriff-held records at the Justice Center
- Official Iowa background checks: order the applicable product from Iowa DCI rather than the county clerk or sheriff
- Police incident and arrest reports: ask the city or campus police agency that created the report
- Expungement and confidentiality filings: submit the proper Iowa court form to the clerk for the court that handled the case
The Story County Sheriff's Office is at 1315 South B Avenue, Nevada, IA 50201. Call 515-382-6566 for the sheriff's main nonemergency and routing line. The office manager and administrative records contact may be reached at 515-382-7458. The Story County Clerk of District Court is in the same Justice Center, but it is a separate Iowa Judicial Branch office. Use the current Story County court directory to confirm the clerk's telephone number before calling, since the research record did not verify a current court line.