Milwaukee County Busted Mugshots is a private reference, not a government office. It cannot verify custody or release, post bond, release anyone, or obtain an official booking record. Contact the public office that holds the record or status directly.
Official Milwaukee County Contacts
Choose the office by the question being asked. The Sheriff's Public Records Division handles MCSO and Milwaukee County Jail documents, while the Jail Records Office is the appropriate route for occupant-information questions and bail assistance. A county booking record is not the same as a city police report, court case, DOC record, or federal-custody record.
Public Records Division
Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office Public Records Division821 W. State St., Room 102
Milwaukee, WI 53233
Phone: (414) 226-7085
Email: MCSOopenrecords@milwaukeecountywi.gov
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Use the division's official online request path, email, mail, fax, or counter for a specific MCSO or Milwaukee County Jail booking photograph or document. Its published booking-photo fee is $1.50. MCSO does not publish a fixed turnaround time, so ask the office for an estimate when the request needs review or redaction.
Jail Records and Current Custody
Milwaukee County Jail Records OfficeCriminal Justice Facility, G-level
949 N. 9th St.
Milwaukee, WI 53233
Phone: (414) 226-7070
For an adult who may be in the county jail now, begin with the official Milwaukee County In Custody Locator. It is a present-custody lookup, not a released-person archive. Jail Records can answer occupant-information questions and assist with bail, but it is not a substitute for a formal document request.
Sheriff Administration
Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office821 W. State St., Room 107
Milwaukee, WI 53233
Phone: (414) 278-4766
Where to Route Other Questions
The official routes below cover different custody and record states. A missing locator result does not by itself prove release, transfer, dismissal, or any other outcome.
- For a Milwaukee County circuit-court case or disposition, search Wisconsin Circuit Court Access and contact the Criminal Division, Room 117, 821 W. State St., Milwaukee, WI 53233, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- For a City of Milwaukee municipal case or municipal-warrant question, use the Milwaukee Municipal Court warrant information or call (414) 286-3800.
- For a sentenced Wisconsin prisoner or community-supervision record, use the official Wisconsin DOC locator. It does not replace the county-jail search.
- For anonymous county-jail custody-change notification, enroll through WI VINE County Jails or call 1-888-944-8463.
- For federal custody, use the BOP Inmate Locator; for immigration custody, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator.
- For a city police report, contact the arresting agency's records unit. MCSO Public Records does not create or maintain every MPD, West Allis, or Wauwatosa police record.
For immediate danger or an emergency, call 911. A person with a possible court-issued warrant should contact an attorney or the issuing court rather than relying on an unofficial search result.