Chippewa County Busted Mugshots is a private reference service, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, arrange a release, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Direct those requests to the custodian named below.
Official Chippewa County contacts
The Sheriff’s Office and jail have separate functions. The Sheriff Records route handles reviewed requests for reports and photographs. Jail administration is the appropriate county contact for jail matters. Emergencies belong on 911.
Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office, Records
32 E Spruce Street
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
General phone: 715-726-7701
Law Enforcement Center hours: Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Chippewa County Jail
50 E Spruce Street
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
Jail administration: 715-726-7704
For a Sheriff record request, submit the county Record Request Form in person, by email, or by mail to Attn: Records at the Sheriff’s Office address. Clerical staff process the request. The county says reports and photographs may require review before release, particularly while an investigation remains open or until a case is closed or authorized for release.
Choose the route that matches the question rather than treating all record systems as interchangeable.
- For a current county-custody entry, use the official inmate roster and confirm timing limits with the jail. The home page explains the roster and records-request path.
- For a possible warrant or a court case, start with WCCA and the Clerk of Courts. The Most Wanted page explains the official check sequence.
- For an arrest-related report or booking photograph, request the specific item from the Sheriff Records unit or from the city department that created it.
- For a person in state prison, use the Wisconsin Department of Corrections offender-search and records channels, not the county jail roster.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the applicable federal Bureau of Prisons or ICE locator rather than a county record source.