This is a private reference site, not a Mower County government office. We cannot confirm custody, release an inmate, post bond, approve a visit, pull an official booking record, or change a court record. Official action must come from the office that controls the record.
Official Mower County Contacts
Use the jail for current county custody, inmate messages, property, medication, mail, money, and visit questions. Use the Sheriff's Office for broader law-enforcement business. The official directory lists regular business hours as Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and warns that online messages are not monitored around the clock.
Mower County Jail
201 2nd Avenue NE, Suite 4
Austin, MN 55912
507-437-9562
Fax: 507-434-2644
Inmate message line: 507-481-3131
Mower County Sheriff's Office
201 1st Street NE, Suite 3
Austin, MN 55912
507-437-9400
Email: mcso@co.mower.mn.us
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Choose the record path by the kind of question involved.
- For someone in Mower County Jail, start with jail inmate records and confirm urgent details with the jail.
- For booking photos, use jail roster mugshots to understand public-photo requests and Minnesota limits.
- For charges filed after arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and Mower County District Court.
- For facility-specific visits, mail, money, and programs, use the Mower County Jail page.
- For sentenced state prisoners, use the Minnesota Department of Corrections public locator.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator.