Lincoln County Jail Mugshots Overview
The official Lincoln County Sheriff inmate roster has a visible "Photo" column in indexed roster output. That supports a careful conclusion: the public roster includes a booking-photo field and may display current booking photos when available. It does not support a promise that every current inmate has a visible image, that every old photo stays online, or that a historical mugshot gallery exists.
The roster is run by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department, which operates the Lincoln County Jail at the Law Enforcement Center in Ivanhoe. Sheriff Bob Bushman's office handles local bookings, court transports, sentenced local jail terms, and public custody questions. No official Lincoln County recent-bookings gallery, daily booking-photo PDF, most-wanted photo gallery, or separate mugshot archive was located in the official sources reviewed.
What is public: Minnesota law generally treats adult booking photographs as public data. A photo may still be withheld when release would harm an active investigation or when another law limits disclosure.
Find Lincoln County Mugshots
A Lincoln County mugshot search should stay close to official custody records. The roster is the first place to look because it is the county's public jail listing. If the roster is not available, if the person has been released, or if the photo column is blank, the next step is a direct request to the Sheriff's Department. The county did not publish a separate mugshot request form in the sources located.
- Open the official Lincoln County Sheriff roster and check the run date and time so the list is not mistaken for a live second-by-second display.
- Review the current roster entry and look for the Photo column next to the name, charges, disposition, and total bail fields.
- If the person is not listed, call 507-694-1664 or 507-694-1325 to ask whether the person is in custody, has been released, or was moved.
- For a photo not shown online, make a written Minnesota Data Practices Act request for the adult booking photograph by name and booking date.
- Use MCRO or Court Administration for filed charges and case outcomes, because a mugshot is an arrest-identification image.
A request should be specific. Give the person's full name, arrest or booking date, case number if known, and the phrase "adult booking photograph under Minn. Stat. 13.82, subd. 26." Ask for inspection or a copy, and confirm whether any copy charge, redaction, or active-investigation hold applies.
Lincoln County Booking Photo Fields
The roster fields around a Lincoln County booking photo provide context, but they do not turn the image into a final court result. A booking photo is taken for identification in connection with arrest or jail intake. The surrounding roster row may show why the person is being held, but prosecutor-filed charges and final outcomes must be checked in court records.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Photo | Booking photograph column, indicating a current booking image may be shown when available. |
| Name | The public name listed by the Lincoln County jail roster. |
| JailId | A local jail identifier for the roster row or booking, with the format not verified. |
| Charges | Booking or holding-charge text from the jail roster, not necessarily final filed charges. |
| Current Disposition | Roster status language connected to the current booking or charge entry. |
| Total Bail | The total bail amount shown when bail is set or applicable. |
| Run Date/Time | The roster generation timestamp, used to judge whether the photo listing is current. |
Separate public output did not verify height, weight, race, eye color, hair color, birth date, arresting agency, court date, or a mugshot detail page for Lincoln County. If those details matter for a records request, ask the sheriff which public data can be released and which items are restricted by law.
Lincoln County Mugshot Law
Minnesota law gives the main answer for Lincoln County jail mugshots. Minnesota Statutes 13.82, subdivision 26, defines a booking photograph as a photograph or electronically produced image taken by law enforcement for identification purposes in connection with an arrest. The same provision says adult booking photographs are public data unless another rule applies.
The same statute lets law enforcement temporarily withhold a booking photo if access would adversely affect an active investigation. That means a Lincoln County booking photo can be public in general, yet not released right away in a specific case. The decision turns on the record, the investigation, and the sheriff's data-practices duties.
Key Statutes:
Minnesota Statutes 13.82 covers law-enforcement data and the adult booking-photo rule.
Minnesota Statutes 13.03 gives the general public access rule for government data unless a law classifies the data otherwise.
Minnesota Statutes 13.85 limits some corrections and detention data, including medical, security, life-safety, and investigation-sensitive information.
Lincoln County Photo Limits
A booking photo is not a conviction. It is an identification image connected to an arrest or jail intake. Lincoln County roster data can show booking charges, current disposition, and total bail, but the court file shows what the prosecutor filed and what happened in the case. For county court records, Lincoln County Court Administration handles local court-record processing, and booking photos should be read with the court records after jail arrest when the outcome matters.
Official Lincoln County sources did not publish a retention period for roster photos. No source said that historical booking photos remain online after release. If a current roster row no longer appears, a person seeking a past photo should ask the sheriff for the specific adult booking photograph and cite the date. A request can still be denied or delayed if the photo is not public at that time.
Note: The roster photo column confirms a photo field, not a permanent mugshot archive or a guarantee of a visible image.
Request Lincoln County Booking Photos
Lincoln County did not publish a dedicated mugshot-request portal in the research sources. Use the Sheriff's Department contact block and its administration document center for sheriff-held jail and law-enforcement data. The office is at 322 N. Wallace St., P.O. Box 166, Ivanhoe, MN 56142, and the published phone numbers are 507-694-1664 and 507-694-1325. County office hours are listed as 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday for county offices, but public counter access should be confirmed before travel.
| Request Item | What to Include |
|---|---|
| Person identified | Full name and any known alias or spelling variant. |
| Booking event | Arrest date, booking date, JailId, or case number if known. |
| Record requested | Adult booking photograph and any public roster entry for that booking. |
| Legal basis | Minnesota Statutes 13.03 and 13.82, subdivision 26. |
| Delivery choice | Inspection, paper copy, or electronic copy if the sheriff can provide it. |
Ask whether a fee applies before ordering copies. The research did not locate a Lincoln County booking-photo fee schedule, so no dollar amount should be assumed. Also ask whether any part of the record is withheld due to investigation, juvenile, medical, security, or detention-data limits.
Lincoln County Mugshot Removal
Removal questions should follow the legal status of the public record, not a paid takedown route. Minnesota's expungement statute, Minnesota Statutes 609A.03, sets the petition process for sealing eligible criminal records. If a court seals or expunges a record, the person should use the court order when asking government offices about future disclosure.
An expungement does not mean every copy anywhere vanishes on its own. It also does not change the fact that a booking photo was once an arrest-identification image. For Lincoln County records, the first practical question is whether the sheriff still displays the photo on the current roster. If the person is no longer listed, the next question is whether a past copy remains public under Minnesota law after the case result or court order.
For custody and roster context, the Lincoln County inmate records page explains the difference between a current jail listing, a sheriff records request, and state or federal custody systems.
DOC and Federal Mugshots
State and federal systems do not work the same way as the Lincoln County jail roster. The MNDOC public viewer covers adults committed to the Minnesota Commissioner of Corrections and still under DOC jurisdiction. MNDOC detail structures commonly include an offender photo when available, but that is a DOC record, not a Lincoln County jail booking photo.
The BOP inmate locator identifies federal inmates from 1982 to present, but federal agencies do not operate a public mugshot gallery like a county roster photo column. The ICE Online Detainee Locator System is a custody locator for immigration detention, not a booking-photo site. A person who leaves Lincoln County Jail for a state, federal, or immigration system should be searched in the system that now has custody.
| System | Photo Access Point | Lincoln County Relevance |
|---|---|---|
| County jail | Roster photo column or sheriff data request | Best path for current Lincoln County jail booking photos. |
| Minnesota DOC | MNDOC public viewer offender detail when available | Use after a prison sentence or DOC supervision transfer. |
| Federal BOP | No public county-style mugshot gallery | Use locator for federal custody identity and status. |
| ICE | No mugshot lookup | Use detainee locator for custody, not booking images. |
Lincoln County Mugshot Terms
Several record terms look similar but have different meanings. Mixing them up can lead to the wrong office or the wrong search tool.
- Booking photo
- An image taken by law enforcement for identification in connection with an arrest.
- Mugshot
- Common term for a booking photo. Minnesota statutes use the phrase booking photograph.
- Roster photo
- A booking image shown with a current jail roster row when the county publishes it.
- Filed charge
- A prosecutor-filed charge in court, which may differ from the jail booking charge.
- Expungement
- A court process that can seal eligible records under Minnesota law.