Kokomo Inmate Lookup

The Kokomo jail roster reflects current bookings at the Howard County Jail, located at 1800 W Markland Ave in Kokomo. Anyone arrested by Kokomo city police or Howard County Sheriff deputies is booked into the same facility. Kokomo is the county seat of Howard County, so city arrests and county arrests both flow through this single jail. You can search for current inmates by name through the Howard County Sheriff's inmate search or through the statewide INjail Public Portal, both free and open to the public.

Kokomo Police Department

The Kokomo Police Department provides law enforcement services throughout the city. The department handles patrol, investigations, traffic enforcement, and emergency response. When Kokomo officers arrest someone, that person is transported to the Howard County Jail at 1800 W Markland Ave for booking and processing. Kokomo PD does not have its own jail or holding facility for overnight detainees.

The non-emergency line for Kokomo PD is 765-456-7017. Dial 911 for any emergency. The department works in coordination with the Howard County Sheriff's Office, which operates the jail. If you need to find out whether someone is currently in custody after an arrest in Kokomo, the Howard County Jail is the place to check. The Howard County page has full contact details for the jail and the sheriff's office.

Kokomo PD also partners with the Howard County Prosecutor's Office on criminal cases. The prosecutor's office handles charging decisions and court filings once a person has been booked. You can track court proceedings through the Indiana courts public access portal after charges are formally filed. The jail search tools below cover the pre-charge and pre-trial custody period.

Kokomo Jail Roster Search

The Howard County Sheriff's Office runs an inmate search directly on their website. Visit sheriff.howardcountyin.gov/inmateSearch to look up current bookings at the Howard County Jail. The sheriff's office notes: "The Howard County Sheriff's Office website is an interactive website developed to help improve communication with area residents." The inmate search is part of that effort and is available at no charge.

Search results typically include the person's full name, booking date, listed charges, bond amount, and current status inside the facility. If you are unsure of the exact spelling of a name, try entering just the last name and browsing the results. The search pulls from live booking data, so a person who was just arrested may take a short time to appear after processing is complete.

The INjail Public Portal is a statewide backup option. Select Howard County from the list to view current bookings at the Howard County Jail. INjail is maintained by the state and pulls from participating county jail systems. It is a useful tool when you want to confirm data from the sheriff's site or check whether someone may have been booked in a neighboring county.

VINE Victim Notification

VINE stands for Victim Information and Notification Everyday. It is a free service that tracks custody status at the Howard County Jail and sends alerts when an inmate is released, transferred, or has another status change. VINE is open to anyone who wants to monitor an inmate's custody status. You do not have to be a crime victim to use it, and there is no fee to register.

The image below is from the INjail Public Portal at public.indianajail.gov, which serves as both a search tool and a gateway to county-level inmate data across Indiana.

The INjail portal shown above covers Howard County and all other participating Indiana counties in one place. For VINE notifications, visit VINELink.com to set up an account and choose your preferred alert method, email, phone call, or text message. You can also call the VINE hotline at 1-866-959-8463 to check on custody status by phone without registering online. The line runs 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

Booking Records and Public Access

When someone is booked into the Howard County Jail after an arrest in Kokomo, a public record is created. That record includes the person's name, date of birth, booking date, charges, bond amount, and booking number. Indiana's Access to Public Records Act at IC 5-14-3 makes this information available to any member of the public. You do not need a court order or a specific reason to ask for it.

Indiana jail regulations at 210 IAC 3-1-6 govern how county jails like Howard County must maintain and share booking records. These rules set minimum standards for accuracy and reporting. If you need records for a person who was released from the jail, you can submit a written public records request to the Howard County Sheriff's Office. The office must respond within a reasonable time under state law.

Some records are not public. Juvenile arrest records are generally sealed. Active investigations can restrict what gets released. Sensitive personal identifiers are excluded from public access by law. For most adult bookings, though, the basic record is open and available on request or through the online search tools listed above.

Additional Resources

The Indiana Department of Correction Offender Locator is a separate tool from the county jail search. IDOC tracks people who have been sentenced and transferred to a state prison, work release program, or community corrections placement. If someone is not showing up in the Howard County Jail roster, it is worth checking IDOC to see whether they have been moved to a state facility. The locator is free and regularly updated.

The INjail Public Portal gives you access to booking records from county jails across Indiana in one search interface. It is helpful when you want to check multiple counties at once or when you are not certain which county a person may have been booked into. For Kokomo-area searches, filter by Howard County. No login or account is needed to use INjail or the IDOC locator.

Nearby Cities

Other cities near Kokomo with pages on this site include communities in north-central and east-central Indiana.