This is a private reference site, not the sheriff's office, jail, court, or county government. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule jail visits, or obtain official booking records for you. Use the official office channels below for those actions.
Where to Start for a Nuckolls County Record
For current local custody questions, the official Nuckolls County research points first to the sheriff because no public county jail roster was located on the county site.
Nuckolls County Sheriff's OfficeSheriff Brad Baker
Phone: 402-225-2831
Fax: 402-225-3014
Sheriff mailing/contact address: 175 W 4th St, Nelson, NE
County courthouse: 150 S Main Street, Nelson, NE 68961
General county hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; closed weekends and holidays
If the question is about filed charges, hearings, or a court case after arrest, use the Nuckolls County Court and courthouse channels rather than the jail alone. The research identifies Nuckolls County Court at the courthouse and the local court phone as 402-225-2371. County attorney matters route through the Nuckolls County Attorney's Office; the county site names John V. Hodge as county attorney, lists 402-225-3311 #7 and 402-225-4361 #7 as attorney contact paths, and gives attorney office hours as Monday-Thursday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
- For someone possibly held at the local jail, start with jail inmate records and then call the sheriff at 402-225-2831.
- For booking-photo questions, review jail roster mugshots; Nuckolls County does not publish an official mugshot gallery.
- For charges filed after booking, use court records after a jail arrest and the county court channel.
- For facility details, use the Nuckolls County Jail page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Nebraska state prisoner, use the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services inmate locator rather than the county jail path.
- For federal custody or immigration detention, use the Bureau of Prisons locator, U.S. Marshals District of Nebraska channels, or ICE Online Detainee Locator as applicable.