This is a private reference site, not a Brown County government office. It cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, schedule a visit, or pull official booking records. Those requests must go to the office that holds the record.
Official Brown County Contacts
Use the Brown County Jail and Sheriff's Office for current jail custody, roster confirmation, jail visits, jail mail, inmate phone questions, and local booking-record routing. The research sources list Sheriff Jason S. Seidl and Jail Administrator Steve Appel for the sheriff and jail operations.
Brown County Sheriff's Office
15 S Washington Street, 2nd Floor
New Ulm, MN 56073
Mailing: P.O. Box 877, New Ulm, MN 56073
507-233-6700
Brown County Jail
15 S Washington Street
New Ulm, MN 56073
507-233-6775
Jail Administrator: 507-233-6767
Jail email: jail@browncountymn.gov
Brown County District Court
14 South State Street
New Ulm, MN 56073
507-441-7020
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
For public records that are not posted in the roster PDF, Brown County lists public-data and data-subject request forms on its Data Practices Inventory page.
- For someone in the county jail, start with jail inmate records and then call the jail if the PDF is unclear.
- For booking photos, use jail roster mugshots to understand the roster limit and data-request route.
- For charges filed after booking, use court records after a jail arrest and the MCRO case-search portal.
- For facility-specific visitor or mail rules, use the Brown County Jail facility page in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the Minnesota DOC locator.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP locator or ICE detainee locator.