Columbia County Busted Mugshots is a private reference resource, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody or release, release anyone, post bond, or pull an official booking record. Those actions and decisions belong to the public office or custody system responsible for the record.
Official Records and Custody Contacts
Use the contact that matches the record or status in question. A recent county booking, current jail custody, a later court case, state supervision, and federal or immigration custody are handled through different systems. The listed routes are official starting points for Columbia County, Wisconsin.
Columbia County booking records and custody
| Need | Official contact | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Booking record or open-records request | Columbia County Sheriff Records | 711 East Cook Street, Portage, WI 53901 608-742-4166, extension 2 openrecords@columbiacountywi.gov Records Request form |
| Jail custody or bond question | Columbia County Jail | 403 Jackson Street, Portage, WI 53901 608-742-6476 |
| Custody or release notifications | VINELink | VINE live operator: 1-888-944-8463 Use for the separate custody and notification function, not a booking-photo search. |
The Sheriff’s daily booking report is a recent booking source and not a current-custody roster. For a record that is not in the public report, use the records request form and describe the person, date, location, arresting agency, and exact item requested as clearly as possible.
Court, state, and federal status
| Need | Official contact or locator | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Criminal case or later court outcome | Columbia County Clerk of Circuit Court | 400 DeWitt Street, Portage, WI 53901 Criminal matters: 608-742-9643 Wisconsin Circuit Court Access |
| Wisconsin state custody or supervision | Wisconsin DOC offender locator | For DOC custody or community supervision, not an ordinary county-jail booking. |
| Federal incarceration | Federal Bureau of Prisons locator | For federal inmates, not a Columbia County jail roster. |
| ICE custody | ICE Online Detainee Locator System | For the separate ICE detention system under its published search requirements. |
City police contacts
For a city police report or arrest record, start with the police department that handled the event. A police report and a county jail booking can be separate records, even when they concern the same incident.
| City | Police department | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Portage | Portage Police Department | 608-742-2174 |
| Columbus | Columbus Police Department | 920-623-5919 |
| Wisconsin Dells | Wisconsin Dells Police Department | 608-253-1611 |