Dawson County Busted Mugshots is a private reference service, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, or retrieve official booking records. Direct those requests to the responsible public agency.
Official Records Contacts
The Dawson County Sheriff is the local point of contact for county booking and detention records. The verified directory information is below. No active official online county roster, booking-photo policy, booking request form, booking fee schedule, or same-day booking feed was verified, so a focused request to the correct custodian is often the practical route.
Dawson County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Mark Montgomery
709 North Grant Street
Lexington, NE 68850
Sheriff and nonemergency: 308-324-3011
Fax: 308-324-3006
Jail-related number listed separately: 308-324-2279, confirm current use before relying on it.
Emergency: 911
For a specific adult booking record or photo, name the person, give a narrow date range, identify the arresting agency if known, and request the booking or processing record and photograph separately. Neb. Rev. Stat. ยง84-712 generally requires a response without delay and ordinarily within four business days through access, a written denial, or an estimate. No Dawson-specific charge for a booking copy or photo was verified.
Use the record route that matches the question:
- For present county custody or a booking question, contact the sheriff first and confirm whether the separately listed jail number is current.
- For a city police incident or calls-for-service report, contact the arresting city police department rather than asking the county custodian for a city report.
- For a court case and later disposition, use the Nebraska JUSTICE one-time search. It costs $17, searches up to 30 cases, and notes a 24-hour lag for new cases.
- For a person in state custody after a county case, use the NDCS Incarceration Records search, which is not a county booking roster.
- For federal custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.
- For immigration custody, use the ICE's Online Detainee Locator System, which is separate from county detention.