This Is Not a Government Office. Madison County Criminal History is privately operated. It cannot retrieve, change, certify, or accept filings for an official record.
Need an Official Record?
Choose the contact by record type. The sheriff and jail share the courthouse complex, but court and agency files remain under separate custodians.
- District Court felony files: Clerk of District Court, 1313 North Main Street, P.O. Box 249, Madison, NE 68748; 402-454-3311 extension 140; weekdays 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
- County Court cases: Clerk Magistrate, 1313 North Main Street, P.O. Box 290, Madison, NE 68748; 402-454-3311 extension 143. County Court handles misdemeanors, municipal ordinance cases, and felony preliminary matters.
- Arrest, booking, jail, and sheriff records: Madison County Sheriff's Office, 1313 North Main Street, Madison, NE 68748; 402-454-3311. Call the jail at 402-454-1333 for custody details.
- Norfolk police reports: Norfolk Police Records, 202 North 7th Street, Norfolk, NE 68701; 402-844-2140; weekdays 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
- Nebraska RAP sheets: Nebraska State Patrol Criminal Identification Division, 4600 Innovation Drive, Lincoln, NE 68521; 402-479-4971; weekdays 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
- Sealing or set-aside papers: file with the County or District Court that handled the original case.
The sheriff site does not publish a separately named records division or report-copy fee schedule. A specific Nebraska Public Records Act request may be directed to the Sheriff's Office, while a city incident report should go to the police agency that wrote it.