This is a private reference site, not the Preble County Sheriff's Office, the jail, a court, or any government records counter. We cannot confirm custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule visitation, or obtain an official booking record for you. Use the official contacts below for those tasks.
Where to Look for a Person or Record
The main local custody office is the Preble County Jail and Sheriff's Office at 1139 Preble Drive, Eaton, OH 45320. The jail phone is 937-456-6323, the sheriff's main line is 937-456-6301, the jail fax is 937-456-6353, and the sheriff's fax is 937-456-2524. Sheriff's records requests under Ohio's Public Records Act, ORC 149.43, can be started through the official records-request page at preblecountysheriff.org/187/Records-Requests or the direct web form at preblecountysheriff.org/FormCenter/Sheriffs-Office-8/Sheriffs-Records-Request-54.
- For someone currently in the county jail, start with jail inmate records and the Miami Valley Jails Preble roster, then call the jail if the online roster is delayed or captcha-blocked.
- For booking photos, use jail roster mugshots first, then ask the Sheriff's Office for a booking photo or booking sheet through its public-records process if needed.
- For charges filed after arrest, use court records after a jail arrest. Common Pleas records route through the Preble County Clerk of Courts and CourtView; the clerk's office is at 101 East Main Street, third floor courthouse, Eaton, OH 45320, phone 937-456-8160, fax 937-456-9548, with posted hours Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. The Common Pleas Court lists phone 937-456-8165 at the same courthouse address.
- For municipal, traffic, or lower-court matters in Eaton Municipal Court, use the court's CaseLook record search or contact the court during regular business hours when verified information is needed. Prosecutor questions tied to filed charges may route to the Preble County Prosecuting Attorney at 101 East Main Street, Eaton, phone 937-456-8156.
- For a specific local facility, use the detention facility page listed in the footer, including the Preble County Jail page.
- For a sentenced Ohio prisoner, use the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Offender Search at appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator or the ICE Online Detainee Locator. Those systems do not replace the Preble County jail roster for recent local bookings.