This website is a private reference guide, not a government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule jail services, or obtain official booking records for you. Use the official contacts below for records, verification, and court or jail business.
Official Places to Start
Defiance County custody questions often begin with CCNO because the county uses that regional jail for local inmates. Sheriff and court contacts matter when the question concerns arrests, warrants, charges, or court filings.
Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio03151 County Road 2425
Stryker, OH 43557-9418
Phone: 419-428-3800
Fax: 419-428-2119
Email: ccnoregional@gmail.com
Business contact hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
For CCNO public-records requests, use email, mail a request to Public Records Request, CCNO, 03151 County Road 2425, Stryker, OH 43557-9418, appear in person during business hours, or call 419-428-3800 ext. 201. CCNO lists 25 cents per 8.5 x 11 inch single-sided copy.
Defiance County Sheriff's OfficeSheriff Douglas J. Engel
113 Biede Ave.
Defiance, OH 43512
Phone: 419-784-1155
Fax: 419-784-1592
Website email: dcsowebsite@defiancecounty.oh.gov
Homepage: https://www.defiance-county.com/dcso/ Defiance County Clerk of Courts Legal Department
221 Clinton Street
Defiance, OH 43512
Phone: 419-782-1936
Email: clerkofcourts@defiancecounty.oh.gov
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Defiance County Common Pleas Court
221 Clinton Street, Third Floor
Defiance, OH 43512
Phone: 419-782-5931 Defiance Municipal Court
665 Perry Street
Defiance, OH 43512
Hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Defiance County Prosecutor
500 Court Street, Suite C
Defiance, OH 43512
Phone: 419-782-2402
Where to Look by Record Type
Use the record path that matches the person's status, since a local jail record, Ohio prison record, federal record, and immigration detention record are not the same thing.
- For someone held in the regional jail serving Defiance County, start with jail inmate records and the CCNO active-offender population source.
- For booking-photo context and what the CCNO roster does or does not show, read jail roster mugshots.
- For criminal cases after a jail arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the relevant Defiance County court office.
- For facility address, phone, visitation, mail, and public-records details, use the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio page.
- For a sentenced Ohio prison inmate or supervised offender, use the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Offender Search and Ohio VINE for notifications.
- For federal sentenced prisoners, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator. For immigration custody, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.
The Defiance County Sheriff OH mobile app advertises Submit a Tip, Sex Offender Registry, Staff Directory, news, and information features, but the researched app listings did not identify it as a jail roster or inmate-search replacement.