This website is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, pull an official booking record, change a court date, or answer for the sheriff, jail, prosecutor, court, NDCS, BOP, or ICE. Use the official contact paths below for those requests.
Where to Start
For a recent Gosper County arrest, local custody status, booking question, bond question, warrant service, or sheriff record request, start with the sheriff's office. Nebraska public-record requests for local booking material may involve Neb. Rev. Stat. 84-712, 84-712.01, and 84-712.05, including possible limits for investigative, confidential, sealed, juvenile, or security-sensitive material.
Gosper County Sheriff's Department
Sheriff: Joshua Richie
Facility / agency: Gosper County Jail / Gosper County Sheriff's Office
Street address: 507 Smith Ave, Elwood, NE 68937
Mailing address: PO Box 316, Elwood, NE 68937
Phone / jail information line: 308-785-2420
Fax: 308-785-2036
Public office hours: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday; open through lunch; closed weekends and holidays.
Different questions belong with different offices. Use these routes when the sheriff cannot answer the whole question or when the record is outside local custody.
- For a current or recent local booking, use jail inmate records guidance and contact the Gosper County Sheriff's Department.
- For a booking photo or booking sheet, review jail roster mugshots and ask the sheriff for the specific record.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, the Nebraska court calendar, or JUSTICE case search.
- For facility-specific questions, use Gosper County Jail / Gosper County Sheriff's Office and confirm visitation, mail, money, or transfer status before traveling.
- For a sentenced Nebraska state prisoner, use the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services inmate search rather than treating NDCS as a Gosper County jail roster.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the federal Bureau of Prisons locator, U.S. Marshals District of Nebraska resources, or the ICE Online Detainee Locator.
Court and Prosecution Contacts
Custody records and court records are separate. The sheriff handles arrest, booking, transport, warrant service, and local custody questions. Formal case activity moves through the courts and prosecutor after the arrest.
- Gosper County Court: handles misdemeanor, traffic, preliminary, and county-level proceedings. The county court page connects users with Nebraska Judicial Branch resources, court calendars, payments, and online case-search options.
- Gosper District Court Clerk: Karen J. Corder is identified in the research as the District Court Clerk. The district court handles felony criminal cases and other general-jurisdiction matters, and the clerk maintains criminal and civil case records, dockets, judgments, costs, fees, fines, restitution, and filings.
- Gosper County Attorney: Beverly Bogle Louthan, 507 Smith Ave, Elwood, NE 68937; mailing address PO Box 325, Elwood, NE 68937; phone 308-785-2320; fax 308-785-2852; hours 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday, closed weekends and holidays. The County Attorney prosecutes felony and misdemeanor crimes occurring in Gosper County.