Le Sueur County Jail Mugshots
The Le Sueur County custody roster includes a Photo column. In the roster text capture, each row begins with an image link before the MNI and name, which supports describing the roster as built to display booking photos for people currently listed in custody. The roster is operated through FirstCloudIT from the county's Jail Roster page and is tied to the Le Sueur County Jail, the only local detention facility identified in official sources for the county.
There is no separate official Le Sueur County mugshot gallery, no recent-bookings photo feed, no public historic booking-photo archive, and no photo-only search tool located in the official research. That distinction matters. The county roster photo helps identify a current jail booking, while older or unavailable booking photos require a Sheriff's Office data request. For the full custody row beyond the photo, the jail inmate records page explains the roster fields and fallback sources.
The FirstCloudIT custody roster is the source that shows the photo column beside Le Sueur County booking details.
The image confirms the local format: the photo sits with the same row that lists identity, intake, charges, and bail or bond information.
Find Le Sueur County Booking Photos
The fastest public path is the current custody roster. Because the roster is a static table rather than a form search, the practical method is to open the page and use browser find for the person's last name, first name, MNI, booking number, or charge text. If the name appears, check the left side of the row for the photo column and then read the rest of the row to make sure the match is the correct person.
- Open the county Jail Roster page or go directly to the FirstCloudIT custody list.
- Check the roster timestamp so the result is read as a current custody snapshot.
- Use browser find for the person's last name, then try first name, MNI, or booking number if needed.
- Review the photo column and identity fields together, including name, sex, age, booking number, and intake date.
- If the photo is not online, the image will not load, or the person is no longer listed, submit a Sheriff's Office data request for the booking photograph or booking record.
Call the jail at 507-419-0321 when current custody status is the immediate issue. Use Sheriff Records when the question is about a copy of data, a historical photo, an incident report, or a public-records request.
Le Sueur County Mugshot Record Fields
A booking photo is only one part of the Le Sueur County roster entry. The public row uses the image to help identify the person, then pairs it with the jail's local identity and custody fields. It does not show every demographic detail. The observed roster did not publish date of birth, race, height, weight, eye color, hair color, home address, housing unit, arresting agency, court date, judge, attorney, or a full court case number.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Booking Photo | Photo column with image links or placeholders tied to the current roster row. |
| MNI | Master Name Index number used in the local system. |
| Name | Last, first, and middle name listed by the jail. |
| Sex and age | Basic identity fields shown as M or F and current age. |
| Booking # | Numeric identifier for that jail booking. |
| Intake Date | Date and time of admission to the jail. |
| Charges | Offense level, status, statute number, and short charge description. |
| Bail/Bond | Amounts, conditions, bail received, bond received, or free-text hold notes. |
Do not treat the booking photo as proof of conviction. The roster may use status language such as COURT/PENDING, BOND/BAIL SET, SENTENCED, or HOLD FOR ANOTHER AGENCY. A court charge, case outcome, dismissal, or conviction must be checked through court records after a jail arrest.
Minnesota Booking Photo Law
Minnesota has a direct rule for booking photographs. Minn. Stat. 13.82, subd. 26 defines a booking photograph as a photograph or electronically produced image taken by law enforcement for identification purposes in connection with an arrest. Except as otherwise provided, the statute makes a booking photograph public data. It also lets a law-enforcement agency temporarily withhold access when release would adversely affect an active investigation.
Related statutes affect how Le Sueur County booking photos are released. Minn. Stat. 13.82, subd. 2 makes arrest data public at the originating law-enforcement agency, including the adult person's identity, time and place of arrest, legal basis, charge, and custody location. Minn. Stat. 13.82, subd. 7 protects active criminal investigative data while active. Minn. Stat. 13.85 covers corrections and detention data, which means not every internal jail file is public just because the roster photo is public.
Key statutes: Minnesota treats booking photos as public data unless a specific limit applies, but active-investigation and corrections-data rules can restrict or delay release.
Request Le Sueur County Mugshots
Use the records request process when the current roster does not supply the image. This includes cases where the person has been released, the image does not load, the requester needs a copy for a file, or the request is for an older booking photo. The Sheriff's Office data request form should identify the person, booking number or case number if known, approximate arrest or intake date, and that the requested data is a booking photograph, booking record, or related public jail record.
Requests can be sent to Records@lesueurcounty.gov, faxed to 507-357-8611, mailed, or dropped off at the Le Sueur County Sheriff's Office, 435 E Derrynane Street, Suite 1100, Le Center, MN 56057. The data request form says the Sheriff's Office reserves the right to take up to 10 days to respond. The county data-practices policy describes a general 10-business-day response window, while also noting that large or complex requests can take longer when staff must separate public and not-public data.
The Sheriff's Office Records page shows the local route for reports and records requests when a roster photo is not enough.
That source is especially important for historical photos because the public roster is tied to current custody, not an archive.
Le Sueur County Mugshot Fees
The 2026 county fee list gives the best available local fee detail for photo and records copies. The research found no separate booking-photo fee page, so photo-copy and media charges should be treated as the relevant published schedule for records orders. Confirm current fees with Records before sending payment because fee lists can change and a request may involve more than one type of copy or staff task.
| Records item | Published amount |
|---|---|
| Initial incident report copy | No charge |
| Additional report copies | $0.25 per page |
| Photographs | $2.00 per colored copy, two on a page |
| USB/CD with audio, video, photographs, or documents | $20.00 |
| Clerical query or research | $20 per hour, 15-minute minimum |
| Transcription | $30 per hour, 1-hour minimum |
How Long Photos Stay Public
Le Sueur County's roster does not publish a fixed retention rule for booking photos after release. The safest phrasing is that the public photo is tied to the current custody roster while the person is listed. The research did not find a separate historic photo list, a prior-booking gallery, or a daily booking-photo report. If a person is no longer on the current roster, the public request path goes through Sheriff Records rather than a second online photo archive.
What is and isn't public: The current roster can show a booking photo and basic custody row. Active investigative data, private corrections data, juvenile limits, sealed records, and internal jail files can be withheld or require formal review.
Note: A missing photo is not the same as proof that no booking occurred.
Mugshot Removal and Expungement
Minnesota's public booking-photo statute does not create a county web page for removing a photo from every place it may appear. The Le Sueur County research did not locate a published sheriff mugshot-removal process. If the concern is a dismissed case, an expunged case, or a sealed record, the path is legal-record correction and access restriction, not a commercial takedown claim. Minnesota expungement rules include Clean Slate automatic expungement under Minn. Stat. 609A.015 and petition-based expungement under Minn. Stat. 609A.03.
A booking photo and a court record are not the same record. The jail roster is created from custody and booking data; court restrictions are handled through court processes and judicial access rules. When a court order or expungement affects public access, provide the order or case information to the agency maintaining the record and ask how it applies to the specific photo or jail record. Avoid relying on nonofficial photo sites for the legal status of a Le Sueur County case.
State and Federal Booking Photos
Le Sueur County jail mugshots are local booking photos. They differ from state prison and federal custody records. The Minnesota Department of Corrections locator is for adults committed to the Commissioner of Corrections and still under DOC jurisdiction, including people in prison or on supervision. It is not the current Le Sueur County Jail roster. A newly sentenced person can take several business days to appear in the DOC locator after transfer.
Federal and immigration systems work differently. The Federal Bureau of Prisons locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to the present, but it is a custody-location tool, not a county mugshot gallery. U.S. Marshals pretrial custody does not provide a Le Sueur-style public roster. ICE ODLS can help locate a current immigration detainee by A-number or biographical details, but no ICE detention facility was found in Le Sueur County, and federal locators should not be treated as sources for local booking photos.