Renville ICE Transfer Paths
An immigration detainer creates a split between criminal custody and immigration custody. ICE describes a detainer as a request that a jail notify the agency of an impending release and maintain custody for up to 48 hours beyond the time the person would otherwise be released so ICE can assume custody. The criminal case may permit release while the federal immigration system takes the person.
That is why “released from Renville County Jail” must be stated with care. The event can mean release to the community, transfer to ICE, transfer to another correctional agency, or another lawful disposition. A name disappearing from the Renville current table says only that the person is no longer displayed there. The Sheriff's transfer recipient and the ICE result supply the next facts.
| Observed event | Correct conclusion |
|---|---|
| Renville roster absence | No current local display; status still unresolved |
| Sheriff entry names ICE | Renville custody ended by transfer to immigration authorities |
| ICE locator finds the person | Use the location and custody details shown by ICE |
| ICE locator has no result | Check spelling, identifiers, delay, transfer, release, or removal possibilities |
| Criminal court orders release | The criminal basis changed; it does not rule out an ICE transfer |
Confirm a Renville ICE Transfer
Start with the local custody event. The Renville In Custody table has current booking fields but no release reason or destination. Search Minnesota VINE for the exact event, then ask Sheriff Records for the statutory release or transfer fields. Do not skip that local record, since it can name the agency that took custody.
- Record the Renville roster timestamp, MNI, booking number, and intake details.
- Search Minnesota VINE and read whether the event is release, transfer, purge, or another movement.
- Request the Renville departure date, time, legal basis, and receiving agency.
- If the recipient is ICE, locate the person's A-number and country of birth when available.
- Search the official ICE locator using the exact required fields.
- Call the Detention Reporting and Information Line when the locator does not resolve a recent transfer.
For a case that does not involve immigration custody, use the broader Renville County released inmates search to route the county, DOC, or federal record.
Search the ICE Detainee Locator
The ICE Online Detainee Locator has two search routes. The number route requires an exact nine-digit A-number and country of birth. Add a leading zero when the known A-number has eight digits. The biographical route requires exact first and last name spelling plus country of birth, with birth date available as an added field.
The locator excludes minors. ICE materials describe it chiefly as a current-custody tool, while some official guidance notes that people released within the prior 60 days can appear. That limited recent coverage is not a complete historical release archive. Search known aliases carefully, but do not guess a result from a similar name.
| ICE field | Use |
|---|---|
| A-number | Strong immigration identifier; must be nine digits in the locator |
| Country of birth | Required with either locator search route |
| Exact first and last name | Required for the biographical route |
| Birth date | Optional biographical narrowing field |
| Facility or custody result | Current or limited recent ICE status as displayed |
Save the retrieval time and exact wording. A no-result does not prove community release. It can reflect a name mismatch, recent data delay, transfer, removal, release outside the locator's window, or custody in another system.
Renville ICE Transfer Records
The strongest local document is the Sheriff's transfer entry. Minnesota Statutes section 13.82 makes the date, time, legal basis, and receiving agency for an adult transfer public at the originating law-enforcement agency. Identify the person with the full name, birth date if known, MNI or booking number, and a narrow date range.
Ask for existing data in the form the county maintains. A useful request seeks the booking or intake record and the entry showing release from Renville custody or transfer to another agency. If the recipient is ICE, preserve that exact agency name. The county is not required to create a new immigration report or interpret the federal case.
The Renville court record answers a different question. It can show a release order, bail change, disposition, or sentence in the Minnesota case. It generally does not supply the exact jail exit time and may not document the later federal transfer as fully as the Sheriff entry. Compare the two rather than treating either as a full substitute.
Renville ICE Records Contacts
Renville Sheriff Records handles the local transfer record. ICE's Detention Reporting and Information Line handles detainee-location and detention concerns that the online locator does not settle. No dedicated ICE detention center or local ICE office was identified in Renville County, so no local ICE street address should be inferred.
Renville County Sheriff Records
105 5th Street South, Suite 210
Olivia, MN 56277
Phone: 320-523-3794
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
ICE Detention Reporting and Information Line
Phone: 1-888-351-4024
Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern
The official ICE detainer explanation describes the notice and custody-request process. The Renville Sheriff Records page supplies the current local request channels.
Renville ICE Identity Checks
Cross-system identity checks are essential. Preserve the Renville MNI and booking number, then obtain the A-number from a reliable official record or the person. Compare full name, aliases, birth date, country of birth, booking date, charge, and court file. ICE requires exact biographical spelling, so a small difference can create a false no-result.
An A-number is stronger than a name alone, but it must be entered in the required nine-digit format. Do not infer a country of birth from nationality, language, or appearance. When identifiers disagree, contact the agencies and state the conflict. A corrected spelling, alias, delayed transfer entry, or separate case can explain the mismatch.
A photograph is not a sound sole identifier. It also cannot show whether a transfer, release, or removal later occurred.
Renville ICE Release Evidence
Build the result in chronological order. The criminal court may first authorize release or resolve the Minnesota charge. Renville Jail then completes its local process. If ICE assumes custody, the Sheriff transfer entry records the recipient. ICE supplies the next custody status. Later immigration release or removal is a separate federal event.
Each record can be accurate while answering a different question. A VINE transfer notice can be a rapid signal, though jail feeds commonly update on a 15- or 30-minute schedule. The Sheriff entry is the direct source for exact local departure details. The ICE locator is a current or limited recent locator, not a full release-history database. The information line is the fallback for unresolved cases.
Note: Always state “released from Renville custody to ICE” when the record shows a transfer, not an unqualified community release.
Renville ICE No-Result Cases
An absent ICE result can have many causes. First verify the nine-digit A-number and country of birth. Then retry the exact legal name and known official aliases. Check whether the transfer was recent enough for an update delay. Ask Sheriff Records whether ICE was actually the receiving agency rather than assuming a detainer led to pickup.
If ICE did not take custody, route the case to the agency named in the transfer entry. The person may have gone to another county, MNDOC, BOP, USMS, or the community. If ICE did take custody but the locator remains blank, call DRIL with the stable identifiers and transfer facts. An absent result should be reported as unresolved, not converted into release, removal, or escape.
Renville ICE System Limits
There is no researched stand-alone ICE detention facility in Renville County. The facility map includes ICE because a detainer can change where a person goes after the criminal hold ends, not because Olivia operates an immigration detention center. The local jail page remains the right source for the Renville booking and exit.
VINE covers county-jail events, not the full federal immigration case. BOP covers federal criminal prison custody, not ICE civil immigration detention. MNDOC covers Minnesota prison jurisdiction. Keeping those databases separate prevents a no-result in one system from being misreported as a final release.
Timing matters during the handoff. A court order can end the criminal basis before the Sheriff's record shows that ICE received the person. VINE can post a transfer event after its normal data-feed interval, while the ICE locator can take additional time to reflect a new placement. Keep the time from each source. When a family pickup or urgent legal question depends on the result, call the jail first to confirm departure and then use DRIL for the immigration-custody side.
Later release from ICE is separate from the Renville event. The Olivia record cannot establish when federal immigration custody ended, and an old ICE result cannot prove where the person is now. Ask each agency only for the part of the timeline it created. This keeps a criminal release, an immigration transfer, and a later federal disposition from being collapsed into one misleading date.