This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule visits, or pull official booking records. Use the official offices below for custody, court, and record questions.
Bates County Record Contacts
For a current Bates County jail custody question, start with the Bates County Sheriff's Office or the jail phone line. For a filed criminal case, use the Bates County Circuit Clerk or Missouri Case.net. For charging decisions or victim-services routing, the Prosecuting Attorney and Missouri Department of Public Safety listing are the better contacts.
Bates County Sheriff's Office and Jail
6 West Fort Scott Street
Butler, MO 64730
Office: 660-679-3232
Jail: 660-679-5880
Fax: 660-679-4147
Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Bates County Circuit Clerk
Shelli White
1 North Delaware
Butler, MO 64730
Phone: 660-386-7776 option 2
Bates County Prosecuting Attorney
Hugh C. Jenkins
1 North Delaware, 1st Floor
Butler, MO 64730
Phone: 660-386-7776 option 8
The Missouri Department of Public Safety victim-services listing also identifies the Bates County Prosecutors Office at P.O. Box 222, Butler, MO 64730, with phone 660-679-4030 and fax 660-679-4246. It lists the Bates County Victim Advocate Program at 660-679-5699 and emergency contact 660-679-7503.
Use the route that matches the record or action you need:
- For a person held in the county jail, use jail inmate records or call the Bates County Jail.
- For booking photos, start with jail roster mugshots, then ask the sheriff's office about any Sunshine Law request.
- For formal charges after an arrest, search court records after a jail arrest or contact the Circuit Clerk.
- For facility details, use the Bates County Jail page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Missouri prisoner, use the Missouri Department of Corrections offender search rather than the county roster.
- For a federal or immigration detainee, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.