Chautauqua County Jail Overview
Chautauqua County Jail is a county-jail and local-detention facility operated by the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office. Official county sources list Sheriff Richard A. Newby as sheriff. The jail and sheriff's office are at 218 N Montgomery St, Sedan, KS 67361, and the published phone number is (620) 725-3108. The facility is the one detention facility in the Chautauqua County facility map.
The Chautauqua County Jail holds local pretrial detainees, local sentenced jail inmates, municipal or county arrestees, and any other prisoners lawfully committed to the sheriff's custody. No official source located during research published a bed capacity, housing-unit layout, security classification beyond county jail/local detention, annual booking count, or current jail population. Broader county custody context is covered in the Chautauqua County inmate population overview, while lookup details for booking records belong with Chautauqua County jail inmate records.
Kansas law gives the sheriff core jail duties. K.S.A. 19-1903 covers keeping the jail and providing food, drink, medical care, and separation by sex. K.S.A. 19-1904 requires a true and exact prisoner calendar. K.S.A. 19-1930 allows county jails to receive certain city, U.S., and DOC-committed prisoners.
Chautauqua County Jail Contact
The sheriff contact path is the main official access route because Chautauqua County does not publish a public jail roster, booking report, released-inmate index, warrant list, or mugshot gallery on the county site. Use the sheriff phone number for current custody questions. Use the same office for in-person public-record questions, booking-calendar requests, visitation checks, and jail lobby questions.
Chautauqua County Jail
218 N Montgomery St
Sedan, KS 67361
(620) 725-3108
Operated by the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office
Chautauqua County Courthouse
215 N Chautauqua St
Sedan, KS 67361
Courthouse hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-4:00 PM
Use these as courthouse hours only, not jail visitation hours.
Call before arriving with property, medication, children, or mobility-access questions. Official visitor parking, ADA entrance details, locker rules, and wait times were not located in county sources.
Chautauqua County Jail Lookup
No official Chautauqua County Jail public roster was located. That changes the lookup chain. Start with the sheriff for current custody. If staff cannot release the record informally, ask how to submit a Kansas Open Records Act request for the jail booking or prisoner-calendar entry. Then use court and state systems for the parts they cover.
- Call the sheriff at (620) 725-3108 and ask whether the person is currently in Chautauqua County Jail.
- Ask for the record type needed: current custody, booking date, charge basis, bond or hold, release date, or booking photo if releasable.
- Use Kansas CaseSearch for formal charges once the prosecutor has filed a case.
- Use KASPER only after a sentenced person is in Kansas Department of Corrections custody or supervision.
- Use BOP, ICE, or VINELink when federal, immigration, or notification paths are relevant.
The Tiger Commissary inmate selector is not the county's official criminal roster. It can help determine whether an inmate is selectable for commissary, but it should not be treated as a complete custody record or a warrant source.
The screenshot below comes from the Tiger Commissary inmate-selection page for Chautauqua County Jail.
The selector is useful for commissary ordering, but the sheriff and court remain the official custody and charge-record sources.
Chautauqua Jail Population Gaps
Official county sources did not publish Chautauqua County Jail rated capacity, current count, average daily population, annual bookings, demographic breakdown, or housing-unit details. Those unknowns should stay visible. Third-party bed counts or population claims should not be treated as verified unless the sheriff, county, budget documents, or a jail report later publish them.
The most reliable local record framework is the prisoner calendar required by Kansas law. That calendar should identify the person's name, place of abode, commitment time, discharge time, cause of commitment, committing authority, description, release authority, and any escape details if applicable.
Chautauqua Jail Visits
No official Chautauqua County Jail visitation schedule was located. Do not use the county courthouse hours as jail visitation hours. The courthouse hours from the county homepage are Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-4:00 PM for the courthouse at 215 N Chautauqua St. Jail visits, professional visits, lobby access, property drop-off, and records pickup must be confirmed with the sheriff.
| Visit Type | Published Schedule | Rules Located |
|---|---|---|
| Public in-person visits | Not published | Call before arrival. Photo ID, dress code, approval, and property rules were not published. |
| Video visits | Not located | No official Chautauqua County video-visit vendor was located. |
| Attorney or professional visits | Not published | Schedule directly through the sheriff or jail. |
| Holiday or lockdown changes | Not published | Confirm by phone before traveling. |
Visitors should ask whether the inmate is eligible for visits, whether a hold or classification status limits contact, and whether children may attend. Small jails can change visit access quickly due to staffing, court transport, medical needs, or security needs.
Chautauqua Jail Mail and Money
Official mail rules for Chautauqua County Jail were not published. A conservative mailing format is the inmate's full name, Chautauqua County Jail, 218 N Montgomery St, Sedan, KS 67361. Confirm the format before sending mail because a jail may reject items that lack a return address, inmate ID, proper name, or acceptable content. Legal mail rules were also not located.
The located money and commissary service is Tiger Commissary. The service page states that commissary can be ordered and shipped to an inmate. The selector page allows last-name search and first-letter filters. Fees, limits, refund rules, delivery timing, and local cutoff times were not published by the county, so confirm before placing an order.
| Service | Provider or Rule | Published Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Personal mail | Confirm with sheriff | No official local rule page located. |
| Legal mail | Confirm with sheriff | No official local rule page located. |
| Books or magazines | Confirm with sheriff | No publisher, format, or approval rule located. |
| Commissary ordering | Tiger Commissary service page | Allows commissary orders for Chautauqua County Jail. |
| Inmate selection | Tiger inmate selector | Search by last name or active first-letter filters. |
The image below comes from the Tiger Commissary service page for Chautauqua County Jail.
That page supports commissary ordering only. It does not replace the sheriff, court clerk, or KORA process for official jail records.
Chautauqua Jail Booking Intake
Chautauqua County does not publish a local booking walkthrough. A careful Kansas-localized sequence is arrest, transport to the jail or sheriff, identity confirmation, search, property inventory, fingerprints, booking photo if taken, medical or mental-health screening, warrant and hold review, and placement or temporary holding. The person may not be selectable for commissary or visits at once.
A useful booking-record request should be specific. Ask for the jail booking or prisoner-calendar entry for the named person, approximate arrest date, commitment time, cause of commitment, committing authority, discharge or release time if any, and booking photograph if available for release. Under KORA, a public agency must respond even if the response is an estimate, denial, or explanation of when records will be available.
Booking and court records move at different speeds. A jail intake may exist before the County Attorney files a complaint or information, and a court case may change after the first charge label. Use Kansas CaseSearch and the District Court Clerk for filed charges after the jail arrest.
Chautauqua Jail Bond Release
No local bond schedule or bond-payment page was located for Chautauqua County Jail. Confirm bond with the sheriff and the court. Bond can be cash, surety, appearance or own-recognizance release, or no-bond. A judge or warrant sets release conditions. The County Attorney prosecutes the case, but does not set bond for routine release questions.
| Question | Where to Confirm |
|---|---|
| Is the person still in custody? | Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office or jail. |
| What bond type applies? | Sheriff, court clerk, warrant, or court order. |
| Where is payment accepted? | Ask the jail or District Court Clerk before traveling. |
| Is another hold active? | Ask the jail about other county, probation, KDOC, federal, or ICE holds. |
| What is the filed case number? | Kansas CaseSearch or the District Court Clerk. |
Paying one bond may not release an inmate if a second hold remains. Ask about all holds before paying money or arranging transport.
Chautauqua Jail Versus KDOC
Chautauqua County Jail is not a Kansas state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention facility. Sentenced felony residents from Chautauqua County may later be transferred to Kansas Department of Corrections custody elsewhere in the state. Once that transfer happens, use KASPER, not the county jail, for the sentenced custody record.
| Custody Type | Lookup Source | What It Covers |
|---|---|---|
| Local jail custody | Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office | Current local custody, booking, bond, and jail calendar questions. |
| Filed court case | Kansas CaseSearch or District Court Clerk | Charges filed after arrest, hearings, parties, judge, and case status. |
| Sentenced KDOC custody | KASPER | Kansas prison or supervision records, including KDOC number and facility history. |
| Federal sentenced custody | BOP inmate locator | Federal custody records, not county booking records. |
| Immigration detention | ICE detainee locator | Immigration custody location when covered by ICE systems. |
Directions to Chautauqua Jail
Chautauqua County Jail is in Sedan, the county seat, near the courthouse area. Visitors approaching from US-166 can use the Sedan approaches and continue into the courthouse and sheriff block. Visitors approaching from K-99 should enter Sedan and follow local streets toward the county courthouse area. Public transit details, visitor parking rules, and ADA entrance instructions were not located in official sources.
Use the embedded map for the address, then call the jail before travel to confirm where to park and whether the visit, records pickup, or bond question can be handled at that time.
Note: Courthouse hours are not jail lobby or visitation hours, so confirm jail access directly with the sheriff.
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