Chautauqua County Jail Roster
No official Chautauqua County public jail roster, booking report, released-inmate index, warrant list, or mugshot gallery was located on the county website. That finding changes the normal search order. For a current county-jail custody check, the official path starts with the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff Richard A. Newby. The sheriff and jail are listed at 218 N Montgomery St, Sedan, KS 67361, with phone and non-emergency contact at (620) 725-3108. Emergency issues still go to 9-1-1.
The lack of a public roster does not mean Chautauqua County inmate records do not exist. Kansas law gives the sheriff jail duties, and K.S.A. 19-1904 requires a true and exact prisoner calendar. In practical terms, custody facts may be confirmed by phone, at the sheriff's office, through a written Kansas Open Records Act request, or through later court and corrections systems. The county contacts directory is useful because it places the sheriff, county attorney, and district court contacts in one county source.
Local search point: Chautauqua County has one listed detention facility, the Chautauqua County Jail, and no official sheriff mobile app with a roster was found.
Use Chautauqua Inmate Records
Because no county roster is posted, the Chautauqua County jail roster process is a fallback chain, not a single search box. Start with the local jail for live custody. Move to a records request when a booking entry, release time, cause of commitment, or copy is needed. Use Tiger Commissary only when the goal is commissary ordering for a person who can be selected in that vendor system. Use court and correctional systems when the jail record is no longer the controlling source.
This order also helps avoid false negatives. A person arrested in Cedar Vale, Chautauqua, Elgin, Niotaze, Peru, Sedan, or a rural part of the county may still be routed through the sheriff rather than a city roster. Kansas law also allows a county jail to hold city, federal, and certain DOC-committed prisoners when lawfully committed, so the reason for custody may not be clear from a name search alone. Ask whether the person is held on a local charge, a warrant, a sentence, a probation or parole hold, a federal hold, or an immigration detainer.
- Call the sheriff at (620) 725-3108 and ask whether the person is in current Chautauqua County Jail custody.
- If more than a yes-or-no custody check is needed, ask how to request the jail booking or prisoner-calendar entry.
- Search Tiger Commissary only as a limited commissary selector, not as proof of criminal charges or all jail custody.
- Check Kansas CaseSearch for filed charges after the prosecutor and court create a public case.
- Use KASPER for sentenced Kansas Department of Corrections custody, not local jail-only detainees.
- Search BOP, ICE, or VINELink when federal, immigration, or notification records are the right channel.
Chautauqua Roster Search Fields
Tiger Commissary is the only located web page tied to Chautauqua County Jail that exposes an inmate-selection screen. It is not the official criminal roster. The service page says it allows commissary to be ordered and shipped to an inmate, and the inmate selector asks the user to search by last name or choose the first letter of the last name. At inspection, letter filters D, F, P, and T were active, but that can change as the jail population changes.
The Tiger inmate selector for Chautauqua County Jail shows the limited fields below.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Name | Text | Unspecified | Maximum length 50; used to select an inmate for commissary. |
| Letter filters | Link list | Optional | A-Z appears; active letters at inspection were D, F, P, and T. |
| Search | Button | Optional | Button label is Search and the page uses reCAPTCHA. |
| Change service | Link | Optional | Returns to the Chautauqua County Jail service selector. |
The Tiger Commissary service page is the source for web commissary ordering at Chautauqua County Jail.
This screen can help identify whether a person is selectable for commissary, but it should not be treated as a complete Chautauqua County inmate records portal.
Chautauqua Inmate Calendar Fields
No public county sample inmate profile was available for inspection. The best field inventory for Chautauqua County inmate records comes from K.S.A. 19-1904, which requires the sheriff to keep a prisoner calendar. A request should name the person, the approximate arrest or booking date, and the kind of record sought. If the person has been released, ask for discharge information too.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | The prisoner identified in the sheriff's jail calendar or booking record. |
| Place of abode | The person's listed residence or abode when recorded. |
| Commitment time | When the person was committed to jail custody. |
| Discharge time | When the person left custody, if release has occurred. |
| Cause of commitment | The charge, warrant, sentence, hold, or other legal reason for custody. |
| Committing authority | The court, officer, warrant, or agency authority that caused the commitment. |
| Description | Descriptive identifying details kept in the prisoner calendar. |
| Authority for release | The order, court action, bond, sentence end, or other release authority. |
| Escape details | Escape information if applicable to the custody event. |
Chautauqua Custody Search Paths
Chautauqua County inmate records are local records when a person is held at the county jail before trial, on a short local sentence, or on a local or municipal arrest. Sentenced felony custody moves to KDOC systems after transfer. Federal and immigration custody are separate. This split matters because a person may disappear from the local jail process after release, transfer, or court action while still appearing in another system.
| Custody Type | Where to Look | Use It For |
|---|---|---|
| County jail | Sheriff phone, in person, or KORA request | Current local custody, booking records, jail calendar entries, local release facts. |
| Commissary selector | Tiger Commissary | Possible commissary recipient selection only, not a criminal roster. |
| State prison or supervision | KDOC KASPER | Sentenced residents, parole, supervision, and KDOC status. |
| Federal sentence | Federal BOP locator | Federal inmate identification and custody status. |
| Immigration detention | ICE Online Detainee Locator | Immigration detainee location by A-number or biographical search. |
| Custody notification | VINELink | Victim notification and covered custody-status alerts. |
The KDOC locating FAQ says KASPER includes people sentenced to the custody of the Secretary of Corrections since 1980 and is updated on weekdays. KASPER can show name, KDOC number, physical description, photograph, conviction county, case number, projected release information, facility movement, parole office, custody or supervision level, and discipline records. It should not be used as a substitute for local Chautauqua County Jail custody confirmation.
The KASPER offender search form includes photo options and many name, number, county, facility, and supervision fields.
KASPER is most useful after a Chautauqua County case results in a state sentence or KDOC supervision, not while the person is only in local jail custody.
Request Chautauqua Jail Records
When the sheriff cannot release the information informally, a written KORA request is the next step. K.S.A. 45-215 states the Kansas policy of public access unless the law provides otherwise. K.S.A. 45-218 addresses agency procedures for access and copying. K.S.A. 45-221 lists exemptions, so some law-enforcement material may be withheld, redacted, delayed, or treated differently if it involves a juvenile, an active investigation, sealed records, or protected personal data.
A narrow request works best. Ask for the jail booking or prisoner-calendar entry for a named person and approximate arrest date. Include the commitment time, discharge time if any, cause of commitment, committing authority, release authority, and booking photo if available for release. The county did not publish local copy fees, photo fees, or preferred payment methods, so those details should be confirmed with the sheriff before mailing payment or traveling to Sedan.
Kansas records point: K.S.A. 45-215, K.S.A. 45-218, and K.S.A. 45-221 frame access, copying procedures, and exemptions for public records.
Chautauqua County Jail Contact
Only one Chautauqua County detention facility was identified from official sources. The sheriff page does not publish capacity, housing-unit names, intake hours, a jail lobby schedule, or an average daily population. Treat third-party bed counts as unverified unless the county or sheriff later publishes a jail sheet, budget packet, or report.
Chautauqua County Jail
Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office / Jail
218 N Montgomery St
Sedan, KS 67361
(620) 725-3108
Non-emergency sheriff and jail contact. Emergency calls go to 9-1-1.
Chautauqua Booking Timeline
Chautauqua County does not publish a local booking walkthrough. A careful Kansas-local process starts with transport to the sheriff or jail, identity confirmation, property inventory, fingerprinting, booking photo if taken, warrant and hold checks, medical or mental-health screening, and temporary placement or classification. A person may not be searchable online because no county roster was located. A new arrest may first be visible through sheriff confirmation, court filing, bond paperwork, or later state and court systems.
If the arrest leads to a Chautauqua County criminal case, court records may lag behind the jail record. The County Attorney, Christian Fazel, prosecutes traffic, misdemeanor, and felony offenses in Chautauqua County. The District Court is listed at 215 N Chautauqua St, 3rd Floor, Sedan, with phone (620) 725-5870. For filed charges, use Kansas CaseSearch or contact the district court clerk. For custody and release timing, stay with the sheriff.
Chautauqua Jail Visit Rules
No official Chautauqua County visitation schedule, video-visit provider, mail rule sheet, property policy, jail fee table, capacity figure, current population count, average daily population, or mugshot-removal policy was located. The county homepage lists courthouse hours, but those hours are not a jail visitation schedule. Confirm every visit, mail, money, property, and records question with the sheriff before travel or purchase.
| Visit Type | Schedule | Rules Located |
|---|---|---|
| Public in-person visits | Not published | Call the sheriff before arrival; ID, dress, and property rules were not located. |
| Video visits | Not located | No official Chautauqua video visitation vendor was found. |
| Attorney or professional visits | Not published | Schedule directly through the sheriff or jail. |
| Holiday or lockdown changes | Not published | Confirm by phone before relying on any visit plan. |
Note: Mail, medication, money, property, and visitor parking rules should be confirmed before arriving at the jail or sending anything.
Commissary and Notice Search
Tiger Commissary is relevant to Chautauqua County inmate records only because it lists the Chautauqua County Jail service and an inmate selector for commissary. It does not replace a sheriff custody check. It also does not prove the charge, bond, release date, or full jail roster status. If the person is not selectable, that may mean the name is spelled differently, commissary is not available yet, the person has left custody, or the vendor page is not reflecting the full local jail population.
VINELink is a different tool. It is built for custody notification and victim information, not for replacing the sheriff's jail calendar. The VINELink search may help when an alert is needed for a covered custody record.
Use VINELink as a notification channel where available, while treating the sheriff, court, KDOC, BOP, and ICE systems as the source for each separate custody type.
Commissary, phone, and visit tools should not be used as the only proof of custody. A person may be newly booked but not yet eligible for commissary, may be released before a vendor list changes, or may be held under a name spelling that differs from the searcher's spelling. Before sending money, scheduling travel, mailing property, or relying on a custody alert, confirm the current status with the office that controls the record.
Chautauqua Record Terms
Several short terms help separate Chautauqua County inmate records from court records and state prison records.
- Booking
- Jail intake after arrest or commitment.
- Commitment
- The legal act or order placing a person in sheriff custody.
- Prisoner calendar
- The Kansas jail log that sheriffs must keep under K.S.A. 19-1904.
- Detainer
- A hold or request from another agency that may affect release.
- KASPER
- The KDOC offender population search for sentenced and supervised Kansas correctional records.