• Chautauqua County Jail, 218 N. Montgomery St., Sedan, KS 67361; 620-725-3108; fax 620-725-3256

If the person is not in Sedan, try a neighboring jail: - Montgomery County Jail, 300 E. Main, Independence, KS 67301, 620-330-1000 - Elk County Jail, 100 N. Cedar St., Howard, KS 67349, 620-374-2108 - Cowley County Jail, 911 Fuller, Winfield, KS 67156, 620-221-5444

1. Open VINELink and keep Kansas selected.
2. Enter the first and last name.
3. Read the custody status and the facility named.
4. Sign up for notices if you want word of a release or move.
5. No match? A recent booking may not be loaded yet, so call 620-725-3108.

Chautauqua County, New York, has its own sheriff and jail, and its website often ranks first in searches. Its inmate list covers that New York jail only. For anyone held in Sedan, rely on VINELink or the Kansas sheriff's number above.

No. The Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office in Sedan does not post booking photos online. To ask about one, or about an arrest record, contact the sheriff at 620-725-3108; requests fall under the Kansas Open Records Act (K.S.A. 45-215). Photos taken by federal agencies are usually withheld, and records about an immigration detainee go through ICE FOIA.

In Chautauqua County, deputies from the sheriff's office in Sedan serve warrants and can confirm whether one is active at 620-725-3108. You won't find a statewide warrant search in Kansas, but Kansas CaseSearch shows the district court's cases from Sedan along with any warrant the judge issued. The usual way to clear it is to turn yourself in at the Chautauqua County Jail, ideally after talking with a lawyer. Missed a court date? The district court clerk works on the third floor at 215 N. Chautauqua St. in Sedan and answers at 620-725-5870.

A judge of the 14th Judicial District, which Chautauqua shares with Montgomery County, sets the amount; Kansas law expects the accused before a judge promptly (K.S.A. 22-2901). Pay at the jail on North Montgomery Street once the amount is set, and call ahead for accepted payment types. Our Chautauqua bail page covers bond types, conditions and refunds.

State cases go to the district court on the third floor of the courthouse, 215 N. Chautauqua St., Sedan, KS 67361; clerk 620-725-5870, fax 620-725-3027. Larger matters in the district may also be heard in Independence, 300 E. Main, Suite 201, 620-330-1070. Look up dockets on Case Search, and see our Sedan court page for each step of a case.

Yes, if the judge finds the defendant cannot afford counsel after an income affidavit is filed. The Southeast Kansas Regional Public Defender, 400 N. 14th St., Independence, KS 67301, 620-331-4329, is part of the state Board of Indigents' Defense Services, 785-296-6631.

Call 620-725-3108 to learn the visiting schedule ahead of a trip to Sedan; a photo ID is normally needed. General tips are on our visitation page.

• Mail: the inmate's full name, Chautauqua County Jail, 218 N. Montgomery St., Sedan, KS 67361. See our mail page.
• Calls: outgoing only, and recorded; see our phone page and messaging page.
• Money and commissary: ask the jail which deposit methods it accepts; our money page and commissary page explain the usual choices.

Report prescriptions, injuries or health conditions to the jail at 620-725-3108. Emergencies are sent to a hospital.

Anyone under 18 is placed outside the Sedan jail. The sheriff (620-725-3108) or the court clerk (620-725-5870) can say where a youth was placed and when court is set.

After bond is paid, staff check for holds from other counties or agencies, return property and release the person. A hold elsewhere can turn release into a transfer, so ask the jail before arranging a ride.

After a prison sentence, the Kansas Department of Corrections collects the person from Sedan. Search KASPER for the assigned prison, then see our Kansas prisons directory.

This county falls within the Fort Scott division of the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, and the clerk's office serving it is in Kansas City: 500 State Ave., Room 259, Kansas City, KS 66101, 913-735-2200. Under the Bail Reform Act, a magistrate rules on whether a federal defendant goes home. The U.S. Marshals Service in Kansas City, 913-748-8550, places federal pretrial prisoners in contract jails. Sentenced federal inmates are on the BOP inmate locator.

1. Booking fingerprints go to federal databases, alerting ICE.
2. A detainer on Form I-247A may follow.
3. Paying state bond does not cancel it.
4. Sedan staff may keep the person "up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released" (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
5. Without an ICE pickup, the person is let go.
6. Kansas is covered by ICE's Chicago Field Office, 101 W. Ida B. Wells Dr., Suite 4000, Chicago, IL 60605, 872-351-3990.
7. Find detainees on the ICE detainee locator or at the ICE information line, 888-351-4024.

Chautauqua County's district court on the third floor of the Sedan courthouse (620-725-5870) sets the sentence start date to cover each day spent locked up before the case was decided, under K.S.A. 21-6615. The sheriff's jail at 620-725-3108 can confirm booking and release dates if the credit looks short.

The defendant owes a $100 application fee to the district clerk on the third floor of the Sedan courthouse (620-725-5870) under K.S.A. 22-4529. Sedan's judges may lower it when paying would be a hardship; a dismissed case or a not-guilty verdict brings the money back. The sheriff at 620-725-3108 can pass along a request for counsel.

• Cedar Vale Police Department, 702 Cedar St. (City Hall), Cedar Vale, 620-758-2244
• Sedan Police Department, 109 N. Chautauqua St., Sedan: the KBI list gives no phone for it, so call the sheriff at 620-725-3108.
• Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office, 218 N. Montgomery St., Sedan, KS 67361, 620-725-3108
• Chautauqua, Peru, Niotaze and Elgin have no city police; deputies cover them at 620-725-3108.
• Kansas Highway Patrol, 785-296-6800