1. Call the sheriff's office at 785-632-5601 and give the full name and date of birth if you know it.
2. Or open VINELink, keep Kansas selected and search the name; it shows custody status and the holding agency.
3. Register on VINELink for a text, call or email the moment custody changes; the toll-free VINE line is 866-574-8463.
4. No result? Try the neighboring jails listed below.

• Clay County Jail, Law Enforcement Center, 539 Lincoln Ave., Clay Center, KS 67432 (P.O. Box 115); sheriff 785-632-5601, fax 785-632-3278.

Jails in surrounding counties: - Washington County Jail, 301 B St., Washington, KS 66968, 785-325-2293 - Cloud County Jail; sheriff at 2090 Ft. Kearney St., Concordia, KS 66901, 785-243-3636 - Riley County Jail, 1001 S. Seth Childs Rd., Manhattan, KS 66502, 785-537-2112 - Geary County Detention Center, 826 N. Franklin St., Junction City, KS 66441, 785-238-2261 - Dickinson County Jail, 109 E. First, Abilene, KS 67410, 785-263-4081 - Ottawa County Jail; sheriff at 312 N. Ottawa, Minneapolis, KS 67467, 785-392-2157

Booking photos are kept by the sheriff rather than published. To request one, or an arrest report, contact the sheriff's office at 785-632-5601 under the Kansas Open Records Act (K.S.A. 45-215); some records can be withheld. Federal agencies seldom release their photos, and immigration detention files are requested through ICE FOIA.

There is no public Kansas warrant website. The sheriff at 785-632-5601 handles county warrants; Clay Center police, 785-632-2121, and Wakefield police, 785-761-1286, answer for city matters. District court bench warrants usually show on Case Search.

A magistrate in Clay Center or a 21st Judicial District judge sets the amount at the first appearance, which Kansas law says must come without unnecessary delay (K.S.A. 22-2901). For person crimes Kansas presumes a 72-hour no-contact order. Phone the jail for the amount and payment rules, and read our Clay County bail page for bond types and refunds.

Clay County District Court, 712 5th St., Suite 204, Clay Center, KS 67432, 785-632-3443, fax 785-632-2651. The 21st Judicial District pairs Clay with Riley County. Our Clay Center court page explains first appearance, preliminary hearing and trial.

If the defendant cannot pay, the judge can appoint one after reviewing a financial affidavit. Kansas public defense is run by the State Board of Indigents' Defense Services, 785-296-6631.

- Local inmates: Sunday and Wednesday, 1 to 4 p.m. - Inmates held for other counties: Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m. - Only immediate family may come: parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters, spouses and children. - One 30-minute booth visit per week. - Pick up an application at the Law Enforcement Center and turn it in at least 48 hours ahead for approval. - Show photo ID, sign in and dress modestly. More advice is on our visitation page.

• Letters: the inmate's name, Clay County Jail, 539 Lincoln Ave., Clay Center, KS 67432. Confirm current rules with the jail first; our mail page has general tips.
• Money: visitors may not hand over items, but they can leave cash on the inmate's commissary account. See our money page and commissary page.
• Calls: ask the jail how inmate phone accounts are funded; see our phone page and messaging page.

Tell the jail at 785-632-5601 about prescriptions, injuries or a mental health crisis. Serious emergencies go to the hospital in Clay Center.

Juveniles are not held with adults in Clay Center. A court-ordered juvenile placement sends the youth to a detention center outside the county; the sheriff or the court clerk can say where.

KDOC transports people with prison terms out of Clay Center. Look the person up on KASPER, then use our Kansas prisons directory for addresses and phone numbers.

Clay County sits in the Topeka division of the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas; the clerk is at 444 S.E. Quincy, Room 490, Topeka, KS 66683, 785-338-5400. The U.S. Marshals Service in Topeka, 785-596-9470, decides where pretrial federal prisoners are boarded, and a magistrate rules on release. People serving federal sentences are on the BOP inmate locator.

1. ICE learns of the booking through shared fingerprint checks and can file a Form I-247A detainer.
2. The state bond can still be posted, but the detainer stays.
3. Clay Center deputies can keep a detainee "up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released" (8 CFR 287.7(d)), and must free them if ICE never arrives.
4. Kansas is served by ICE's Chicago Field Office, 872-351-3990.
5. Locate detainees with the ICE detainee locator or 888-351-4024.

• Clay Center Police Department, 539 Lincoln Ave., Clay Center, KS 67432, 785-632-2121
• Wakefield Police Department, 609 Grove St., Wakefield, KS 67487, 785-761-1286
• Clay County Sheriff's Office, 539 Lincoln Ave., Clay Center, KS 67432, 785-632-5601
• Morganville, Green, Longford, Oak Hill and the Clay County parts of Clifton and Vining rely on deputies instead of a city force; call the sheriff at 785-632-5601.
• Kansas Highway Patrol, 785-296-6800
• Emergencies: 911