- Elk County Jail, 100 N. Cedar St., Howard, KS 67349; mail P.O. Box 127, Howard, KS 67349; 620-374-2108; fax 620-374-3503. - Greenwood County Jail, 311 N. Main, Eureka, KS 67045, 620-583-5568 - Chautauqua County Jail, 215 N. Chautauqua, Sedan, KS 67361, 620-725-3108 - Montgomery County Jail, 300 E. Main, Independence, KS 67301, 620-330-1000 - Wilson County Jail, 925 Pierce, Fredonia, KS 66736, 620-378-3622 - Cowley County Jail, 911 Fuller St., Winfield, KS 67156, 620-221-5444 Someone arrested in Elk County but housed elsewhere is still tracked by the Howard sheriff.

On VINELink, pick Kansas and enter a name; a result shows which agency has the person. Registering brings a notice when that changes. Toll-free help: 866-574-8463. A very recent arrest may not be listed yet, so call Howard if nothing comes up.

No booking photos are posted on the web. Ask for one, or an arrest report, from the office at 620-374-2108; the Kansas Open Records Act (K.S.A. 45-215) sets the rules and allows some records to be withheld. Files on an ICE detainee are sought through ICE FOIA.

In Elk County, the Howard sheriff's office serves warrants; call 620-374-2108 and deputies will check. There's no statewide warrant search for the public in Kansas, but Kansas CaseSearch shows the district court's case files from Howard, including bench warrants. The usual way to resolve a warrant is to surrender at the county jail in Howard, ideally with a lawyer. If it's about a missed hearing, the district court clerk's office at 127 N. Pine in Howard takes calls at 620-374-2370.

Elk County's resident magistrate judge usually sets bond at the first appearance, which K.S.A. 22-2901 requires promptly after arrest. Bond is posted with the sheriff's office on Cedar Street, a short walk from the courthouse on Pine Street; a bail agent writing bonds here needs written approval from the district's chief judge in El Dorado (K.S.A. 22-2809b), so ask the company to show it; ask 620-374-2108 about the amount and the payments taken. Our Elk County bail page covers bond types, conditions and refunds.

Elk County District Court, courthouse at 127 N. Pine, P.O. Box 306, Howard, KS 67349, 620-374-2370, fax 620-374-3531. It belongs to the 13th Judicial District with Butler and Greenwood counties, and the district's chief judge sits in El Dorado, which means certain hearings land on fixed days or run over video. Howard's magistrate covers early hearings, misdemeanor pleas and tickets; felony prelims, jury trials and any prison sentence belong to a district judge. Case files can be searched by name on Case Search. Our Howard court page explains each stage.

If the defendant cannot afford one, the judge in Howard can appoint counsel after a sworn financial statement; the program is run by the State Board of Indigents' Defense Services, 785-296-6631.

Call 620-374-2108 for visiting days and rules before making the trip, and bring a photo ID. Our visitation page covers general expectations.

• Mail: the inmate's full name, Elk County Jail, P.O. Box 127, Howard, KS 67349; see our mail page.
• Phone: calls go out from the jail only and are recorded; see our phone page and messaging page.
• Money: ask the jail what deposit methods it takes, then read our money page and commissary page.

A youth is not booked into the Howard adult jail for detention. When a judge orders a juvenile held, placement is at a juvenile detention center; the sheriff at 620-374-2108 can tell the family which one.

Look the person up on KASPER, run by the Kansas Department of Corrections, then see our Kansas prisons directory for that prison's contacts.

This county is assigned to the Kansas City division of the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas; the clerk's office is at 500 State Ave., Room 259, Kansas City, KS 66101, 913-735-2200. The U.S. Marshals Service in Kansas City, Kansas, 913-748-8550, arranges jail space for people awaiting federal trial. Once a sentence is imposed, try the BOP inmate locator.

1. ICE can send a Form I-247A detainer after the person is booked.
2. Posting the state bond leaves the detainer standing.
3. Howard jail staff may hold the person "up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released" (8 CFR 287.7(d)); without a pickup by ICE, release follows.
4. ICE's Chicago Field Office handles Kansas, 872-351-3990.
5. Find a detainee with the ICE detainee locator or at 888-351-4024.

Yes. The district court at 127 N. Pine (620-374-2370) must set a sentence start date reflecting each day the person was held while the case was open, under K.S.A. 21-6615. The jail at 620-374-2108 has the booking date. Time credited on a separate case that runs consecutively is not counted again.

File a petition with the district clerk in Howard, 620-374-2370. The prosecutor and the arresting agency, usually the sheriff at 620-374-2108, get notice and may speak at the hearing. Under K.S.A. 22-2410 the judge orders the arrest expunged for mistaken identity, no probable cause, an acquittal, or a dismissal when justice favors it. The $176 docket fee is waived after a dismissal or not-guilty verdict.

They owe $100 to the district clerk at 127 N. Pine (620-374-2370) under K.S.A. 22-4529. Howard's judge may excuse it, and the Pine Street clerk sends it back when charges are dropped or a jury acquits. Because Elk County prisoners may be housed in Eureka, the sheriff at 620-374-2108 is the best place to start a request for a lawyer.

• Elk County Sheriff's Office, 100 N. Cedar St., Howard, KS 67349: 620-374-2108. The KBI lists a Howard Police Department at 110 N. Pine with no phone, so Howard calls go to the sheriff. Moline, Longton, Grenola and Elk Falls have no police agency on the KBI list; deputies cover them.
• Kansas Highway Patrol: 785-296-6800.
• Emergencies: 911.