• Republic County Sheriff's Office, 1815 M Street, Belleville, KS 66935; mail P.O. Box 246; dispatch 785-527-5655; sheriff's office 785-527-5658 (weekdays 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), fax 785-527-2717.
• Neighbors:
• Washington County Jail, 301 B St., Washington, KS 66968, 785-325-2293
• Cloud County Jail, 2090 Ft. Kearney St., Concordia, KS 66901, 785-243-3636
• Jewell County Sheriff's Office, 307 N. Commercial, Mankato, KS 66956, 785-378-3194 (ask where people are held)

The sheriff points families to VINE. Search VINELink by name or call 866-574-8463, then sign up for a phone or email message whenever custody changes.

A recent arrest may not be in VINE yet. Call 785-527-5655; if the sheriff cannot place them, try the jails listed above or the arresting agency.

Call 785-527-5655 to learn current visiting times and how to schedule. Bring photo ID. General rules are on our visitation page.

Write the inmate's full name, and the address of the facility where they are held; the sheriff can supply it. See our mail page and email page.

Deposit methods depend on the holding jail; ask it directly. Our money page, commissary page and phone page explain the usual options.

Republic County does not publish them. Ask the sheriff's office at 785-527-5658 with a written open-records request (K.S.A. 45-215); some records may be withheld. ICE photos go through ICE FOIA.

Belleville's sheriff's office serves warrants for Republic County, and you can check with deputies at 785-527-5658. Belleville district court cases are posted on Kansas CaseSearch; Kansas offers nothing statewide for warrants, so that is where a bench warrant would show. Before you surrender, ask the Belleville deputies where Republic County prisoners are being housed, and let a lawyer handle the arrangements. Belleville's district court clerk, 1815 M Street, takes calls about missed hearings at 785-527-7234.

A 12th District judge sets the amount; pay it at the holding facility or use a district-approved bondsman, whose fee is at least 10% (K.S.A. 22-2809b). Our bail page has the steps.

A Belleville judge can add check-ins, a curfew, GPS or limits on leaving the area (K.S.A. 22-2802); a person-crime arrest brings at least 72 hours without contact.

- Republic County District Court, Republic County Courthouse, 1815 M Street, Belleville, KS 66935; 785-527-7234, fax 785-527-5029. - Belleville has a resident 12th District magistrate. See our court page.

First appearance without unnecessary delay (K.S.A. 22-2901); felony preliminary hearing within 14 days (K.S.A. 22-2902); jail trial deadline 150 days after arraignment, or 180 out on bond (K.S.A. 22-3402).

Belleville cases are on CaseSearch; sealed and juvenile matters stay closed; ask the clerk at 785-527-7234 for copies.

The defendant requests one at the opening hearing and completes the indigency affidavit; Kansas' public defense board (785-296-6631) covers the fee.

Kansas lets counsel confer with a jailed client "at all reasonable hours" (K.S.A. 19-1930). Call ahead to 785-527-5655.

Call 785-527-5655 about prescriptions or health conditions. By law the sheriff supplies prisoners' meals and medical attention and houses men and women separately (K.S.A. 19-1903).

At the sheriff's office, the county's registering agency (K.S.A. 22-4902), within three business days of starting to live, work or study in Republic County (K.S.A. 22-4905). The public list is the KBI offender registry.

1. The arrestee is brought to 1815 M Street for prints, photo, property inventory and screening.
2. Officers can route an injured, sick or unresponsive arrestee to medical care before booking (K.S.A. 19-1930).
3. Bond follows a schedule or a judge's order.
4. The county attorney's charges then appear in CaseSearch.

Anyone under 18 is kept apart from adults. Ask the sheriff (785-527-5658) or the clerk (785-527-7234) where.

1. Cases are filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, Topeka division, 444 S.E. Quincy, Room 490, Topeka, KS 66683, 785-338-5400.
2. Detention is argued before a federal magistrate.
3. The U.S. Marshals in Topeka, 785-596-9470, decide where the person stays.
4. After sentencing, use the BOP inmate locator.

1. ICE files an I-247A with the holding jail.
2. Bond on the county case leaves it in place.
3. Belleville can keep them "up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released" (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
4. Kansas falls under ICE Chicago, 872-351-3990.
5. Check the ICE detainee locator or call 888-351-4024.

Ask dispatch at 785-527-5655 whether the inmate can sign a release for property, cash or eyeglasses, and bring photo ID to the facility that holds them. Medication brought from home usually has to be in its labeled pharmacy bottle, and the jail decides whether it can be used.

Release happens at the holding facility once bond is posted, a judge orders it, or a sentence ends. There is no public transit in Republic County, so plan a ride; the jail can tell you about when paperwork will be finished, but not always an exact time.

Misdemeanor sentences up to one year are served in a county jail, sometimes with work release if the judge allows it. Felony prison terms go to the Kansas Department of Corrections, which receives men at El Dorado and women at Topeka for intake.

Misdemeanor and lower-level felony probation in the 12th District goes to court services officers, reached through the district court at 785-527-7234. Higher-risk felony probation goes to community corrections. A probation violation can bring a new warrant and a return to the Belleville jail.

Look up the person on KASPER and our Kansas state prisons directory.

• Republic County Sheriff's Office, 1815 M Street, Belleville, KS 66935: office 785-527-5658; dispatch 785-527-5655.
• Belleville Police Department, 1819 L St., Belleville, KS 66935: 785-527-2288.
• Kansas Highway Patrol: 785-296-6800. Emergencies: 911.