• Smith County Sheriff's Office, 217 S. Jefferson, Smith Center, KS 66967; 785-282-5180; fax 785-282-5185.
• Jails in neighboring counties:
• Phillips County Jail, 301 State St., Suite G, Phillipsburg, KS 67661, 785-543-6885
• Rooks County Jail, 803 S. Elm St., Stockton, KS 67669, 785-425-6312
• Osborne County Jail, 128 S. Fifth St., Osborne, KS 67473, 785-346-2001
• Jewell County Sheriff's Office, 307 N. Commercial, Mankato, KS 66956, 785-378-3194 (ask about custody there)

Smith County, Texas runs its own online jail search, and many sites mix the two counties. Those names are people jailed in Tyler, Texas. Check that any record you find says Kansas or Smith Center.

Search Kansas in VINELink by name or call 866-574-8463. If a person appears, the listing names the facility; you can sign up for a notice when that changes.

Fresh bookings sometimes lag behind. Call 785-282-5180, then the neighboring jails above.

Visiting rules depend on the facility holding the person; ask it before you drive. Our visitation page has general guidance.

Use the address of the facility where the person is held, with their full name. See our mail page and email page.

The holding jail sets deposit and phone options. Our money page, commissary page and phone page explain the usual choices.

Smith County does not publish them. Send a written Kansas Open Records Act request to the sheriff's office (K.S.A. 45-215); some records may be withheld. ICE photos: ICE FOIA.

Smith Center's sheriff's office serves warrants for the county, and deputies there will check a name at 785-282-5180. While you have them, ask where Smith County prisoners are currently housed, since that's where you would report. Kansas offers no statewide warrant search, but Smith Center court cases are on Kansas CaseSearch, and a bench warrant shows in the file. With a lawyer arranging things, a planned surrender is the usual way out. Smith Center's district court clerk, 218 S. Grant St., answers at 785-282-5140 about missed hearings.

Set by a 17th District judge and posted where the person is held or through an approved surety (fee at least 10%, K.S.A. 22-2809b). See our bail page.

A Smith Center judge can order check-ins, a curfew, monitoring or staying in the area (K.S.A. 22-2802); person crimes bring 72 hours of no contact.

- Smith County District Court, 218 S. Grant St., P.O. Box 273, Smith Center, KS 66967; 785-282-5140, fax 785-282-5145. - Smith County has a resident 17th District magistrate. See our court page.

First hearing without unnecessary delay (K.S.A. 22-2901); felony preliminary within 14 days (K.S.A. 22-2902); trial within 150 days if jailed on that charge or 180 if released (K.S.A. 22-3402).

CaseSearch has public filings; juvenile and sealed records are withheld. The clerk at 785-282-5140 provides copies.

Ask the magistrate at the first appearance and submit the indigency affidavit; the state defense board (785-296-6631) pays. Jails must let counsel see clients "at all reasonable hours" (K.S.A. 19-1930).

Tell the holding facility about prescriptions or health problems. Under state law the sheriff answers for prisoners' meals, medical treatment and sex-separated housing (K.S.A. 19-1903).

1. Officers book the person: prints, photo, property and screening.
2. Anyone injured or sick may get medical care first.
3. Bond comes from a schedule or a judge.
4. Once the county attorney files, the case number shows up in CaseSearch.

People leave custody once bail posts, the court signs a release or time is served, at whichever facility holds the person. Ask the sheriff about property and plan a ride home to Smith County, since a neighboring jail may be an hour away.

A misdemeanor term is usually served locally or in a contracted jail; a felony prison sentence means transfer to KDOC. Search KASPER and our Kansas state prisons directory.

Phillipsburg is about 30 miles west on U.S. 36, Osborne about 35 miles south on U.S. 281, and Stockton roughly 45 miles southwest, so confirm the facility before you leave. Each jail has its own visiting days, deposit rules and mail address, and a person can be moved between them, so ask again before every visit. If the person has a hearing in Smith Center, the holding jail transports them for court.

Ask the sheriff's office in writing for an incident or arrest report; investigators can hold back parts of an active file, though basic arrest information is generally public. If a vehicle was towed, the sheriff can say which company has it and what release paperwork the company needs.

Court services officers of the 17th District supervise many probationers; call the clerk at 785-282-5140 for contact. Violations can lead to a new warrant.

The sheriff is the registering agency (K.S.A. 22-4902); registrants report within three business days of residing, working or studying in the county (K.S.A. 22-4905). Public list: the KBI offender registry.

No. VINE, CaseSearch and a call to the sheriff are free. Paid sites that promise Smith County arrest records often copy old or out-of-state data, including the Texas county, so rely on the official sources above and on the court clerk for anything you need certified.

Youths under 18 are kept apart from adults. The sheriff (785-282-5180) or the clerk (785-282-5140) can say where.

1. Smith County federal cases are filed in Topeka: U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, 444 S.E. Quincy, Room 490, Topeka, KS 66683, 785-338-5400.
2. The U.S. Marshals in Topeka, 785-596-9470, decide pretrial housing.
3. Sentenced federal prisoners appear in the BOP inmate locator.

1. ICE lodges an I-247A with the holding jail.
2. County bond does not cancel it.
3. It allows detention "up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released" (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
4. Kansas is in the ICE Chicago area, 872-351-3990.
5. Use the ICE locator or 888-351-4024.

Yes. The court on South Grant Street (785-282-5140) has to set a sentence start date that gives credit for each pretrial day in custody, under K.S.A. 21-6615. The jail at 785-282-5180 can confirm the booking. Credit already used on a back-to-back sentence is not counted twice.

• Smith County Sheriff's Office, 217 S. Jefferson, Smith Center, KS 66967: 785-282-5180.
• Smith Center Police Department, 117 1/2 W. Court St., Smith Center, KS 66967: 785-282-6555 (the KBI agency list shows 785-282-6035); after hours through 785-282-5180.
• Kansas Highway Patrol: 785-296-6800. Emergencies: 911.