Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 26, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Coffeyville, Kansas, in Montgomery County, has about 8,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Kansas the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Clerk of the District Court; the statewide criminal history kept by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation is open to anyone who asks. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Coffeyville is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: Coffeyville public records, Montgomery County criminal records, Coffeyville arrest records, Coffeyville warrants, Coffeyville inmate search, Coffeyville court records, Kansas arrest records and Kansas inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Montgomery County District Court
A criminal case from Coffeyville is filed in the Montgomery County District Court, and the court file, kept by the Clerk of the District Court, is the record of it that the public may see.
For Montgomery County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at casesearch.kscourts.gov (page title: Search | Kansas Case Search), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
Statewide, Kansas District Court Public Access Portal is the Kansas courts' statewide case search.
The Kansas Criminal History and Your Own Copy
Kansas is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: anyone can order a name-based criminal history record check online, through the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. The result is the repository record, what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Coffeyville
The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Coffeyville (filed by the FBI as Coffeyville Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Coffeyville: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
Together, the three agencies in Montgomery County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 483 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Coffeyville arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Coffeyville in 2025
The agency that reports for Coffeyville had 46 violent and 177 property crimes reported for 2025; each one is a report on file with it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The County Attorney for Montgomery County
Charges in Montgomery County are filed by the County Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the Montgomery County District Court.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at mgcountyks.org/172/County-Attorney (page title: County Attorney | Montgomery County, KS), phone 620-330-1140, 300 E Main St Judicial Center Independence, KS 67301, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 429), so open it in a browser.
The Sex Offender Registry for Coffeyville
Registered sex offenders living in Coffeyville are listed on the Kansas Offender Registry, run by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation at kansas.gov/kbi/ro.shtml. Sex, violent and drug offenders are all listed.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Montgomery County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Kansas Open Records Act a county office must answer a request within 3 business days, and it may charge staff time and copying.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Coffeyville?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation: anyone can order a name-based criminal history record check online. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Kansas Open Records Act.
Can I search Coffeyville criminal cases online?
Kansas District Court Public Access Portal is the Kansas courts' statewide case search.
How do I get my own Kansas criminal history?
Through the same record check, run on yourself.
Who prosecutes crimes in Coffeyville?
The County Attorney, reached at 620-330-1140, which files its cases in the Montgomery County District Court.
Is this the official Coffeyville website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.