Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Neosho County, Kansas, has about 16,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Neosho County Sheriff's Office and two city agencies. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the County Attorney files charges, a case in the Neosho County District Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Neosho County public records, Kansas arrest records, Kansas inmate search and Kansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Neosho County
The Neosho County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Neosho County. It reported 53 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Neosho County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Chanute, 8,536 residents: 213 arrests reported for 2025.
- Erie, 1,035 residents: 10 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Neosho County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Chanute: 213 for 2025, 305 for 2024, 273 for 2023 and 290 for 2022.
- Neosho County Sheriff's Office: 53 for 2025, 52 for 2024, 61 for 2023, 92 for 2022, 100 for 2021 and 103 for 2020.
- Erie: 10 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 276 arrests that year. The two of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 266 in 2025 against 357 in 2024, down 25 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Neosho County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Neosho County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 47 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 78 beds, and it ran at 60 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Neosho County Sheriff's Office at nc-so.org (page title: NEWTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE | Newton County Sheriff's Office | Sheriff Matt Stewart), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Kansas Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at doc.ks.gov/@@search?SearchableText=inmate+search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Neosho County
Whether someone was arrested in Neosho County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Neosho County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at neoshocountyks.org/162/Clerk, phone 785-296-1400); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at neoshocountyks.org/160/County-Attorney, phone 620-431-5750).
Statewide, Kansas District Court Public Access Portal is the Kansas courts' statewide case search.
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. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Neosho County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Kansas Open Records Act the agency must answer within 3 business days, and it may charge staff time and copying.
- An arrest by the Neosho County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Chanute or Erie: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 620-431-5750, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Neosho County District Court, through the court records page at neoshocountyks.org/162/Clerk, phone 785-296-1400.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at neoshocountyks.org (page title: Request For Access to Public Records).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Neosho County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the seven cities in Neosho County: Chanute and Erie. St. Paul, Thayer, Galesburg, Stark and Earlton have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Neosho County District Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Neosho County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Chanute (8,536)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Neosho County each year?
Chanute reported 213 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 276 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Neosho County?
Ask the Neosho County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at nc-so.org.
Where are people arrested in Neosho County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Neosho County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Neosho County?
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.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Neosho County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Neosho County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Kansas Open Records Act the answer is due within 3 business days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at neoshocountyks.org.
Is this the official Neosho County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.