Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Stanton County, Kansas, has about 2,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Stanton County Sheriff's Office. 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 Stanton County District Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it.
This guide covers who makes arrests, arrest counts, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Stanton County public records, Kansas arrest records, Kansas inmate search and Kansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Stanton County
The Stanton County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Stanton County.
Arrest Counts on File for Stanton County
The FBI publishes monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. For Stanton County the counts on file are partial: Stanton County Sheriff's Office has sent some months but no full year since 2019, so no annual total is given here.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Stanton County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Stanton County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 6 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 18 beds, and it ran at 33 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 Stanton County Sheriff's Office at stantoncountyks.com/sheriffs-department (page title: Stanton County Sheriff's Department | Stanton County KS), 201 North Main Street | Johnson City, KS 67855, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
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 Stanton County
For Stanton County the place to look is Kansas District Court Public Access Portal, the Kansas courts' statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed.
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 Stanton 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 Stanton County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Stanton County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Stanton County with an arrest reporting agency of its own.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Stanton County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where are people arrested in Stanton County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Stanton County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Stanton 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 Stanton County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Stanton 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.
Is this the official Stanton 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.