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 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Nevada, Missouri, in Vernon County, has about 8,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Nevada is held at the county jail, run by the Vernon County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Nevada
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Nevada is held at the county jail, run by the Vernon County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Vernon County Sheriff's Office at vernonsheriff.com (page title: Vernon County Jail Roster Lookup, WI, Inmate Search), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Vernon County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 120 people, down from about 120 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 148 beds, and it ran at 80 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Vernon County has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 60 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Vernon County Jail
The Vernon County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Nevada (filed by the FBI as Nevada Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Nevada.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Nevada's 187 for 2025 and the Vernon County Sheriff's Office's 93 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Vernon County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 280 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Nevada arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Vernon County serves the sentence in a facility of the Missouri Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at web.mo.gov/doc/offSearchWeb.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Nevada?
Look on the custody page of the Vernon County Sheriff's Office at vernonsheriff.com. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Vernon County jail?
About 120 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 148 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Vernon County go?
To a facility of the Missouri Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at web.mo.gov/doc/offSearchWeb.
Is this the official Nevada 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.