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 4, 2026.
Ozark, Missouri, in Christian County, has about 23,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Ozark is held at the county jail, run by the Christian 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 Ozark
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Ozark is held at the county jail, run by the Christian County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Christian County Sheriff's Office at ccso.christiancountymo.gov/inmates.php (page title: Christian County, MO Live Inmate List), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
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 Christian County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 64 people, down from about 170 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 99 beds, and it ran at 169 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Christian County has about 96,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 7 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Christian County Jail
The Christian County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Ozark (filed by the FBI as Ozark Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Ozark.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Christian County: Nixa Schools (other agency).
The Springfield Police Department and the Republic Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Christian County, so their arrests are not broken out for Christian County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Ozark's 476 for 2025, the Christian County Sheriff's Office's 316 for 2025 and Nixa's 200 for 2025.
Together, the five agencies in Christian County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,047 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 Ozark 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 Christian 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 Ozark?
Look on the custody page of the Christian County Sheriff's Office at ccso.christiancountymo.gov/inmates.php. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Christian County jail?
About 64 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 99 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Christian 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 Ozark 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.