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.
Chariton County, Missouri, has about 7,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Chariton County is held at the county jail, run by the Chariton 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.
Related guides: Chariton County public records, Chariton County arrest records, Chariton County warrants, Chariton County criminal records, Chariton County court records, Missouri arrest records and Missouri inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Chariton County
The county jail, run by the Chariton County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Chariton County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Chariton County Sheriff's Office at charitonco.com/sheriff (page title: Chariton County Sheriff), phone 660-288-3277, 307 S Cherry St Keytesville, MO 65261, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 660-288-3277.
The Chariton County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 23 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 32 beds, and it ran at 72 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Chariton County has about 7,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 31 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Chariton County Jail
The Chariton County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Salisbury, Brunswick and Keytesville make the arrests that end in a booking in Chariton County.
The Marceline Police Department and the Glasgow Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Chariton County, so their arrests are not broken out for Chariton County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Keytesville's 1,177 for 2025, the Chariton County Sheriff's Office's 20 for 2025 and Salisbury's 3 for 2021.
Together, the two agencies in Chariton County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 1,196 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 Chariton County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Missouri Department of Corrections lists its inmates at web.mo.gov/doc/offSearchWeb.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Chariton County?
Ask the Chariton County Sheriff's Office at 660-288-3277; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at charitonco.com/sheriff.
How many people are in the Chariton County jail?
About 23 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 32 beds.
What is the phone number for the Chariton County jail?
660-288-3277, the number on the page of the Chariton County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Chariton 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 Chariton 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.