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.
Livingston County, Missouri, has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Livingston County is held at the county jail, run by the Livingston 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 Livingston County
The county jail, run by the Livingston County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Livingston County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Livingston County Sheriff's Office at livcoso.org/inmate-roster/filters/current/booking_time=desc/1 (page title: Inmate Roster | Livingston County Sheriff's Office | Sort Booking Time | Descending | Page 1), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Livingston County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 39 people, up from about 36 in 2019. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Livingston County has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 27 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Livingston County Jail
The Livingston County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Chillicothe make the arrests that end in a booking in Livingston County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Chillicothe's 312 for 2025 and the Livingston County Sheriff's Office's 93 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Livingston County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 405 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 Livingston County 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 Livingston 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 Livingston County?
Look on the custody page of the Livingston County Sheriff's Office at livcoso.org. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Livingston County jail?
About 39 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Livingston 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 Livingston 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.