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.
Moniteau County, Missouri, has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Moniteau County Sheriff's Office and three city agencies. 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 Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Moniteau County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Moniteau County public records, Missouri arrest records, Missouri inmate search and Missouri criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Moniteau County
The Moniteau County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Moniteau County. It reported 41 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- California, 4,522 residents: 30 arrests reported for 2025.
- Tipton, 2,648 residents.
- Jamestown, 331 residents.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Moniteau County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Moniteau County Sheriff's Office: 41 for 2025, 18 for 2023 and 7 for 2022; 2024 is missing months.
- California: 30 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 81 for 2020 and 136 for 2019; 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 71 arrests that year.
Through June 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 43 arrests, against 35 in the same months of 2025.
Jamestown reported only part of 2025 (7 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Moniteau County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Moniteau County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 44 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 50 beds, and it ran at 88 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 Moniteau County Sheriff's Office at moniteaucountysheriffsoffice.com (page title: Moniteau County Sheriff's Office), phone 866-933-6386, Monday - Friday: 8am - 4pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Missouri Department of Corrections lists its inmates at web.mo.gov/doc/offSearchWeb.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Moniteau County
An arrest in Moniteau County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: Case.net, the Missouri courts' free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed; the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at moniteaucounty.org, phone 573-796-3220).
Missouri is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the open record search on the MACHS site lets anyone check convictions by name, through the Missouri State Highway Patrol Criminal Justice Information Services Division. 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 Moniteau County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Missouri Sunshine Law the agency must answer within 3 business days, and it may charge research time and copying.
- An arrest by the Moniteau County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 866-933-6386.
- An arrest in California, Tipton or Jamestown: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 573-796-3220, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Moniteau County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the five cities in Moniteau County: California, Tipton and Jamestown. Clarksburg and Lupus have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Moniteau County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Moniteau County each year?
The Moniteau County Sheriff's Office reported 41 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 71 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Moniteau County?
Ask the Moniteau County Sheriff's Office at 866-933-6386; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at moniteaucountysheriffsoffice.com.
Where are people arrested in Moniteau County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Moniteau County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Moniteau County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Missouri State Highway Patrol Criminal Justice Information Services Division: the open record search on the MACHS site lets anyone check convictions by name. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Missouri Sunshine Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Moniteau County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Moniteau County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Missouri Sunshine Law the answer is due within 3 business days.
Is this the official Moniteau 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.