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.
Morgan County, Missouri, has about 22,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Morgan 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 Morgan 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: Morgan County public records, Missouri arrest records, Missouri inmate search and Missouri criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Morgan County
The Morgan County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Morgan County. It reported 295 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:
- Versailles, 2,693 residents: 170 arrests reported for 2025.
- Laurie, 1,074 residents: 46 arrests reported for 2025.
- Stover, 1,067 residents: 16 arrests reported for 2025.
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.
The Sunrise Beach Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Morgan County, so its arrests are not broken out for Morgan County here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Morgan 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.
- Morgan County Sheriff's Office: 295 for 2025 and 200 for 2023; 2024 is missing months.
- Versailles: 170 for 2025, 248 for 2024, 112 for 2023, 119 for 2022, 131 for 2021 and 145 for 2020.
- Laurie: 46 for 2025, 17 for 2024, 23 for 2023, 27 for 2022, 23 for 2021 and 11 for 2020.
- Stover: 16 for 2025, 57 for 2020 and 51 for 2019; 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 are missing months.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 527 arrests that year. The two of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 216 in 2025 against 265 in 2024, down 18 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 134 arrests, against 118 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Morgan County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Morgan 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 2021 the jail held about 67 people, down from about 160 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 155 beds, and it ran at 100 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Morgan County
For Morgan County the place to look is Case.net, the Missouri courts' free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed.
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 Morgan County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Morgan County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Versailles, Laurie or Stover: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Morgan County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the six cities in Morgan County: Versailles, Laurie and Stover. Barnett, Syracuse and Gravois Mills 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 Morgan County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Morgan County each year?
The Morgan County Sheriff's Office reported 295 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 527 between them.
Where are people arrested in Morgan County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Morgan County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Morgan 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 Morgan County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Morgan 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 Morgan 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.