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.
Osage County, Missouri, has about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Osage County is held at the county jail, run by the Osage 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: Osage County public records, Osage County arrest records, Osage County warrants, Osage County criminal records, Osage County court records, Missouri arrest records and Missouri inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Osage County
The county jail, run by the Osage County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Osage County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Osage County Sheriff's Office at osagesheriff.org (page title: Osage County Sheriff Department), phone (573) 897-3927, 106 E. Main Street P.O. Box 619 Linn, MO 65051, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 (573) 897-3927.
The Osage County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 14 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 32 beds, and it ran at 44 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Osage County has about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 10 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Osage County Jail
The Osage County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Linn make the arrests that end in a booking in Osage County.
The Bland Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Osage County, so its arrests are not broken out for Osage County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Osage County Sheriff's Office's 15 for 2025 and Linn's 2 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Osage County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 17 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 Osage 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 Osage 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 Osage County?
Ask the Osage County Sheriff's Office at (573) 897-3927; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at osagesheriff.org.
How many people are in the Osage County jail?
About 14 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 Osage County jail?
(573) 897-3927, the number on the page of the Osage County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Osage 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 Osage 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.