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.
Pettis County, Missouri, has about 44,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pettis County is held at the county jail, run by the Pettis 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 Pettis County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pettis County is held at the county jail, run by the Pettis County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Pettis County Sheriff's Office at pettiscomo.gov/sheriffs-office (page title: Sheriff’s Office | Pettis County Missouri), phone 660 827 0052, 319 S. Lamine Ave Sedalia, MO 65301, 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 660 827 0052.
The Pettis County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 190 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 210 beds, and it ran at 90 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Pettis County has about 44,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 43 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Pettis County Jail
The Pettis County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Sedalia make the arrests that end in a booking in Pettis County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Sedalia's 1,112 for 2025 and the Pettis County Sheriff's Office's 357 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Pettis County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,469 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 Pettis 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 Pettis 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 Pettis County?
Ask the Pettis County Sheriff's Office at 660 827 0052; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at pettiscomo.gov/sheriffs-office.
How many people are in the Pettis County jail?
About 190 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 210 beds.
What is the phone number for the Pettis County jail?
660 827 0052, the number on the page of the Pettis County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Pettis 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 Pettis 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.