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.
Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Ste. Genevieve County is held at the county jail, run by the Ste. Genevieve 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: Ste. Genevieve County public records, Ste. Genevieve County arrest records, Ste. Genevieve County warrants, Ste. Genevieve County criminal records, Ste. Genevieve County court records, Missouri arrest records and Missouri inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Ste. Genevieve County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Ste. Genevieve County is held at the county jail, run by the Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff's Office at stegencounty.gov/detention-center (page title: Detention Center | Ste. Genevieve MO Government), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Ste. Genevieve County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2017 the jail held about 130 people. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Ste. Genevieve County has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 68 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Ste. Genevieve County Jail
The Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Ste. Genevieve make the arrests that end in a booking in Ste. Genevieve County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff's Office's 212 for 2024 and Ste. Genevieve's 90 for 2023.
Together, the two agencies in Ste. Genevieve County with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 373 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 Ste. Genevieve 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 Ste. Genevieve 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 Ste. Genevieve County?
Ask the Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at stegencounty.gov/detention-center.
How many people are in the Ste. Genevieve County jail?
About 130 on an average day in 2017, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Ste. Genevieve 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 Ste. Genevieve 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.