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.
Stoddard County, Missouri, has about 28,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Stoddard County is held at the county jail, run by the Stoddard 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 Stoddard County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Stoddard County is held at the county jail, run by the Stoddard County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Stoddard County Sheriff's Office at mosheriffs.com/venue/stoddard-county-sheriffs-office (page title: Stoddard County Sheriff’s Office | Missouri Sheriffs' Association), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Stoddard County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 74 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 42 beds, and it ran at 176 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Stoddard County has about 28,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 26 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Stoddard County Jail
The Stoddard County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Dexter, Bernie, Bloomfield, Advance, Puxico and Essex make the arrests that end in a booking in Stoddard County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Essex's 1,177 for 2025, Dexter's 260 for 2025 and the Stoddard County Sheriff's Office's 206 for 2025.
Together, the seven agencies in Stoddard County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,668 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 Stoddard County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Missouri Department of Corrections lists its inmates at web.mo.gov/doc/offSearchWeb.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Stoddard County?
Ask the Stoddard County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at mosheriffs.com.
How many people are in the Stoddard County jail?
About 74 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 42 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Stoddard 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 Stoddard 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.