This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, change a court date, or pull an official booking record. Use the official Cherokee County and Kansas contacts below for those tasks.
Where To Ask
For a person currently held in the county jail, start with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office or jail staff. For written public-record requests, Cherokee County identifies the County Clerk as the Freedom of Information Officer. For formal charges after an arrest, the County Attorney and the court record system are the better routes.
Cherokee County Sheriff's Office and Jail
P.O. Box 479
915 East Country Road
Columbus, KS 66725
Jail phone: 620-429-3897
Non-emergency: 620-429-3992 or 620-848-3000
Public office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Cherokee County Clerk and FOI Officer
Taylor Brown, County Clerk and Freedom of Information Officer
110 W. Maple
P.O. Box 14
Columbus, KS 66725
Phone: 620-304-3031
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Cherokee County Attorney
110 W Maple St, Room 212
Columbus, KS 66725
Phone: 620-304-3020 ext. 6
Courthouse main: 620-429-9500
Use the route that matches the question:
- For someone in the Cherokee County Jail, use the jail inmate records page and confirm active custody, bond, charges, and case numbers with jail staff.
- For booking photos shown on the sheriff roster, use the jail roster mugshots page and the sheriff or KORA request route for official copies.
- For charges filed after a jail arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, Kansas CaseSearch, the courthouse, or the County Attorney's Office.
- For facility-specific address, phone, and visitation context, use the Cherokee County Jail page.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, search the Kansas Department of Corrections KASPER locator at kdocrepository.doc.ks.gov.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.
For Kansas Open Records Act requests, cite KORA, K.S.A. 45-215 et seq., and give specific names, dates, booking numbers, agencies, or case details when possible. Cherokee County's form also includes the K.S.A. 45-230 certification for requests involving lists of names or addresses that may not be used for sales or solicitation.