This private reference site is not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the agency that owns the record for those services.
Choose the Record Owner
For the physical end of a Bates County Jail booking or a booking photograph, start with the Bates County Sheriff’s Office, 6 West Fort Scott Street, Butler, MO 64730. The jail line is 660-679-5880; the Sheriff’s office is 660-679-3232, and its fax is 660-679-4147. Published office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. No fixed local release-record or photograph fee was found, so ask for an estimate before work begins.
Different offices answer different questions. The Bates County Circuit Clerk at 1 North Delaware, Butler, second floor, 660-386-7776 option 2, maintains the local criminal case file. MODOC Central Office is at 2729 Plaza Drive, P.O. Box 236, Jefferson City, MO 65102, 573-751-2389. District 5 in Nevada handles state supervision questions at 330 South Prewitt Lane, 417-448-1250. Use the route that matches the record:
- For a released person or county release transaction, use the home search and records path, then contact the jail.
- For community supervision, use Bates County parole and probation and confirm the live office assignment.
- For a very recent county event, follow the released-last-24-hours checks; Bates County does not publish a separate release feed.
- For a state date or notification, compare the inmate release date source with the MOVANS release check.
- For a sentenced Missouri prisoner, contact MODOC or use its statewide offender search and nightly Sunshine file.
- For authorized custody notifications, MOVANS help is 573-526-1929 or movans@dps.mo.gov, weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- For a federal or immigration transfer, use the BOP or ICE locator first; the ICE information line is 1-888-351-4024.