This is a private reference site, not a Carter County government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release anyone, post bond, change a court date, or pull an official booking record. For custody, release, bond, and official record questions, contact the agency or court that controls the record.
Official Carter County Jail Contact
For current Carter County jail questions, start with the Carter County Sheriff's Office and Carter County Detention Facility. The official site lists Sheriff Alonzo Bradwell and Jail Administrator Joey Bruner.
Carter County Sheriff's Office / Carter County Detention Facility1977 Cabin Drive Suite 208
Van Buren, MO 63965
Mailing address: P.O. Box 817, Van Buren, MO 63965
Phone: 573-323-4510
Administrative hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Emergency/24-hour phone: 573-323-4510
Because no official Carter County, Missouri public online jail roster was located, a phone call during administrative hours is often the clearest path for non-emergency custody or records questions. Missouri Sunshine Law requests for arrest or booking records may also be directed to the sheriff's office when an online record is not available.
Use the list below to decide where to look first.
- For someone recently arrested or held locally, begin with jail inmate records and then contact the Carter County Sheriff's Office.
- For booking-photo questions, review jail roster mugshots; Carter County MO does not publish a located official mugshot gallery.
- For filed criminal charges, hearing dates, and bond entries, use court records after a jail arrest and Missouri Case.net.
- For facility details, use the Carter County Detention Facility page.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, probationer, or parolee, search the Missouri Department of Corrections Offender Web Search.
- For a federal inmate or immigration detainee, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.