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Clay County Contacts

The right Clay County contact depends on the record and custody system. Sheriff staff handle county jail and booking questions, while courts hold case outcomes. City police retain their own incident records. KDOC, federal prisons, and immigration custody use separate locators. Use the office that created the record.

This is a private website, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody or release, pull an official record, accept legal papers, arrange bond, or change a booking photograph. Contact the responsible agency directly.

Find the Correct Clay Contact

For current or recent Clay County Jail custody, booking records, and booking-photo requests, begin with the sheriff. No separate records unit, formal sheriff request form, or records-office hours were posted. The county’s general sheriff contact form is a routing tool, not a labeled Kansas Open Records Act request form.

Clay County Sheriff’s Office and Jail

539 Lincoln Avenue
Clay Center, KS 67432
Phone: 785-632-5601
Fax: 785-632-3278
Records hours: not posted

For state criminal cases, court dispositions, or a court record search, contact the district clerk. Its estimated search prepayment applies to court work only and must not be treated as a sheriff booking-record fee.

Clay County District Court

712 5th Street, Suite 204
Clay Center, KS 67432
Phone: 785-632-3443
Fax: 785-632-2651
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

City incident records remain with the relevant city agency even when jail intake occurs at Clay County Jail. Clay Center Police shares an address with the sheriff, but the offices are separate custodians.

  • Clay Center Police Department: 539 Lincoln Avenue, 785-632-2121, citypolicedept@claycenterks.com, fax 785-632-5900.
  • Wakefield Police Department: 609 Grove Street, wakefieldpd@twinvalley.net. Its published work phone, 785-632-5601, is also the Clay County sheriff number.
  • Clifton: no active police contact was found. City Hall is 785-455-3711. Confirm whether an event occurred on the Clay or Washington County side.

For a person sentenced to Kansas state custody, use the Kansas Department of Corrections KASPER search. Kansas VINE handles custody notifications for adults in participating county jails but excludes KDOC residents, juveniles, and federal detainees. Federal Bureau of Prisons and ICE custody each have their own locator. These systems cannot answer for one another.

Questions about this private website, its terms, or privacy practices can be sent through the site’s available communication channel. Do not send sensitive identifiers, legal filings, records-request fees, or urgent safety reports. Emergencies belong with emergency services, and agency tips belong with the agency named in the official notice.