This is a private reference site, not a Smith County government office. We cannot confirm custody, release a person from jail, post bond, schedule visits, or pull official booking records. Use the official contacts below for those tasks.
Smith County Record Contacts
For current jail custody, start with the Smith County Sheriff's Department and Smith County Jail. The sheriff is Travis Conaway. The jail and sheriff share the public phone line at 785-282-5180 and the office fax is 785-282-5185. The office is at 217 S. Jefferson St., Smith Center, KS 66967. Call 911 for emergencies. The research did not locate a separate jail records counter schedule, so call before relying on walk-in availability.
Smith County Sheriff's Department and Jail217 S. Jefferson St.
Smith Center, KS 66967
Phone: 785-282-5180
Fax: 785-282-5185
For written county records requests under the Kansas Open Records Act, the Smith County Clerk route is Ashley Maxwell, 218 S. Grant, Smith Center, KS 66967. The clerk's phone is 785-282-5110, fax is 785-282-5114, and email is clerk@smcoks.com. Published county fees include $0.25 per letter or legal page, $0.50 per oversize page, $0.25 per fax page, $25 for a CD, and research or preparation time at $20 per hour or the employee's higher hourly rate.
Court charge questions after an arrest may involve the Smith County Attorney or district court records. County Attorney Tabitha D.R. Owen is at 218 S. Grant, P.O. Box 365, Smith Center, KS 66967. The office phone is 785-282-6689. Published hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., closed noon to 1:00 p.m.
- For a person in the county jail, use jail inmate records and call the sheriff or jail line.
- For a booking photo, review jail roster mugshots and ask whether the sheriff releases that record.
- For charges filed after booking, use court records after a jail arrest and Kansas CaseSearch or court clerk channels.
- For the local detention facility, use the Smith County Jail page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Kansas prisoner, search KDOC KASPER, not the Smith County jail phone line.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.