Contacts

Where to Ask First

For current local custody, start with the New Madrid County Sheriff Department. The county's current site and directory list the sheriff department at the U.S. Highway 61 address. Some older or alternate jail records may still show 2 Courthouse Square or 2 Courthouse Square/Jail in New Madrid, so confirm the correct place before traveling.

Use the route that matches the record type. A county jail question is different from a state prison lookup, a court charge search, a federal sentence, or an immigration detention search.

• For someone believed to be in county custody, call the sheriff department and use the jail inmate records page for the local lookup path.
• For booking photos or mugshot access, use the jail roster mugshots page and ask the sheriff how to request a public booking record under Missouri Sunshine Law sections 610.023 and 610.100.
• For charges, hearings, and filed court cases after an arrest, search Missouri Case.net or use the court records after a jail arrest page.
• For custody or court event notifications, use Missouri MOVANS. Missouri DPS says local jail notifications use SMS or email after the May 2026 change.
• For a sentenced state prisoner, probationer, parolee, or conditional release record, search the Missouri Department of Corrections offender search.
• For a federal inmate, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator. For immigration detention, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.
• For a specific local agency, use the facility pages for the New Madrid County Sheriff Department, New Madrid Police and Municipal Court, and Portageville Police Department.