This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule jail visits, or pull official booking, court, or jail records. Use the government contacts below for those tasks.
Where to Look for a Ness County Jail or Court Record
Ness County Sheriff's Office / Ness County Jail
221 W Main St
Ness City, KS 67560
Phone: 785-798-3611
Emergency: 911
Sheriff: Brandon Mitchell
Undersheriff: Jose Sandoval
No official online Ness County jail roster, booking report, mugshot gallery, jail capacity page, visitation schedule, commissary/vendor page, jail-specific records division page, or separate published jail office hours were identified in the research. For current local custody questions, start with the sheriff/jail phone number above.
Ness County District Court
202 W Sycamore / PO Box 445
Ness City, KS 67560
Phone: 785-798-3693
Fax: 785-798-3348
Hours: 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
The Kansas Judicial Branch courthouse listing also references 100 S Kansas / PO Box 445 for Ness County court business. Chief Judge Bruce T. Gatterman, Magistrate Judge R. Scott Barrows, and Clerk Lindsey A. Weigle are listed for the district court.
Ness County Attorney
Jacob Gayer
202 W Sycamore
Ness City, KS 67560
Phone: 785-798-3111
Email: countyattorney@nesscountyks.gov
Use these routes according to the kind of record or custody question involved:
- For someone believed to be in the county jail, use jail inmate records guidance and contact Ness County Jail directly because no official roster was found.
- For booking-photo availability, use jail roster mugshots and expect to verify any releasable record through the sheriff under Kansas Open Records Act procedures. K.S.A. 45-218 covers response timing, fees, and refusals, while K.S.A. 45-221 includes exemptions for criminal-investigation and security-sensitive records.
- For charges and case activity after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and Kansas Case Search at casesearch.kscourts.gov.
- For the local facility page, see Ness County Jail.
- For a sentenced Kansas prisoner, search Kansas Department of Corrections KASPER at kdocrepository.doc.ks.gov/kasper/search/disclaimer.
- For a sentenced federal prisoner, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) locator at bop.gov/inmateloc.
- For immigration custody, use ICE Online Detainee Locator System at locator.ice.gov/odls.
- For notification after a custody event, use VINELink. VINELink is a notification channel, not an official jail roster.
- For county mobile services, Ness County announced a general county app at app.nesscountyks.gov on March 30, 2026. The research did not identify it as a sheriff-only roster app.