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Find the right office in Jefferson County. Court cases, deeds and parcels, sheriff and jail records, vital records and county filings, each linked to the office that keeps them.
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County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is responsible for law enforcement across Jefferson County's unincorporated areas.
Police Departments. In addition to Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, several municipal police departments operate within Jefferson County, including the Valley Falls Police Department, Meriden Police Department, and Nortonville Police Department.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Law enforcement services in Jefferson County are primarily provided by Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, headquartered at 300 Jefferson Street in Oskaloosa, Kansas 66066. Inmate information and current jail rosters can be obtained by calling the Sheriff's Office during business hours, as Jefferson County does not currently maintain a full online inmate search system, though basic booking information may be available through direct contact with detention staff. Municipal law enforcement is provided by police departments in Valley Falls and other incorporated communities within Jefferson County, with smaller towns relying on the Sheriff's Office for primary coverage. Arrest records in Jefferson County are public documents under the Kansas Open Records Act (K.S. 45-215 et seq.), which establishes that most law enforcement records are subject to public inspection unless specifically exempted for ongoing investigations or privacy concerns.
Criminal Records. Residents can request criminal records through the Sheriff's Office or the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, which offers online access to certain records.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Jefferson County are maintained by Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. Residents and attorneys can request copies of arrest records by contacting the Sheriff's Office directly, following the guidelines set by the Kansas Open Records Act.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Jefferson County are taken and retained by Jefferson County Sheriff's Office during the booking process. These booking photos are part of the public record and can be accessed through the Sheriff's Office or online databases that compile such records.
The jail provides an inmate lookup process through their official website where you can search for current inmates. You may also call the jail directly at (785) 863-2765 for assistance with locating an inmate. Business records and licensing information for Jefferson County can be accessed through multiple county and state agencies depending on the type of business activity and registration. Jefferson County Clerk, located at 300 Jefferson Street in Oskaloosa (785-863-2271). Property tax records are maintained separately by Jefferson County Appraiser's Office, located at 300 Oskaloosa Street (785-863-2318), which assesses property values and maintains parcel data, ownership information, and property characteristics.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 1 mine site inside the county: 1 processing plant, which is not a working; the old survey maps add 14 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. Underground coal mining in Kansas was concentrated in Cherokee and Crawford Counties.
Jefferson County sits over the Western Region coal field and the coal there is medium and high volatile bituminous, worked underground in many places. The two federal files record a shaft, an adit or a deposit where one was drawn on a survey sheet or catalogued as a site; neither file carries the outline of the workings, so the counts above are not the measure of what was mined under this county. The record that shows it is the mine map, held by KDHE Abandoned Mine Land Program and linked below.
Kansas abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 21 investigations in Jefferson County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $44,671 in back wages agreed for 57 workers. The county is the one the Census Bureau puts each employer's ZIP code in. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment.
| Employer | City | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Senior Group Home, Inc. | Meriden | 1 | $17,118 | 25 |
| Jefferson County Memorial Hopsital Foundation | Winchester | 1 | $5,496 | 14 |
| Rock Creek Investments. | Perry | 1 | $3,311 | 3 |
| Jefferson County Rural Water District #12 | Winchester | 1 | $1,521 | 2 |
| Kansas Turf LLC | Meriden | 1 | $1,110 | 1 |
| Hamm Inc. | Perry | 1 | $431 | 1 |
| Hickory Pointe Care and Rehabilitation, Inc. | Oskaloosa | 3 | $0 | 0 |
| CBC, Inc. | Oskaloosa | 2 | $0 | 0 |
| MacKison Foods, Inc. | Valley Falls | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Oskaloosa Lumber Co, Inc. | Oskaloosa | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Franmarcon BCB, LLC | Perry | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Shughart Harvesting, Inc | Oskaloosa | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Midwest Health, Inc | Meriden | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Kelly House Operations, LLC | Meriden | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| AWW, inc | Meriden | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer on the Jefferson County record, by back wages agreed; 5 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Kansas wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Jefferson County Sheriff or a city police department in Jefferson County. Ask that agency for its record.
The Kansas criminal history record comes from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Central Repository. Name based search online at www.kansas.gov/kbi/criminalhistory (no longer by mail or walk in), or a certified or fingerprint based request to the KBI. Fee: $20.00 for a name based online search; $30 for a certified name based check; $35 for a fingerprint based Kansas check.
Search the Kansas Offender Registry (KBI), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Register with the county election officer (the county clerk, or the appointed election commissioner in Johnson, Sedgwick, Shawnee and Wyandotte counties) or through the Kansas Secretary of State. You can also register online with the state online registration. Registration books close 21 days before an election.
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Jefferson County are kept by the Jefferson County Register of Deeds. Property values are set by the county appraiser, and tax bills come from the county treasurer. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for Kansas come from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Office of Vital Statistics. Walk in at 1000 SW Jackson Suite 120, Topeka, KS 66612-2221 (Curtis State Office Building), by regular or priority mail, by telephone, or online through VitalChek, all listed by the Office. Fee: $20 for each certified copy (the first $20 is a five year record search fee that includes one copy if the record is found).
Business entity filings are searched with the Kansas Secretary of State, Business Services. Businesses should check with the county and city where they operate for local permits and licenses; many trades need state agency licenses.
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