This is a private reference site, not a Morris County government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule a visit, or retrieve official booking records for you. Use the official contacts below for those requests.
Where to Route Morris County Jail and Court Questions
For current Morris County jail roster questions, start with the sheriff's office because the county does not publish an official online roster or mugshot gallery. General county offices list public hours as Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; jail operations, emergency response, visitation, and records availability may follow different rules, so call before traveling.
Morris County Sheriff's Office / Jail
Sheriff Scott Coover
501 W. Main Street
Council Grove, KS 66846
Phone: (620) 767-6310
Secondary phone: (620) 767-5615
Use this contact for jail roster inquiries, current custody questions, local booking-record routing, and confirmation of Tuesday and Thursday visitation from 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Morris County District Court
Phone: (620) 767-6838
Use the district court for filed criminal cases, hearing dates, case numbers, bench-warrant case questions, and court-record access after charges are filed.
Morris County Attorney
Michelle Brown, County Attorney
Phone: (620) 767-5899
The county attorney handles local prosecution decisions after an arrest, including whether charges are filed, amended, diverted, or dismissed.
Morris County Clerk KORA Form Contact
Morris County Clerk
501 W Main St, Ste 9
Council Grove, KS 66846
Phone: 620-767-5518
Email: morris@tctelco.net
Fax: 620-767-6789
The clerk's Kansas Open Records Act form is a county sample for written requests. For sheriff booking records, jail logs, or mugshot requests, identify the sheriff records you want and route the request to the proper records custodian.
Use these record paths based on the question you need answered:
- For someone who may be in the Morris County jail, start with jail inmate records and call the sheriff at (620) 767-6310.
- For a booking photo request, review jail roster mugshots and ask whether a releasable image exists under Kansas open-records rules.
- For filed charges after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Kansas district court case path.
- For a facility-specific question, use the Morris County Sheriff's Office / Jail page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Kansas prison resident, use KDOC KASPER at https://kdocrepository.doc.ks.gov/.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP Inmate Locator or the ICE Online Detainee Locator.