This is a private reference website, not a Shelby County government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a detainee, post bond, schedule a visit, or retrieve an official booking record. Use the official offices below for those requests.
Where to Ask for a Shelby County Record
For current local custody, booking records, booking-photo requests, jail visits, or bond status that has not yet appeared in court records, start with the Shelby County Sheriff's Office.
Shelby County Sheriff's OfficeSheriff Arron Fredrickson
PO Box 128
Shelbyville, MO 63469
Phone: 573-633-2161
Fax: 573-633-2493
Email: scshrf@marktwain.net
The county site does not publish separate jail lobby hours, a records-unit phone number, or an online jail roster. Call before traveling to the courthouse or sending a written Missouri Sunshine Law request.
For filed criminal cases, certified court copies, hearing dates, or court-controlled bond questions, contact the Circuit Clerk.
Shelby County Circuit ClerkTammy Snider
PO Box 176
Shelbyville, MO 63469
Phone: 573-633-2151 or 573-633-2251
Use the following pages to choose the correct route before calling or writing:
- For someone who may be in the Shelby County Jail, use jail inmate records and then call the sheriff if no online record exists.
- For a booking photo or mugshot request, review jail roster mugshots and send the sheriff a written request if the photo is releasable.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and Missouri Case.net or the Circuit Clerk.
- For facility-specific details, use the Shelby County Jail page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, search the Missouri Department of Corrections offender locator instead of the county jail.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.