This is a private reference site, not a Dent County government office. It cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, schedule a visit, or retrieve official booking records. For those actions, use the government office that holds the record or controls the case.
Where to Look for Dent County Records
Dent County Jail / Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Bob Wells
112 E. Fifth Street, Suite 7
Salem, MO 65560
Phone: 573-729-3241 or 573-729-6156
Fax: 573-729-3058
Email: bwells@dentcountysheriff.org
Administrative hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Dent County Circuit Clerk
Kristi Craig
112 E. Fifth Street
Salem, MO 65560
Phone: 573-729-3931 or 573-729-9414
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Dent County Prosecuting Attorney
Andrew Curley
112 E. Fifth Street, Suite 6
Salem, MO 65560
Phone: 573-729-3406
Dent County did not publish an official online jail roster, mugshot gallery, sheriff records form, or jail app in the research reviewed for this site. Use the offices above, Missouri Case.net, MOVANS, MODOC, BOP, or ICE depending on the record type.
- For someone believed to be in the county jail, start with jail inmate records and call the Dent County Jail / Sheriff's Office.
- For booking photographs, review jail roster mugshots and ask the sheriff's records custodian about a Sunshine Law request.
- For filed charges, hearings, and case numbers after booking, use court records after a jail arrest and the Circuit Clerk or Case.net.
- For the local detention facility, use the Dent County Jail page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Missouri offender, search the Missouri Department of Corrections Offender Web Search instead of the county jail.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.