Search St. Louis Recent Bookings

St. Louis recent bookings are handled differently from most Missouri cities because St. Louis is an independent city, separate from any county. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department makes arrests and the City Justice Center processes all bookings for pretrial detention. Court cases go through the 22nd Judicial Circuit, which covers only the City of St. Louis. If you want to look up recent bookings in St. Louis, you can check the city's arrest records portal, search Missouri Case.net, or contact the City Justice Center directly. This guide explains each method and where to find the records you need.

St. Louis Police and Booking Records

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is the main law enforcement agency in the city. SLMPD handles all arrests within St. Louis city limits. After an arrest, the person is taken to the City Justice Center for booking. The booking process logs their name, charges, bond amount, and personal details into the system.

St. Louis is unique in Missouri. It is not part of any county. The city operates its own jail, its own court circuit, and its own public safety system. This means booking records for St. Louis arrests are kept by city agencies, not a county sheriff. The St. Louis Department of Public Safety oversees the police and corrections divisions that handle arrests and bookings in the city.

The SLMPD website shown above has information on how the department handles arrest reports and public records requests for St. Louis recent bookings.

St. Louis also uses the REJIS regional justice information system. REJIS connects law enforcement agencies across the St. Louis metro area and helps share booking and arrest data between departments. This is useful when cases cross city and county lines in the region.

City Justice Center Bookings

The City Justice Center is where all pretrial detainees in St. Louis are held after booking. It functions as the city's main jail. When SLMPD or any other agency makes an arrest in St. Louis, the person ends up at this facility for processing. The booking record created at the Justice Center includes the full name, date of birth, charges, arresting officer, and bond details.

The City Justice Center image above shows the facility that handles intake and booking for all St. Louis arrests.

Because St. Louis is an independent city, there is no county sheriff running the jail. The city's Division of Corrections manages the Justice Center. You can call the facility to ask about a specific inmate's booking status. Under Missouri's Sunshine Law, basic booking information is public. The division must respond to written records requests within three business days as required by Section 610.100 RSMo.

St. Louis Arrest Records Search

The St. Louis arrest records portal is another tool for searching recent bookings in the city. This site compiles arrest data from St. Louis and makes it searchable by name. It pulls records from public sources and can show booking dates, charges, and case information. While this is not an official city government site, it draws from the same public records that SLMPD and the courts make available.

The arrest records search shown above lets you look up St. Louis booking data by name and other details.

For official court records tied to St. Louis bookings, use Missouri Case.net. The 22nd Judicial Circuit handles all St. Louis city cases. Search by name and filter by the City of St. Louis to see charges, hearing dates, and case outcomes. Case.net is free and covers cases from 1995 forward. The Municipal Court handles ordinance violations separately from the circuit court, so some minor offenses from St. Louis bookings may not appear on Case.net.

The MACHS system is available for formal criminal history checks tied to St. Louis arrests. A name search costs $14. The DOC offender search covers people sentenced to state prison after a St. Louis booking. And VineLink lets you track custody status changes for anyone held in St. Louis detention.

Note: The 22nd Judicial Circuit is one of the busiest in Missouri, so there may be a short lag between a booking and when the case appears on Case.net.

Public Access to St. Louis Bookings

Booking records from St. Louis are public under Missouri law. The Sunshine Law covers arrest reports, incident reports, and basic booking data. You can request records from SLMPD or the Division of Corrections. Written requests work best. Include the person's full name and an approximate date of arrest if you have it. Fees for copies run about $0.10 per page.

Juvenile records are not public. Expunged cases are removed from public access. The Missouri Sex Offender Registry is a free tool to check if someone booked in St. Louis is a registered offender. It is updated daily by the State Highway Patrol.

Nearby Cities

Florissant is the closest qualifying city to St. Louis. It sits in St. Louis County, which is a separate jurisdiction from the independent City of St. Louis. If you are searching for recent bookings in the St. Louis metro area, you may need to check both the city and county systems.