Access St. Louis County Recent Bookings

St. Louis County recent bookings are handled by the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office located in Clayton, Missouri. With a population over 1,004,000, this is one of the busier counties in the state for arrest processing and booking records. You can search for recent bookings through the sheriff's office or use free state databases like Missouri Case.net. The 21st Judicial Circuit processes all criminal cases from St. Louis County. This page covers how to find booking records, where to search online, and who to contact for arrest information in St. Louis County.

St. Louis County Sheriff Booking Records

The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office is the main source for recent bookings in St. Louis County. Located at 7900 Forsyth Blvd, Clayton, MO 63105, the sheriff runs the county jail and logs every arrest. When someone gets booked, staff record the person's name, date of birth, charges, bond amount, and arrest date. All of this is public record under Missouri's Sunshine Law, codified in Section 610.100 RSMo. You can reach the sheriff at (314) 615-5327 for booking inquiries.

St. Louis County does not post a live jail roster online at this time. To get recent booking details, call the sheriff at (314) 615-5327 during business hours. Staff can confirm if someone is in custody and what charges they face. You can also submit a written records request under the Sunshine Law. The sheriff must respond within three business days. They can charge a small fee for copies but cannot deny access to open booking records.

Search St. Louis County Bookings Online

Missouri Case.net is the best free way to look up court records tied to St. Louis County recent bookings. It covers the 21st Judicial Circuit and lets you search by name, case number, or filing date. When someone is arrested in St. Louis County and charges are filed, the case shows up in Case.net. You can see the charges, court dates, judge assigned, and case status. Case.net is free and open to anyone. No account is needed for basic searches.

The Missouri Automated Criminal History Site (MACHS) is another option for St. Louis County arrest searches. A name-based search costs $14 and pulls from the state criminal records repository. Results come back fast and show open records including arrests from the past 30 days, pending charges, and convictions. MACHS is run by the Missouri State Highway Patrol and covers all counties in the state.

St. Louis County also has records available through stlouisrecords.us/arrest-records. This is a local resource for arrest and booking records that can give you more specific data than statewide databases alone. Combined with Case.net and MACHS, you have several ways to look up St. Louis County recent bookings from your computer.

Below is the St. Louis County arrest records search page where you can find St. Louis County records.

Search results include booking and case data from St. Louis County.

St. Louis County Arrest Records and the Law

Missouri's Sunshine Law protects your right to access recent bookings and arrest records from St. Louis County. Under Section 610.100 RSMo, arrest reports and incident reports are open records. The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office must respond to a records request within three business days. They can charge for copies at cost, but they can't refuse to hand over records that the law says are open.

There are some limits on what you can get. Juvenile records from St. Louis County are not public. Cases that a judge has sealed or expunged are off limits too. If charges were filed and later dropped, the arrest record itself is usually still open. The court file on Case.net would show the dismissal. These rules are the same across Missouri, so St. Louis County follows the same access standards as every other county in the state.

Note: Written requests to the St. Louis County Sheriff should include the person's full name and approximate date of arrest for fastest results.

You can view St. Louis County records through the St. Louis County Police portal shown below.

This tool covers all Missouri counties including St. Louis County.

21st Circuit and St. Louis County Bookings

St. Louis County is part of the 21st Judicial Circuit. The circuit court in Clayton handles all felony and misdemeanor cases that come from bookings at the St. Louis County jail. After an arrest and booking, the case goes to this circuit for hearings, plea deals, or trial. Court records from St. Louis County are available on Case.net once a case has been filed.

For older records not yet in the Case.net system, you may need to contact the St. Louis County Circuit Clerk in Clayton. The clerk's office keeps physical files and can provide copies of court documents tied to bookings and arrests. You can also check the Missouri Department of Corrections offender search if someone has been sentenced to state prison after a St. Louis County booking.

More Ways to Search St. Louis County Bookings

VineLink is a free tool that tracks inmate custody status across Missouri, including the St. Louis County jail. You can search by name or booking number. It shows where someone is held and their current status. You can also sign up for alerts by phone, email, or text when an inmate's status changes. The Missouri VINE toll-free line is 1-800-522-8014 and runs around the clock.

The Missouri Sex Offender Registry is kept by the State Highway Patrol. It is free to search and shows registered offenders by name or location. If you need to check whether someone booked in St. Louis County is on the registry, this is where to look. The toll-free hotline is 1-888-767-6747.

Cities in St. Louis County

These cities in St. Louis County have their own pages with local booking and arrest record information. City police departments make arrests that get processed through the St. Louis County jail, so booking records are held by the sheriff.

Nearby Counties

These counties are near St. Louis County in Missouri. Each one runs its own jail and booking process, so you may need to check more than one sheriff's office if you are not sure where someone was arrested.