This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release anyone, post bond, pull official booking records, change a court record, or answer for the Linn County Sheriff's Office or Macon County Jail.
Where Official Questions Go
For Linn County inmate and booking questions, the official contact depends on what you need. Current physical custody is handled through Macon County Jail because Linn County no longer has a jail. Linn County Sheriff's Office remains the local records, warrant bond, and law-enforcement contact for Linn County arrests.
Linn County Sheriff's Office
115 W. Jackson Street
Linneus, MO 64653
Sheriff: Carrie Melte
Business and 24-hour non-emergency: (660) 895-5312
Calls for service non-emergency: (660) 376-2911
Toll-free: (833) 895-LINN
Email: Info@LinnCoSoMo.gov
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30am-4:00pm
Emergency: 911
Linn County Custodian of Records
Phone: (660) 895-5312
Email: CustodianofRecords@LinnCoSoMo.gov
Missouri Sunshine Law requests should be directed to the records custodian. RSMo 610.023 covers the custodian and response rule, while RSMo 610.026 addresses allowed fees.
Macon County Jail
101 E. Washington Street
Macon, MO 63552
Phone: (660) 385-2062
Use the right record path so the request reaches the office that can act on it.
- For someone who may be in local custody, start with jail inmate records and call Macon County Jail for current status.
- For booking photos or photo-release questions, review jail roster mugshots and use the Linn County records custodian for Linn arrest records.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Missouri court system.
- For a facility-specific question, use the Macon County Jail page and call the jail before travel, mail, or commissary action.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the Missouri Department of Corrections offender search rather than a county jail contact.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.