This is a private reference site, not a jail, sheriff's office, court clerk, bonding office, or records unit. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule visitation, retrieve official booking records, or change a public record. Use the official office that controls the record or custody status.
Where to Ask for the Record You Need
For Wabaunsee County custody and records questions, start with the office tied to the record type. The Wabaunsee County Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff Eric Kirsch, operates Wabaunsee County Jail at the county government complex in Alma.
Wabaunsee County Sheriff's Office and Jail
215 Kansas Avenue, Alma, KS 66401
Mailing: P.O. Box 176, Alma, KS 66401
Phone: 785-765-3323
Toll-free: 877-765-3303
Fax: 785-765-2339
Email: wbso@wbcso.org
County office hours are generally Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Wabaunsee County Jail accepts cash and surety bonds 24 hours a day.
Official roster: https://wbcso.org/agency-data/jail-roster/
Detention rules: https://wbcso.org/divisions/detention-center/
Records fees: offense report $8, accident report $5, certified funds or cash only, no personal checks.
Wabaunsee County District Court
215 Kansas Avenue, 3rd Floor, Alma, KS 66401
Mailing: P.O. Box 278, Alma, KS 66401
Phone: 785-765-2406
Fax: 785-765-2487
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; the office may close for lunch.
Court page: https://www.wbcounty.org/1206/County-District-Court
A drop box is on the south side of the courthouse parking lot for traffic or criminal payments, paperwork, and correspondence.
Wabaunsee County Attorney
County Attorney Timothy Liesmann handles local felony, misdemeanor, juvenile, traffic, and related prosecution work.
Wabaunsee County Courthouse, 215 Kansas Avenue, Alma, KS 66401
Phone: 785-765-2401
Fax: 785-765-3932
Hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Office page: https://www.wbcounty.org/1208/County-Attorney
- For someone held at Wabaunsee County Jail, use jail inmate records guidance and the WBSO roster, then call the sheriff's office if the entry is missing or time-sensitive.
- For booking images or Kansas Open Records Act limits on photos, use jail roster mugshots and the sheriff's records channels. Kansas guidance treats jail rosters as open, while mug shots may be closed in some situations under K.S.A. 45-221.
- For filed charges, hearings, payments, dispositions, or amended counts after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, Wabaunsee County District Court, and Kansas Case Search at https://casesearch.kscourts.gov/.
- For facility rules, visitation, mail, money, and bond basics, use the Wabaunsee County Jail page and confirm current rules with the jail before visiting.
- For a person sentenced to Kansas Department of Corrections custody, search KASPER at https://kdocrepository.doc.ks.gov/kasper/search/disclaimer.
- For custody notifications, use Kansas VINE at https://vinelink.vineapps.com/state/KS/ENGLISH or the Kansas Attorney General VINE page.
- For federal custody, use the BOP inmate locator at https://www.bop.gov/inmate_locator/index.jsp. For immigration detention, use ICE ODLS at https://locator.ice.gov/.