Understanding Sullivan County Releases
A Sullivan County release record is tied to one booking or sentence event. It should show more than the fact that a name no longer appears in a current roster. The Sullivan County Sheriff's Office may record that a person left its legal custody, while a court order explains why. If another agency took custody at once, that event is a transfer rather than freedom in the community. This distinction matters in Sullivan County because the county has a booking and holding point in Milan, while a person may be housed longer at Daviess/DeKalb Regional Jail in Pattonsburg. State and federal cases follow separate systems.
Release can follow bond, recognizance, dismissal, time served, sentence completion, probation, parole, or conditional release. A record can also close because of transfer, a detainer, or death. Those events do not mean the same thing. The release reason, authority, destination, and exact time tell the fuller story.
- Discharge
- The end of a custody or supervision term, confirmed by the agency that controlled it.
- Time served
- A court disposition crediting time already spent in custody toward a local sentence.
- Detainer
- A request or legal basis for another authority to keep or receive the person.
- Conditional release
- A state-prison release under Missouri law with continued supervision and enforceable conditions.
Sullivan County Release Types
The route after Sullivan County custody depends on the legal event. A bond order usually leaves the court case open. A probation disposition places the person in the community and may create an active Missouri Department of Corrections supervision record. Parole and conditional release, by contrast, follow state imprisonment rather than a county-jail booking. A transfer may remove a name from one agency's roster without ending confinement.
| Release type | Meaning | Best next record |
|---|---|---|
| Bond or recognizance | Pretrial detention ended while the case normally continues. | Release entry and Case.net bond order |
| Dismissal or court discharge | The stated holding basis ended, subject to other holds. | Court disposition and jail release record |
| Time served or sentence complete | The local sentence was satisfied. | Judgment, jail calculation, and exit time |
| Probation | A community disposition subject to court and possible MODOC oversight. | Case.net and active MODOC search |
| Parole or conditional release | A state prisoner entered supervised community status. | MODOC status and supervision office |
| Transfer or detainer | Another facility or authority received custody. | Destination field and receiving-agency record |
Does “released” always mean free? No. An agency can record release from its own custody when another county, MODOC, a federal authority, or another warrant immediately controls the next step.
Sullivan County Release Record Fields
A useful request identifies one booking and names the fields needed. Asking only whether a person was released can omit the authority, destination, and reason that distinguish community release from transfer. The Sullivan County Sheriff's booking file and a regional jail file may hold different parts of the same path, so request records from the agency that created each entry.
| Field | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Full name and identifier | Connects the record to the correct person rather than a same-name match. |
| Booking number and admission time | Ties the release to a specific custody event. |
| Charges, agency, and case number | Links custody to the arresting body and court matter. |
| Bond amount and type | Shows the pretrial release framework when bond applies. |
| Release date and time | Records the physical custody change more precisely than a court docket. |
| Release reason and authority | Identifies the order, sentence event, or agency basis. |
| Destination or receiving agency | Separates community release from transport or continued custody. |
| Hold or detainer notation | Shows whether another legal basis affected the exit. |
A booking photograph and basic descriptors may be retained with the file, but the custodian decides access under applicable law and any closure. The Missouri local retention schedule classifies inmate files, including admission and release dates and transfer information, for at least five years after release. That preservation period does not promise online display.
Note: A court disposition explains legal authority, while the custodial record supplies the actual exit time and receiving destination.
Request Sullivan County Release Records
No local online request form, request email, or flat fee schedule was found for the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office. A narrow written request creates a record of what was asked and helps the custodian locate the right booking. Call first to confirm the current custodian and preferred delivery route, then keep the request itself in writing.
- Identify the person with a full name, lawful identifier, approximate booking date, and case or booking number when known.
- Ask for existing entries showing admission and release times, charges, authority, reason, destination, transfer, and detainer status.
- Request the booking photograph separately if needed, and ask the custodian to segregate open fields from any closed material.
- Choose electronic delivery, request a cost estimate, and state a fee ceiling before added work is performed.
- If the person was housed in Pattonsburg, send a separate focused request to the regional jail custodian.
109 North Main Street, Suite 9
Milan, MO 63556
660-265-3313
Under section 610.023, the custodian must act as soon as possible and no later than the end of the third business day. A longer production time requires a detailed reason and the earliest expected availability. Section 610.026 caps standard paper copies at ten cents per page plus permitted staff time, while electronic and picture records may carry actual production costs. Prepayment may be required.
Missouri Law on Sullivan Releases
Missouri Sunshine Law, Chapter 610, directs a requester to the public body that created or retains the record. The Attorney General is not a central record store. Section 610.100 generally treats arrest-report information as open, subject to statutory exceptions and redaction. A request aimed at disposition and release fields is often more precise than a demand for an entire investigative file.
An expungement order can close records held by the repositories named in the order. A missing old result does not prove expungement. Missouri Courts provides current expungement forms and information, while the Sullivan Circuit Clerk handles the local court file. The legal status of one record should be checked against the current order and statute.
Where Sullivan County Releases Occur
A Sullivan arrest can begin at the courthouse complex in Milan but lead to a longer stay in Pattonsburg. Secondary reporting and historical audit material support the regional path, yet no current county contract or policy was found. Confirm the individual booking with the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office before choosing a pickup site or treating the regional roster as complete.
This location split makes the release destination a core record field. The arresting county, holding site, court case, and physical exit site can differ, so family should not assume that a person booked in Milan will leave custody there.
Getting Home After Sullivan County Release
Release from the regional jail can require a pickup plan in Pattonsburg rather than Milan. That practical detail should be confirmed with staff before a family member starts the trip.
The regional jail's official material says people being released receive calls to arrange pickup. When possible, staff provide a ride to the nearest point for the person's next pickup. That is limited handoff help, not a promised trip home. Family should confirm the actual facility and pickup plan before traveling. This geographic split makes the destination field in the release record especially useful.
Property After Sullivan County Release
Daviess/DeKalb Regional Jail says extra items are placed in prisoner property. Mail and packages arriving after a person has left are returned to the sender rather than forwarded. Its published release information does not set out a full identity-document handoff or property-return process, so questions about missing items should be raised before departure when possible or directed to the regional facility afterward.
A correction to a release record belongs with the body that created the disputed field. Sullivan County Sheriff records, regional jail entries, court orders, and MODOC calculations are not interchangeable. For a MODOC calculation issue, use the supervising officer or the Department's records and constituent-services route.
Find Released Sullivan County Inmates
Start with the custody population, not a broad name search. Sullivan County has no verified official online county roster or historical release index. The regional JailTracker is a present-custody tool, and a missing name is only a lead. Spelling, transfer, delayed data, another facility, or a protected record can all explain an absence.
- Match the person to a booking with full name, date of birth when lawfully known, case number, and an approximate date.
- Call the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office at 660-265-3313 to ask about present local custody and whether a transfer occurred.
- Obtain the booking and release entry, including exact time, reason, authority, destination, and holds.
- Search Missouri Case.net and narrow the matter to Sullivan County in the Ninth Judicial Circuit.
- Use MOVANS for participating local custody or court events, then verify any alert with the source agency.
- Use MODOC, BOP, ICE, or another county only when a record points to that custody system.
A named-person search should reconcile the source records rather than rely on one database. For active supervision after a state release or court probation, the Sullivan County parole and probation page explains the District 2 verification route.
MODOC Sullivan County Release Search
The MODOC Offender Web Search covers people committed to Missouri corrections and those under active MODOC community supervision. It is not a Sullivan County booking archive. Search by DOC number when possible. If only a name is known, try the legal name and documented aliases separately, then compare identity, offense, sentence county, assignment, and status on the detail record.
| Search detail | How to use it | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| DOC number | Use as the strongest search key when known. | It does not replace identity checks. |
| Name and alias | Search each supported version separately. | Same-name matches are possible. |
| Status and assignment | Read the exact term and supervision location. | Do not relabel parole as final discharge. |
| Offense and sentence | Compare to the Sullivan court judgment. | Court data does not show every DOC calculation. |
| Release-related dates | Preserve the portal's exact field label. | A future date can change and is not an appointment. |
The active search expressly excludes discharged offenders. Final discharge requires the nightly MODOC archive, a discharge document, or a focused records request. The official search screen illustrates the correct statewide starting point.
Open the official MODOC Offender Web Search before reviewing the captured search interface.
The search applies to Missouri corrections custody and active supervision, not to a person whose only custody event was a Sullivan County booking.
Sullivan County Recent Release Records
No official Sullivan County Sheriff's online recent-release page, rolling 24-hour list, rolling 72-hour list, or public jail app was located. The regional jail provides a current JailTracker route, but no released or historical view was discovered. It may also mix people committed by several counties. Use it to establish current presence at the time checked, not to certify a past release.
For a date window, request an existing report or export from the Sullivan Sheriff and the regional custodian as appropriate. State exact start and end times and ask for name, booking number, admission and release times, charge or case, release authority, reason, destination, and photo availability. Sunshine Law does not generally require a public body to create a new list.
Note: Online disappearance and legal retention differ; Sullivan inmate files may remain preserved even when no public release feed exists.
Sullivan Release Records in Case.net
Sullivan County belongs to the Ninth Judicial Circuit with Chariton and Linn Counties. Case.net can preserve the bond, judgment, sentence, warrant, probation, and disposition trail after a person no longer appears in a current regional roster. Search the correct case by name or case number, narrow it to Sullivan County, and compare its dates and charges with the custody record.
A docket entry is not the jail door timestamp. The Sullivan Circuit Clerk, at 109 North Main Street, Suite 20 in Milan, is the local channel for public docket and certified order copies. The Sheriff or regional jail supplies the physical exit time and destination. Weekend or clerk-processing delay can cause the two records to post at different times.
Sullivan Release Alerts and Registries
Missouri MOVANS supports participating local jail and court event searches and notifications. As of May 5, 2026, local registrations use SMS or email. Telephone and VINELink mobile-app notifications ended, while MODOC custody notification moved to MODOC Victim Services. A MOVANS alert is a prompt to contact the stated custodial authority and obtain the source record, not proof by itself.
The Missouri Sex Offender Registry is a separate post-release path only for a person legally required to register. It can include a release, parole, or probation date, but it is not a general Sullivan County released-inmate list.
Federal Releases Linked to Sullivan
A federal case with a Sullivan County connection follows federal channels. The BOP Inmate Locator can show a release date and released status for a sentenced federal person in its coverage. That result means release from BOP custody, not the end of federal supervision, immigration custody, a state matter, or a local warrant. U.S. Marshals pretrial custody may use a contracted local bed, and USMS has no public released-person locator.
ICE's locator is conditional. Use it only when the Sullivan or regional record identifies an ICE hold or other reliable facts point to immigration custody. ICE says its system covers current detention and recent releases within its stated window. A missing record does not prove release or removal. A local destination entry marked USMS, BOP, or ICE establishes departure from local control, not freedom from all custody.
Compare Sullivan County Custody Records
The correct system depends on who held the person and whether the question concerns present custody, a past exit, or active supervision. These sources overlap only in limited ways.
| Source | Use it for | Do not treat it as |
|---|---|---|
| Sullivan Sheriff check | Present local custody, booking, release, or transfer | A complete regional or state search |
| Regional JailTracker | Current custody in Pattonsburg | A historical Sullivan release list |
| Case.net | Bond, judgment, sentence, disposition, or warrant | Exact physical exit time |
| MODOC active search | State prison or active parole, probation, or conditional release | A county booking archive or final-discharge index |
| BOP locator | Federal custody or release within locator coverage | Proof about Sullivan or Missouri custody |
Sullivan Release Records Cross Two Facilities
Sullivan County's local custody story is a holding point plus a possible regional-jail path, not one self-contained county roster. The Daviess County Sheriff describes Daviess/DeKalb Regional Jail as an independent regional facility. Historical Sullivan audit material also stressed the need to distinguish people held locally from those held elsewhere. The history does not prove a present error, but it explains why one roster or call may be incomplete.
For an individual case, ask where the person was booked, where the person was housed, which agency made the release entry, and where custody went next. That sequence reconciles a Sullivan arrest with a Pattonsburg exit or a later MODOC record.
Sullivan County Release Facilities
The Sullivan County Sheriff's Office Holding Facility is the county booking and short-term holding point in Milan. A person can leave for the community, another authority, state commitment, or reported regional placement. Confirm the destination for the actual booking. The Sullivan County holding facility record route focuses on that local entry.
Daviess/DeKalb Regional Jail in Pattonsburg holds sentenced and unsentenced detainees. A Sullivan detainee there may leave for the community, another authority, or MODOC. Its own booking and release file, the Sullivan court case, and the receiving-agency record should be read together. Missouri's institution directory does not place a state prison in Sullivan County, and no federal institution is located in the county.