This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, schedule visits, or obtain official booking records for you. For those actions, contact the sheriff, jail, court, corrections agency, or locator that holds the record.
Where to Start for Rice County Records
For a recent Rice County arrest, begin with the Rice County Detention Center and the sheriff's records channel. Use the court contact for case filings after charges are filed, and use state or federal locators when the person is no longer in the local jail.
Rice County Detention Center1442 West Commercial Ave
Lyons, KS 67554
Detention and inmate information: 620-257-7877 Option #1
Detention fax: 620-257-7886 Rice County Sheriff's Office Admin/Records
1442 West Commercial Ave
Lyons, KS 67554
Phone: 620-257-7876 Option #2
Administrative hours: Monday-Friday, 8 AM-4 PM
Sheriff: Nicholas W. Sowers
Jail Captain: Tiffany Johnson Rice County District Court
101 West Commercial, Third Floor
Lyons, KS 67554
Phone: 620-257-2383
Fax: 620-257-3826
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 AM-5 PM
Public case search: Kansas Case Search Rice County Attorney
101 West Commercial
Lyons, KS 67554
Phone: 620-257-3081
- For someone possibly held in the county jail, use the steps on jail inmate records and call 620-257-7877 Option #1 when the online roster does not answer the question.
- For booking photos, start with jail roster mugshots and then ask Admin/Records about Kansas Open Records Act procedures if the photo is not shown online.
- For charges and case events after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Kansas Case Search portal.
- For facility details, use the Rice County Detention Center page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Kansas prisoner, search KDOC KASPER at https://kdocrepository.doc.ks.gov/.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP inmate locator at https://www.bop.gov/inmate_locator/index.jsp or ICE ODLS at https://locator.ice.gov/.
- For custody notifications, Kansas VINELink is available at https://vinelink.vineapps.com/state/KS/ENGLISH and through its mobile apps.