Worth County Jail Overview
Worth County Jail is operated by the Worth County Sheriff's Office. Official source material places the sheriff's office and county jail in the Worth County Courthouse in Grant City. The Missouri State Parks courthouse history page states that the courthouse houses the Sheriff's Office and County Jail, and the Missouri Association of Counties Worth County directory lists the sheriff and other courthouse offices in the same local government setting. This supports a courthouse-based rural jail description, not a large separate detention campus.
Worth County Jail holds local arrestees, pretrial detainees, people held on warrants, persons serving short local sentences, and holds pending transfer when accepted by the sheriff. No official source located a state prison, federal prison, ICE detention facility, city jail, work-release center, or regional jail inside Worth County. When a person moves out of local custody, the lookup point changes. Missouri state prisoners are searched through MODOC, federal sentenced prisoners through BOP, and immigration detainees through ICE ODLS.
The courthouse source is the strongest public building reference for the Worth County Jail location.
That building context is important because official sources did not publish a larger jail-campus profile with units, programs, or a public inmate dashboard.
Worth County Jail Population
Official sources did not publish a Worth County Jail rated capacity, current population, average daily population, annual bookings, average length of stay, felony/misdemeanor split, sex split, race split, housing-unit count, or pod structure. Those gaps should stay clear in the facility record. Third-party jail directories often list bed counts, but the research excluded them because they were not official and could not be reconciled.
Worth County's small resident population gives useful context, but it is not a jail population count. U.S. Census QuickFacts reported a July 1, 2025 county population estimate of 1,914. In a rural county of that size, a few bookings, releases, warrants, or transfers can change the local jail picture quickly. Only the sheriff's office can confirm the current Worth County Jail custody status for a named person.
Look Up Worth County Jail Custody
No official Worth County, Missouri online jail roster was located. That makes the custody lookup procedure more direct and less automated than in counties with vendor rosters. A caller should use the sheriff/jail number first, then move to court, state, federal, or immigration systems if the local jail does not hold the person. A records request under Missouri Sunshine Law is the fallback for booking records or arrest records that are not provided informally.
- Call Worth County Sheriff's Office / Worth County Jail at 660-564-2222.
- Give the person's full legal name, date of birth if known, arrest date, arresting agency, and any case or warrant number.
- Ask whether the person is held at Worth County Jail, released, transferred, or held on another agency's warrant.
- Search Missouri Case.net manually for filed Worth County charges, bond orders, warrants, hearings, and dispositions.
- Search MODOC Offender Web Search for sentenced state offenders or active probation/parole, and use BOP or ICE only for federal or immigration custody.
Note: Case.net can show charges and court dates, but it does not replace a jail custody confirmation from the sheriff.
Worth County Jail Address
The official local contact path for jail and custody questions is the Worth County Sheriff's Office. The Missouri law-enforcement directory identifies Scott Sherer as chief executive for the agency, with a mailing address at PO Box 36 and a street address at 11 West 4th Street in Grant City. The Missouri Association of Counties directory also lists the sheriff at PO Box 36, Grant City, MO 64456-0036, phone 660-564-2222. Missouri DPS victim-services material lists an alternate sheriff directory number, but the main sheriff/jail line from the state directory and county association is 660-564-2222.
Worth County Jail / Worth County Sheriff's Office
11 West 4th Street
Grant City, MO 64456
Mailing: PO Box 36, Grant City, MO 64456-0036
660-564-2222
Fax: 660-564-2225
County office hours listed by MAC: 8-4:30 Monday-Friday, closed legal holidays
Jail custody operations may not follow courthouse counter hours. Call before traveling, sending mail, trying to post bond, or planning a visit.
Visit Worth County Jail
No official Worth County Jail visitation schedule, visitor-approval rule, dress code, ID rule, child-visitor rule, attorney-visit rule, video-visitation vendor, or visitor entrance instruction was located. That is a research gap, not permission to borrow rules from another Missouri jail. Visitors should call the sheriff before travel and ask whether visits are available, whether the person is still held locally, what ID is required, and which public entrance should be used.
| Facility / Custody | Schedule | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worth County Jail | Not published in official sources | Not published | Call 660-564-2222 before travel. |
| Missouri DOC prisons | Facility-specific | In-person and video where approved | Use MODOC visiting resources after state-prison transfer. |
| BOP / ICE facilities | Facility-specific | Facility rules | Use the federal or immigration facility where the person is held. |
Missouri DOC video visits and prison visiting rules are state-prison rules. They should not be described as Worth County Jail rules for local detainees.
Mail Money and Phone
Official Worth County Jail mail, commissary, money-deposit, phone, tablet, and video provider details were not located. Do not send funds or mail based on a third-party directory or another county's vendor page. Call the sheriff first and ask what is accepted, how the inmate's name must be written, whether a booking number is needed, and whether cash, money order, cashier's check, card, kiosk, or online deposits are allowed.
| Topic | Worth County Official Detail Located | Practical Step |
|---|---|---|
| Not published | Confirm the address format and allowed items before mailing. | |
| Phone calls | Not published | Ask how newly booked detainees can call and whether prepaid accounts exist. |
| Money deposits | Not published | Confirm accepted payment methods and whether the person is still in custody. |
| Video visits | Not published | No local vendor was confirmed. |
For people transferred to state prison, use Missouri DOC money-transfer rules, MODOC mail rules, and the specific prison's facility page. MODOC allows JPay and money-order processes for state prisoners, but those rules do not prove what Worth County Jail accepts.
Worth County Jail Booking
No Worth County-specific booking procedure was published in official online sources. A typical local arrest can involve a sheriff deputy, city officer, Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper, or outside warrant agency. The person may be transported to Worth County Jail at the courthouse/sheriff facility in Grant City, or the sheriff may identify another destination if the hold is placed elsewhere. Intake often includes identity confirmation, warrant checks, search, property inventory, booking photo if taken, fingerprints, medical or mental-health screening, and classification.
After booking, the court side becomes important. The prosecutor reviews law-enforcement reports and decides what charges to file. Case.net becomes useful once the court file is public, but booking charges can differ from the prosecutor's filed charges. If bond is available, the detainee or family should confirm the amount and payment route with both the jail side and the court clerk when the court controls the conditions.
Worth County Jail Records
For a booking record, arrest report, incident report, booking photo if it exists, or release information, the records request should go to the custodian of the agency that created or keeps the record. For Worth County Jail records, that is ordinarily the Worth County Sheriff's Office. Missouri Sunshine Law gives a response framework. RSMo 610.023 requires action as soon as possible and no later than the end of the third business day after receipt, unless the office explains the delay. RSMo 610.026 permits copying and staff-time fees within statutory limits.
The Missouri Attorney General Sunshine Law page is the broad state reference for open-record requests.
Use the request process for records that are not available by phone or in person, especially when no official Worth County roster is online.
About Worth County Jail
No official Worth County Jail program menu, reentry service list, GED or vocational program, work-release program, religious-service schedule, medical contractor, grievance procedure, PREA notice, accreditation record, or jail conditions report was located. The research did find statewide Missouri legal baselines that still matter. RSMo 221.120 requires necessary medical, dental, or medicine attention for sick county-jail prisoners when needed, and RSMo 58.451 requires coroner notification in certain custody death situations.
The research also found an older official DOJ and FBI record about former Worth County Sheriff Neal Wayne Groom, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 2011 for violating the civil rights of eight women. That official history should be treated as historical context only. It is not a statement about the current sheriff, Scott Sherer, or current jail operations.
Note: Confirm custody, visiting, mail, and money rules with the Worth County Sheriff's Office before travel or payment.