This Is Not a Government Office. This privately operated reference site cannot obtain an official file, perform an authorized background check, correct a government record, or receive an expungement petition. Contact the responsible agency directly.
Need an Official Record?
Use the record type to identify the Clay County or Missouri custodian:
- Arrest, incident, and sheriff files: send a written, signed request through the Clay County Sheriff Custodian of Records
- Court cases and expungement filings: contact Circuit Clerk JoEllen Jung at the Circuit Court of Clay County, Seventh Judicial Circuit
- Statewide histories and official checks: use MACHS through the Missouri State Highway Patrol CJIS Division
- Detention and booking files: use the separate incarceration-record channel on the sheriff's custodian page
- City police reports: request the record from the police department that wrote it
- Filed charges and dispositions: search Missouri Case.net or ask the Circuit Clerk about a paper or archived file
Clay County Sheriff, Custodian of Records: Captain Chris Johnson, 12 S. Water St., Liberty, MO 64068; 816-407-3750. Mail requests must be signed. Published policy ordinarily calls for a response within three business days or an explanation of delay. The research did not confirm walk-in access or current counter hours, so call before visiting.
Clay County Circuit Clerk: JoEllen Jung, James S. Rooney Justice Center, 11 S. Water St., Liberty, MO 64068. The clerk holds Clay County felony and state-law misdemeanor case files. Public Case.net records are available online, while paper, archived, certified, or non-remote public files may require direct clerk contact. No official clerk phone, counter hours, or Clay copy fee was established in the project research, so none is stated here.