Hickory County Jail Basic Information
Hickory County Jail is the primary local detention facility identified for this build. The facility is operated by the Hickory County Sheriff's Office under Sheriff Greg Burke. Official sources describe the jail and sheriff's office together at the Hermitage sheriff address, and no separate city jail, county annex, work-release center, regional jail, state prison, BOP prison, or ICE detention facility was located inside Hickory County.
The jail population may include local arrestees, pretrial detainees, people serving short local sentences, and people held for court or transfer when accepted by the sheriff. Missouri law places custody, rule, and keeping of county jail prisoners with the sheriff except where another statutory system applies. The county website does not publish a rated capacity, average daily population, housing-unit list, jail administrator name, visit schedule, mail rules, or public mugshot gallery, so those details should be confirmed directly before relying on them.
Hickory County Jail Address and Contact
The main public contact for jail custody questions is the sheriff's office phone line. Use it for current custody confirmation, release eligibility, bond routing, visit questions, mail format, and whether a public-record request is needed for booking details that are not online. Filed court cases and warrant questions belong with the Hickory County Circuit Clerk, while charging decisions are handled by the Hickory County Prosecuting Attorney.
Hickory County Jail / Sheriff's Office
18682 Jackson St.
Hermitage, MO 65668
417-745-6415
Fax: 417-745-6205
Operator: Hickory County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff: Greg Burke
Hickory County Circuit Clerk
23645 Polk Street, Suite 201
PO Box 345
Hermitage, MO 65668
417-745-6421
Court dates, filed cases, and warrant questions
How to Look Up an Inmate at Hickory County Jail
No sheriff-hosted public full Hickory County Jail roster was found on the official county website. The practical lookup chain starts with the Sheriff's Office and then uses narrower public tools for specific purposes. A commissary selector may show whether a last name is available for ordering, but it is not a government booking record and does not replace the sheriff's custody answer.
- Call Hickory County Jail or the Sheriff's Office at 417-745-6415 and ask for current custody, booking, release, and bond routing.
- Use the county-linked Tiger Commissary selector only when the purpose is ordering commissary or checking whether the person appears in that vendor flow.
- Search MOVANS or VINELink for custody and court notification availability, especially when ongoing alerts matter.
- Use Case.net and the Circuit Clerk at 417-745-6421 for filed criminal cases, court dates, bond orders, and warrants.
- Use Missouri DOC Offender Search for sentenced state offenders, BOP for federal inmates, and ICE ODLS for immigration detention.
For a broader explanation of the local search chain, the Hickory County jail inmate records page separates the jail, Case.net, MOVANS, DOC, BOP, and ICE routes. The Hickory County inmate population overview is the starting point when the custody system is not yet clear.
Tiger Commissary and the Inmate Selector
Tiger Commissary confirms web commissary service for Hickory County Jail in Hermitage.
The Tiger service is useful for commissary ordering, but the county research did not show charges, bond, booking number, mugshot, release date, or housing unit in the visible service screen.
The Tiger inmate selector asks for the inmate's last name or a last-name letter.
The selector uses facility ID 423, the hickoryMO facility code, and reCAPTCHA. It should be treated as a commissary tool, not as a public jail roster or booking-history database.
Visitation, Mail, Phone, and Service Gaps
The official Hickory County sheriff page links CIDNET as the inmate contact vendor and Tiger Commissary as the inmate commissary vendor. It does not publish a local visitation calendar, dress code, visitor-registration page, child-visitor rule, attorney visit procedure, phone-rate sheet, mail format, or lobby kiosk instructions. Call the jail before traveling, mailing anything, or assuming a vendor account will work for a specific person.
| Topic | Documented Detail | What to Do |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visits | No schedule located in official county sources. | Call 417-745-6415 before arrival and ask about ID, time, limits, and cancellations. |
| Video or contact vendor | CIDNET is linked from the official sheriff page as inmate contact. | Use the sheriff link to reach CIDNET, then confirm Hickory-specific rules with the jail. |
| No mail-address format or rejection list located. | Ask the jail for exact inmate name format, address, prohibited items, and legal-mail handling. | |
| Commissary | Tiger Commissary lists Hickory County Jail in Hermitage, facility ID 423. | Use Tiger for commissary ordering and last-name selection, subject to the vendor's reCAPTCHA and jail rules. |
| Money deposit | Tiger web commissary was located; separate trust-account policy was not. | Confirm whether Tiger is the correct option for the need, or whether another payment route applies. |
| Capacity or ADP | No official capacity, current count, or average daily population located. | Request figures from the sheriff or county commission if a sourced number is required. |
Commissary and Contact Channels
Hickory County's officially linked support channels are narrow and practical. CIDNET is for inmate contact, while Tiger is for commissary ordering. Neither should be described as a complete custody database. If a name appears in a vendor system, still verify release eligibility, charges, court status, and holds through the sheriff and the court.
| Need | Channel | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Commissary order | Tiger Commissary for Hickory County Jail in Hermitage. | Ordering tool only. It does not publish a full booking profile in the visible research capture. |
| Inmate contact | CIDNET, linked by the sheriff page. | Rates, devices, scheduling, and contact rules were not published in county sources located. |
| Custody notification | MOVANS / VINELink. | Notification service, not a substitute for sheriff confirmation or court records. |
| State sentence or supervision | Missouri DOC Offender Search. | For DOC-supervised offenders, not for ordinary county jail lookup. |
Requesting Hickory County Jail Records
When the record is not online, use a written Missouri Sunshine Law request to the Hickory County Sheriff's Office. No sheriff-specific online request form or jail-record fee schedule was located. A focused request is stronger than a broad demand because it gives the custodian the person, date, document type, and delivery preference needed to search.
Include the person's full name, date of birth if known, arrest or booking date, arresting agency, case number if known, and the exact records requested. Examples include arrest report, booking sheet, jail confinement dates, bond information, release date, booking photo, or incident report. Ask for electronic delivery if available, and request a fee estimate before processing if charges will exceed a stated amount. Missouri Section 610.023 gives public bodies a three-business-day response obligation, which may be a record, a denial or redaction explanation, or a statement of when records will be available.
Booking, Bond, and Court Routing
A typical Hickory County jail path is arrest or warrant service, transport to the jail, intake, booking record creation, safety screening, property inventory, bond or hold review, and court routing. The county does not publish local timing for how long booking takes or when a person appears in Tiger, MOVANS, or any public-facing tool. Do not treat Tiger's visible initials or search results as a population count or a complete current roster.
For bond, call the sheriff first at 417-745-6415. Ask whether the bond is cash, surety, recognizance, or no-bond, and whether another hold blocks release. Ask where payment must be made and what payment types are accepted at that time. For filed charges, court dates, failure-to-appear issues, and warrant status, use Case.net and the Circuit Clerk at 417-745-6421. The prosecutor page specifically says docket, court-date, and warrant questions belong with the Circuit Clerk rather than the prosecutor.
When Hickory County Jail Is Not the Right Search
A person arrested in Hickory County may leave the local jail path after sentencing, transfer, federal hold, or immigration custody decision. Missouri DOC Offender Search covers active offenders supervised by the Missouri Department of Corrections, including probationers and parolees, and it excludes discharged offenders and some confidential or safety-restricted records. BOP covers federal inmates from 1982 to present. ICE ODLS is the immigration custody locator. Those systems are separate from Hickory County Jail and should be used only when the custody stage fits.
Note: Confirm custody, visit rules, mail format, and release eligibility with Hickory County Jail before traveling or sending money.