This is a private reference site, not a Kay County office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a detainee, post bond, schedule visits, or retrieve official booking records. Use the official office that controls the record or custody status.
Where to Ask for the Right Record
Kay County does not publish an official county jail roster in the research reviewed for this build, so phone and records-request routes matter. Use the contact point that matches the custody type or record type.
| Need | Official Route | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Current Kay County jail custody, booking, bond, or facility questions | Kay County Sheriff's Office / Kay County Detention Center | 1101 W Dry Road, Newkirk, OK 74647. Sheriff main phone 580-362-3250. Fax 580-362-3259. Direct detention line 580-362-3393. Sheriff Steve Kelley is the elected sheriff. The research did not locate published detention lobby hours, so call before travel. |
| Kay County criminal charges after arrest | Kay County Court Clerk | 201 S. Main St., Newkirk, OK 74647. Mailing address P.O. Box 428, Newkirk, OK 74647. Phone 580-362-3350. Hours Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-12 p.m. and 12:45 p.m.-4:30 p.m. The Court Clerk points criminal case tracking to ODCR. |
| Ponca City police reports, municipal records, or city warrants | Ponca City Police Department | 300 E. Oklahoma Avenue, Ponca City, OK 74601. Non-emergency phone 580-767-0370. Open-record requests may use the Ponca City Police open-record request form, fax 580-767-0374, or Police@poncacityok.gov. Municipal Court warrant questions use 580-767-0382. |
| Sentenced Oklahoma state prisoner | Oklahoma Department of Corrections offender lookup | Use ODOC for people sentenced to state prison. Kay County has no ODOC prison listed in the research, so state-prison custody is separate from the county jail. |
| Federal sentenced inmate | Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator | BOP covers federal sentenced inmates from 1982 forward. It is separate from Kay County jail custody, ODOC custody, and ICE detention. |
| Immigration custody or ICE detainee at Kay County Detention Center | ICE Online Detainee Locator | Kay County Detention Center is also an ICE contract detention site. ICE materials identify the same detention phone, 580-362-3393, for detainee information. ICE DRIL was documented in the research as 1-888-351-4024. |
| Custody or release notifications | Oklahoma VINE | VINE is the notification route for custody and case updates when available. It does not replace direct confirmation from the jail, court, ODOC, BOP, or ICE. |
- For someone believed to be in the county jail, start with jail inmate records and the Kay County Detention Center phone line.
- For booking photos, review jail roster mugshots before assuming Kay County publishes mugshots online.
- For filed charges, use court records after a jail arrest, ODCR, OSCN, or the Kay County Court Clerk.
- For a specific local facility, use the Kay County Detention Center link in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, search ODOC instead of calling the county jail as the primary source.
- For federal or immigration detention, use BOP or ICE systems because those records are outside ordinary county-jail roster coverage.