This is a private reference site, not the Clay County Sheriff's Office, Clay County Jail, a court, or a records desk. We cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, accept money for bond, pull official booking records, or change a government record. Use the official office or locator that controls the record you need.
Where to Ask for Custody or Records
For a person who may be in the Clay County Jail, start with the jail or sheriff's office because no official Clay County online roster or mugshot gallery was located on the county website.
Clay County Sheriff's Office / Clay County Jail104 E Edgar St, Clay Center, NE 68933
Mailing address: PO Box 186, Clay Center, NE 68933
Jail: 402-762-1154
Sheriff / non-emergency: 402-762-3528
Office manager: 402-762-1155
Fax: 402-762-3852
Office hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Sheriff Jeff Franklin: jeff.franklin@claycountyne.gov
Civil process: Jamie.schmidt@claycountyne.gov
The official sheriff page is claycounty.ne.gov/sheriff-office/, the county public-records page is claycounty.ne.gov/public-records/, and the county phone directory is claycounty.ne.gov/phone-directory/. Use these channels according to the type of question:
- For someone believed to be in the county jail, use the jail inmate records guide and call Clay County Jail at 402-762-1154.
- For booking photos, use the jail roster mugshots page; Clay County has not published an official mugshot gallery.
- For charges or hearings after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Nebraska JUSTICE One-Time Case Search at nebraska.gov/justicecc/ccname.cgi.
- For the local detention facility, use the Clay County Jail page and verify current visiting, money, mail, and bond instructions with the jail.
- For a sentenced Nebraska prisoner, search NDCS Incarceration Records or the Nebraska Victims of Crime Alert Portal.
- For federal custody or immigration detention, use the BOP Inmate Locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.