Barton County Records
Barton County can be found in the state of Kansas. Great Bend is the current Barton County seat. There were 25,493 inhabitants in Barton County back in 2020.
It was formed in 1867.
It was named in honor of Clara Barton, responsible for the founding of the American Red Cross.
Barton County Arrest Records
Arrest records are kept for all crimes across Barton County and Kansas as a whole. Crime is broken into two categories in Barton County. These two categories are violent crime and property crime. Property crimes are made up of larceny, car theft, and burglary. Violent crimes include things such as murder, robbery, forcible rape, and aggravated assault. Crimes for this county have not maintained frequent reporting, and as such, cannot be recorded. However, Barton County Sheriff’s Office can be contacted at:
Barton County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff: Brian Bellendir
1416 Kansas Avenue
Great Bend, KS 67530
Phone: (620) 793-1876
Fax: (620) 793-1885
Barton County Criminal Records
Barton County records their criminal activity in the form of criminal records. These records cover murders, rapes, burglaries, arson, motor vehicle theft, assaults, and crimes of a sexual nature. All sex offenders in Barton County are kept on an up-to-date register. These include any individual living, working, attending school, or in prison in the Barton County area. All Barton County people are granted access to this list.
People can actually search for nearby sex offenders in Barton County. They can do this by using the search tool. There is also an option to search for individual offenders by name. These searches do not exclude any incarcerated or non-compliant offenders.
Each and every criminal record is regularly updated in Barton County. Citizens of Barton County can use a search tool to find these records. Barton County residents can also use this tool to lookup any nearby prisoner.
Barton County Court Records
Court records are safeguarded by the court clerk in Barton County. Residents can ask for court records at:
Barton County Courthouse
1400 Main
Room 306
Great Bend, KS 67530
Phone: (620) 793-1856
Fax: (620) 793-1860
In Kansas, the Court of Appeals oversees any lower court case in which one party contests a decision made. These lower courts are made up of the 105 superior or trial courts found across the state's 105 counties, including Barton County.
NOTE - In Barton County, court records are delivered one of three ways. The three delivery methods are fax, mail, or email. In contrast, any certified or official documents must be transferred by way of mail and mail only in Barton County.
Barton County Public Records
Barton County keeps vital records on each inhabitant within its borders. In fact, Barton County, along with the other Kansas counties, is responsible for acquiring some of these documents and sending them to the state government. The vital records obtained in Barton County can include but are not limited to birth certificates, death certificates, marriage certificates, divorce documents, and more.
For example, the Barton County clerk is in control of amassing all marriage records. The Office of Vital Statistics is then sent a copy of every last record. County clerks have also been in charge of acquiring birth and death records in the past in Kansas. All vital records in Kansas are saved in one central registry. The records can be utilized in the future for statistical analysis.
The Kansas Open Records Act, passed in 1976, means that all Barton County citizens can access and copy all vital public records. This act gives every single individual the standard right to access local and state public records. The most recent changes to the Kansas Open Records Act 1976 came back in 1994. In order to obtain a public record, citizens of Barton County must go at:
Barton County Clerk's Office
Clerk : Bev Schmeidler
1400 Main Street #205
Courthouse
Great Bend, KS 67530
Phone: (620) 793-1835
Fax: (620) 793-1990
Email: clerk@bartoncounty.org
Barton County records do come at a cost, sadly. In Barton County, a person has to pay $15 for the first copy of their desired birth record. Death record first copies will set a person back $15 in Barton County. Marriage record first copies in Barton County cost $15.
NOTE - If a requester wants to attain records in-person, they must stick to several rules in Barton County. A requester must visit within opening hours between 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. CST from Monday to Friday. In order to be granted a copy of a record, a requester must also be able to show some form of photo identification. Examples of an acceptable form of photo ID include a driver’s license or state ID. Requesters must also put every single public record requests in writing in Barton County in order to be successful.