Stevens County Information
Stevens County is located in Kansas. Hugoton is the current county seat in Stevens County. The population in Stevens County back in 2020 was 5,250.
It was formed in 1886.
It was named for the Reconstruction era Pennsylvania politician Thaddeus Stevens.
Stevens County Arrest Records
Arrest records are kept for all crimes across Stevens County and Kansas as a whole. Crimes are separated into two main types in Stevens County. These two groups are violent crime and property crime. Property crimes include motor vehicle theft, burglary, and larceny. Violent crimes can include murder, aggravated assault, forcible rape, and robbery. Back in 2018, there were 1 violent and 0 property crimes in Stevens County. Stevens County Sheriff’s Office can be contacted at:
Stevens County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff: Ted E Heaton
505 South Monroe Street
Hugoton, KS 67951
Phone: (620) 544-4386
Fax: (620) 544-2656
Stevens County Criminal Records
Stevens 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. In Stevens County and the entire state of Kansas, the authorities must keep an up-to-date register listing each individual sex offender in the area. This includes anyone in Stevens County who is living, working, in prison, or attending school. As it is in the public interest, all Stevens County people can access this list.
In Stevens County, residents can search for nearby sex offenders. By using a tool, residents must simply enter their desired zip code, and it will then list all sex offenders found within a given radius in Stevens County. Residents can also search by name for particular offenders. Non-compliant and incarcerated offenders are not excluded from these searches.
Jail and inmate records are included in the regularly updated Stevens County criminal records. Citizens of Stevens County can use search tools to find these records. Stevens County people can also use this tool to lookup any nearby prisoner.
Stevens County Court Records
Each court record in Stevens County is maintained by the court clerk. Stevens County residents can obtain court records in-person at:
Stevens County Courthouse
Clerk: Amy Jo Tharp
200 East 6th
Hugoton, KS 67951
Phone: (620) 544-2541
Fax: (620) 544-4094
In Kansas, the Court of Appeals oversees any lower court case in which one party contests a decision made. This includes the 105 superior and trial courts across the 105 counties in Kansas, such as Stevens County.
NOTE - Standard court records are transferred by way of one of three ways once payment has been made in Stevens County. The three ways are fax, email, or mail. Only mail delivery is available for certified or official documents in Stevens County.
Stevens County Public Records
Vital records are kept on each resident in Stevens County and across the state of Kansas. Some vital records are accumulated and given to the state government by Stevens County. The vital records in question can include birth certificates, death certificates, marriage certificates, divorce documents, and more.
For example, in Kansas, marriage records are currently obtained by the relevant county clerk. A copy of every last vital record is then forwarded to the Office of Vital Statistics. Birth and death records have also been collected by county clerks in the past. One central registry holds every last vital record in Kansas. These records are not only kept safe in the central registry but can later be used together in statistical analysis.
The Kansas Open Records Act 1976 ensures that all Kansas and Stevens County residents can access and copy vital public records. Any public records, state or local, can be accessed thanks to this act. The most recent changes to the Kansas Open Records Act 1976 came back in 1994. Citizens of Stevens County can purchase public records at:
Stevens County Clerk’s Office
Clerk: Amy Jo Tharp
200 East 6th Street
Courthouse
2nd Floor
Hugoton, KS 67951
Phone: (620) 544-2541
Fax: (620) 544-4094
NOTE - If a requester in Stevens County wishes to obtain a record in-person, they must stick to several rules. Firstly, the Stevens County office is open between 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. CST from Monday to Friday. A requester must bring a photo ID with them too. A driver's license or a state ID would be acceptable. Public record requests in Stevens County must also be put into writing.