Dent County Busted Mugshots is privately operated, not a government office. It cannot verify custody, release a person, accept bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the agency that created or holds the record for those services.
Official Dent County Contacts
Dent County Sheriff's Office
112 E. Fifth Street, Suite 7
Salem, MO 65560
573-729-3241 or 573-729-6156
Administrative hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Email: bwells@dentcountysheriff.org
No separate sheriff records line or booking-photo form was verified. Ask the office to identify the records custodian, then make a narrow written Missouri Sunshine Law request. Different questions belong with different custodians.
- For a Dent booking, custody question, or photo request, begin with the sheriff and the county lookup and request path.
- For a public case number, hearing, or disposition, call the Dent County Circuit Clerk at 573-729-3931.
- For a Salem arrest report, use Salem's official city contact route and ask whether Salem Police or the sheriff holds the requested record.
- For a Bunker event, call Bunker Police at 573-689-2017 and confirm the arresting agency and whether the Dent or Reynolds side has custody.
- For state-prison or probation information, use the Missouri Department of Corrections offender search rather than a Dent booking inquiry.
- For a warrant concern, use the careful Dent warrant-verification route and contact an attorney or the court when appropriate.