Prevent crime, enforce the law, and support public safety by providing registration of offenders and victim notification, licensing pets and bicycles, enforcing adolescent curfews, Crime Stoppers line, Year-round drug take-back site, and offers gun locks.

Assists parolees in transitioning back into the community and enforces Chapter 75 Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate's Sex Offender Notification and registration code.

The Clay County Sheriff's Department protects the rights of the citizens within its jurisdiction to be free from criminal attacks, to be secure in their possessions and to live in peace. The Sheriff's Department provides the following services - 911 services, mental health holds, county jail, burning bans, free gun locks, prescription medication disposal box in the lobby, pistol permits, civil process to be served, fingerprinting for background checks, and maintain the Sex Offender Registry. Visit claysheriff.org for a list of individuals in jail, on the sex offender registry, or those with active warrants.

Services include enforcing municipal codes, licensing pets, licensing bicycles, Neighborhood Watch, Crime Stoppers, and a drug take-back site.

The Records Department maintains records of citations, adult and juvenile arrests, accident reports, case reports, issues peddler's licenses, mobile food vendor licenses, and Taxi/Lyft/Uber licenses.

To view all registered sex offenders in South Dakota, visit https://sor.sd.gov/