Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Magoffin County, Kentucky, has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Magoffin County Sheriff's Office, one city agency and one other agency. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the Commonwealth's Attorney files charges, a case in the Magoffin Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Magoffin County public records, Kentucky arrest records, Kentucky inmate search and Kentucky criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Magoffin County
The Magoffin County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Magoffin County. It reported 361 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Magoffin County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Salyersville, 1,499 residents: 52 arrests reported for 2023.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Magoffin County: Magoffin County Schools (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Magoffin County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Magoffin County Sheriff's Office: 361 for 2025, 336 for 2024, 305 for 2023, 210 for 2022, 193 for 2021 and 240 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Salyersville: 52 for 2023, 85 for 2022 and 77 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 357 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2023 and 2022 complete reported 357 in 2023 against 295 in 2022, up 21 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Magoffin County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Magoffin County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 26 people, down from about 32 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 20 beds, and it ran at 129 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Magoffin County Sheriff's Office at magoffincounty.ky.gov/elected-officials/sheriffs-office/Pages/Sheri... (page title: Overview | Magoffin County), phone 606-349-4403, Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Kentucky Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at kool.corrections.ky.gov/.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Magoffin County
For Magoffin County the place to look is the case index of the Magoffin Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at kycourts.gov/Courts/County-Information/Pages/Magoffin.aspx, phone 606-349-2215).
Kentucky is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the Administrative Office of the Courts, not the state police, sells name-based criminal record reports to the public, for $25 a search, through the Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Magoffin County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Kentucky Open Records Act the agency must answer within 5 business days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying, 10 cents a page for standard copies.
- An arrest by the Magoffin County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 606-349-4403.
- An arrest in Salyersville: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Magoffin County Schools: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Magoffin Circuit Court, through the court records page at kycourts.gov, phone 606-349-2215.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Magoffin County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Salyersville, the one city in Magoffin County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Magoffin Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Magoffin County each year?
The Magoffin County Sheriff's Office reported 361 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2023, the latest year most of the agencies in Magoffin County sent in full, the two with every month on file reported 357 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Magoffin County?
Ask the Magoffin County Sheriff's Office at 606-349-4403; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at magoffincounty.ky.gov.
Where are people arrested in Magoffin County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Magoffin County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Magoffin County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts: the Administrative Office of the Courts, not the state police, sells name-based criminal record reports to the public, for $25. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Kentucky Open Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Magoffin County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Magoffin County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Kentucky Open Records Act the answer is due within 5 business days.
Is this the official Magoffin County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.