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 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Garrett County, Maryland, has about 28,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Garrett County Sheriff's Office, one city agency and one state 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 State's Attorney files charges, a case in the Circuit Court for Garrett County. 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: Garrett County public records, Maryland arrest records, Maryland inmate search and Maryland criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Garrett County
The Garrett County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Garrett County. It reported 610 arrests for 2025.
One city in Garrett County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Oakland, 1,813 residents: 134 arrests reported for 2022.
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 Garrett County: the Garrett County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests The Garrett County Sheriff's Office Reports
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.
- Garrett County Sheriff's Office: 610 for 2025, 585 for 2024, 719 for 2023, 638 for 2022, 604 for 2021 and 854 for 2020.
- Oakland: 134 for 2022, 94 for 2020 and 156 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
The Garrett County Sheriff's Office's 610 arrests in 2025 were up 4.3 percent from 585 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Garrett County Sheriff's Office reported 375 arrests, against 416 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Garrett County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Garrett County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 34 people, down from about 54 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 64 beds, and it ran at 84 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 Garrett County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.garrettcountymd.gov (page title: Garrett County Sheriff's Office | Sheriff's Office of Garrett County, Maryland), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Garrett County
Whether someone was arrested in Garrett County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Circuit Court for Garrett County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at mdcourts.gov/courtsdirectory/garrett, phone 301-334-1937); the State's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at garrettcountymd.gov/states-attorney, phone 301-334-5012).
Statewide, Maryland Judiciary Case Search is the free statewide case search of every Maryland court.
Maryland does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Criminal Justice Information System goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Garrett County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Maryland Public Information Act the agency must answer within 30 days, with a denial due within 10 working days, and it may charge staff time after the first two hours, plus copying.
- An arrest by the Garrett County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Oakland: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Garrett County State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the State's Attorney, 301-334-5012, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Circuit Court for Garrett County, through the court records page at mdcourts.gov/courtsdirectory/garrett, phone 301-334-1937.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at garrettcountymd.gov (page title: Request for Public Information | Garrett County Government).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the CJIS Central Repository.
Cities in Garrett County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the eight cities in Garrett County: Oakland. Mountain Lake Park, Grantsville, Loch Lynn Heights, Friendsville, Accident, Deer Park and Kitzmiller have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Circuit Court for Garrett County.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Garrett County each year?
The Garrett County Sheriff's Office reported 610 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Garrett County?
Ask the Garrett County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sheriff.garrettcountymd.gov.
Where are people arrested in Garrett County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Garrett County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Garrett County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Circuit Court for Garrett County are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Criminal Justice Information System is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Maryland Public Information Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Garrett County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Garrett County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Maryland Public Information Act the answer is due within 30 days, with a denial due within 10 working days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at garrettcountymd.gov.
Is this the official Garrett 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.