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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 28, 2026.
Carroll County, Missouri, has about 8,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Carroll County Sheriff's Office and one city 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 Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Carroll County 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: Carroll County public records, Missouri arrest records, Missouri inmate search and Missouri criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Carroll County
The Carroll County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Carroll County. It reported 52 arrests for 2025.
One city in Carroll County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Carrollton, 3,491 residents: 29 arrests reported for 2024.
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.
How Many Arrests Carrollton 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.
- Carrollton: 29 for 2024, 47 for 2023, 38 for 2022 and 33 for 2021.
- Carroll County Sheriff's Office: 52 for 2025, 1 for 2023 and 18 for 2019; 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2024 are missing months.
Carrollton's 29 arrests in 2024 were down 38 percent from 47 in 2023.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Carroll County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Carroll 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.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Carroll County Sheriff's Office at carrollcountymo.gov/sheriff-department (page title: Sheriff Department | Carroll County Missouri Courthouse), phone 660-542-2200, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Missouri Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at web.mo.gov/doc/offSearchWeb.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Carroll County
An arrest in Carroll County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Carroll County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at carrollcountymo.gov/circuit-clerk, phone 660-542-0615); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at carrollcountymo.gov/prosecuting-attorney, phone 660-542-0615).
Statewide, Case.net is the Missouri courts' free statewide case search.
Missouri is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the open record search on the MACHS site lets anyone check convictions by name, through the Missouri State Highway Patrol Criminal Justice Information Services Division. 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 Carroll 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 Missouri Sunshine Law the agency must answer within 3 business days, and it may charge research time and copying.
- An arrest by the Carroll County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 660-542-2200.
- An arrest in Carrollton: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 660-542-0615, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Carroll County Circuit Court, through the court records page at carrollcountymo.gov/circuit-clerk, phone 660-542-0615.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Carroll County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the seven cities in Carroll County: Carrollton. Norborne, Hale, Bosworth, Bogard, Tina and De Witt 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 Carroll County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Carroll County each year?
Carrollton reported 29 arrests to the FBI for 2024, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Carroll County?
Ask the Carroll County Sheriff's Office at 660-542-2200; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at carrollcountymo.gov/sheriff-department.
Where are people arrested in Carroll County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Carroll County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Carroll County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Missouri State Highway Patrol Criminal Justice Information Services Division: the open record search on the MACHS site lets anyone check convictions by name. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Missouri Sunshine Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Carroll County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Carroll County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Missouri Sunshine Law the answer is due within 3 business days.
Is this the official Carroll 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.