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 October 2, 2026.
Hickory County, Missouri, has about 8,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Hickory County Sheriff's Office. 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 Hickory 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: Hickory County public records, Missouri arrest records, Missouri inmate search and Missouri criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Hickory County
The Hickory County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Hickory County. It reported 70 arrests for 2022, its latest complete year.
How Many Arrests The Hickory 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.
- Hickory County Sheriff's Office: 70 for 2022, 152 for 2021, 158 for 2020 and 154 for 2019.
The Hickory County Sheriff's Office's 70 arrests in 2022 were down 54 percent from 152 in 2021.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Hickory County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Hickory 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 2019 the jail held about 9 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 14 beds, and it ran at 64 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 Hickory County Sheriff's Office at hickorycomo.net/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Hickory County, Missouri), phone 417-745-6415, 18682 Jackson St. Hermitage, MO 65668, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Hickory County
An arrest in Hickory County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: Case.net, the Missouri courts' free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed; the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at hickorycomo.net/prosecuting-attorney, phone (417) 745-6413).
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 Hickory 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 Missouri Sunshine Law the agency must answer within 3 business days, and it may charge research time and copying.
- An arrest by the Hickory County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 417-745-6415.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (417) 745-6413, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Hickory County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Hickory County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Hickory County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Hickory County each year?
The Hickory County Sheriff's Office reported 70 arrests to the FBI for 2022, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Hickory County?
Ask the Hickory County Sheriff's Office at 417-745-6415; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at hickorycomo.net/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Hickory County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Hickory County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Hickory 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 Hickory County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Hickory 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 Hickory 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.