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.
Holt County, Missouri, has about 4,200 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Holt County Sheriff's Office and two city agencies. 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 Holt 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: Holt County public records, Missouri arrest records, Missouri inmate search and Missouri criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Holt County
The Holt County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Holt County. It reported 10 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Holt County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Mound City, 1,005 residents: 4 arrests reported for 2024.
- Oregon, 832 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2025.
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 Each Agency Reports in Holt County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Holt County Sheriff's Office: 10 for 2025, 3 for 2024, 22 for 2023, 21 for 2022, 15 for 2021 and 8 for 2020.
- Oregon: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 0 for 2020 and 0 for 2019; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
- Mound City: 4 for 2024, 3 for 2023, 1 for 2021, 12 for 2020 and 10 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 10 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 10 in 2025 against 3 in 2024.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 10 arrests, against 1 in the same months of 2025.
Mound City reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Holt County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Holt 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 2019 the jail held about 7 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 15 beds, and it ran at 47 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Missouri Department of Corrections lists its inmates at web.mo.gov/doc/offSearchWeb.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Holt County
For Holt County the place to look is Case.net, the Missouri courts' free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed.
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 Holt 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 Holt County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Mound City or Oregon: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Holt County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the nine cities in Holt County: Mound City and Oregon. Maitland, Forest City, Craig, Big Lake, Fortescue, Bigelow and Corning 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 Holt County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Holt County each year?
The Holt County Sheriff's Office reported 10 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 10 between them.
Where are people arrested in Holt County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Holt County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Holt 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 Holt County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Holt 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 Holt 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.