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.
Miller County, Missouri, has about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Miller County Sheriff's Office and three 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 Miller 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: Miller County public records, Missouri arrest records, Missouri inmate search and Missouri criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Miller County
The Miller County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Miller County. It reported 261 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Eldon, 4,714 residents: 35 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lake Ozark, 2,210 residents: 134 arrests reported for 2023.
- Iberia, 721 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.
The Osage Beach Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Miller County, so its arrests are not broken out for Miller County here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Miller 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.
- Miller County Sheriff's Office: 261 for 2025, 205 for 2024, 232 for 2023, 192 for 2022 and 235 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
- Eldon: 35 for 2025, 29 for 2024, 45 for 2023, 29 for 2022, 66 for 2021 and 116 for 2020.
- Iberia: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 0 for 2022, 0 for 2020 and 0 for 2019; 2021 and 2023 are missing months.
- Lake Ozark: 134 for 2023, 93 for 2022, 87 for 2021, 209 for 2020 and 453 for 2019.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 296 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 296 in 2025 against 234 in 2024, up 26 percent.
Lake Ozark reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Miller County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Miller 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 100 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 112 beds, and it ran at 89 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Miller County
For Miller 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 Miller 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 Miller County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Eldon, Lake Ozark or Iberia: 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 Miller County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the eight cities in Miller County: Eldon, Lake Ozark and Iberia. St. Elizabeth, Tuscumbia, Olean, Brumley and Bagnell 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 Miller County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Miller County each year?
The Miller County Sheriff's Office reported 261 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 296 between them.
Where are people arrested in Miller County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Miller County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Miller 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 Miller County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Miller 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 Miller 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.