Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2020. 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 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Natchez, Mississippi, in Adams County, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Adams County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Natchez public records, Adams County arrest records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Natchez
The FBI lists Natchez with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Natchez Police Department. It reported 0 arrests for 2020, its latest complete year. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Adams County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 534 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Natchez Reports
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.
- Natchez: 0 for 2020.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Natchez Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Natchez 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 2021 the jail held about 89 people, up from about 63 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 120 beds, and it ran at 52 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 Mississippi Department of Corrections lists its inmates at mdoc.ms.gov/inmate_search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Natchez
For Natchez the place to look is the case index of the Adams County Circuit Court, kept by the Circuit Clerk for criminal and civil cases and the Chancery Clerk for divorces, estates and land records, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at adamscountyms.net/county-departments/justice-court (page title: Justice Court | Adams County, Mississippi), phone (601) 442-0199, belongs to a lower court, not to the Adams County Circuit Court.
Mississippi does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety Criminal Information Center 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 Natchez
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Mississippi Public Records Act the agency must answer within 7 working days, or up to 14 where local rules allow, and it may charge the actual cost of search, review and copying.
- An arrest by the Natchez police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at natchez.ms.us/333/Records-Division (page title: Records Division | Natchez, MS), phone 601-445-5565, MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10am - 3pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Adams County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- The court file of a case that was filed: in the Adams County Circuit Court it is kept by the Circuit Clerk for criminal and civil cases and the Chancery Clerk for divorces, estates and land records. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at adamscountyms.net, phone (601) 442-0199, is a lower court's.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at adamscountyms.net (page title: How do I make a public records request? | Adams County, Mississippi).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Criminal Information Center.
The Adams County guide covers every agency in the county: Adams County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Natchez each year?
Natchez reported 0 arrests to the FBI for 2020, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Natchez booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Adams County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Natchez?
The court files of criminal cases in the Adams County Circuit Court are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety Criminal Information Center is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Mississippi Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Natchez?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Natchez police for its own arrests, the Adams County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Mississippi Public Records Act the answer is due within 7 working days, or up to 14 where local rules allow; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at adamscountyms.net.
Is this the official Natchez website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.