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 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Natchez, Mississippi, in Adams County, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Mississippi the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Circuit Clerk for criminal and civil cases and the Chancery Clerk for divorces, estates and land records; the statewide criminal history kept by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety Criminal Information Center is released only to its subject and to the employers and agencies the law allows. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Natchez is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, sex offender registry, records requests, directory links and common questions.
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Criminal Cases in the Adams County Circuit Court
In Mississippi the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Natchez are heard by the Adams County Circuit Court, which hears felonies and the larger civil cases; the Justice Court and County Court take misdemeanors, traffic cases and small claims in the Justice Court; the County Court, where the county has one, takes eminent domain, juvenile and mid-sized civil cases, and the file of each case is kept by the Circuit Clerk for criminal and civil cases and the Chancery Clerk for divorces, estates and land records.
For Adams County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at adamscountyms.net/county-departments/justice-court (page title: Justice Court | Adams County, Mississippi), phone (601) 442-0199, 114 South Wall Street Natchez, MS 39121, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the Justice Court and County Court, not to the Adams County Circuit Court.
Mississippi has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The Mississippi Criminal History and Your Own Copy
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 file in the Adams County Circuit Court is the public record.
To see your own record, the route is a fingerprint-based request to the Criminal Information Center. The state page SearchSystems verified for it is at dps.ms.gov/investigation/criminal-information-center/Release-Backgr....
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Natchez
The Adams County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Natchez (filed by the FBI as Natchez Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Natchez: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The Adams County Sheriff's Office reported 534 arrests to the FBI for 2025; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Natchez arrest records.
The Sex Offender Registry for Natchez
Registered sex offenders living in Natchez are listed on the Mississippi Sex Offender Registry, run by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety at offenderwatch.com/network/mississippi. The registry is public and can be searched online.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Adams County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Mississippi Public Records Act a county office must answer a request within 7 working days, or up to 14 where local rules allow, and it may charge the actual cost of search, review and copying. The county records request page SearchSystems verified is at adamscountyms.net/ufaq/how-do-i-make-a-public-records-request (page title: How do I make a public records request? | Adams County, Mississippi).
More Official Criminal Records Pages for Adams County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Adams County and Mississippi. These criminal records pages from its Adams County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Most Wanted (adamscosheriff.net)
- Public Sex Offender Registry (state.sor.dps.ms.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal 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.
Can I search Natchez criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at adamscountyms.net (page title: Justice Court | Adams County, Mississippi); it belongs to a lower court, not to the Adams County Circuit Court.
How do I get my own Mississippi criminal history?
Through a fingerprint-based request to the Criminal Information Center.
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.