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 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Adams County, Mississippi, has about 29,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Adams County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. 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 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 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: Adams County public records, Mississippi arrest records, Mississippi inmate search and Mississippi criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Adams County
The Adams County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Adams County. It reported 534 arrests for 2025.
One city in Adams County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Natchez, 14,233 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2020.
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 The Adams 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.
- Adams County Sheriff's Office: 534 for 2025, 227 for 2024 and 176 for 2023.
- Natchez: 0 for 2020.
The Adams County Sheriff's Office's 534 arrests in 2025 were up 135 percent from 227 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Adams County Sheriff's Office reported 331 arrests, against 310 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Adams County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Adams 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 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.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Adams County Sheriff's Office at adamscosheriff.org/inmate-roster (page title: Inmate Roster Portal | Adams County Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 9, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
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 Adams County
An arrest in Adams County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Adams County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; 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 Adams 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 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 Adams County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Natchez: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- 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 other Adams County guides go further: warrants, criminal records, court records, police reports, traffic tickets and property records.
Cities in Adams County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Natchez, the one city in Adams County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Adams County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Adams County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Natchez (14,233)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Adams County each year?
The Adams County Sheriff's Office reported 534 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Adams County?
Look on the custody page of the Adams County Sheriff's Office at adamscosheriff.org/inmate-roster. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Adams County 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 Adams County?
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 Adams County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Adams County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. 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 Adams 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.