Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime 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 September 28, 2026.
Greene County, Mississippi, 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 Greene County is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, sex offender registry, records requests, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Greene County public records, Greene County arrest records, Greene County warrants, Greene County inmate search, Greene County court records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Greene County Circuit Court
In Mississippi the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Greene County are heard by the Greene 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.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at greenecountycircuitclerk.com/circuit-court.html (page title: Circuit Court), phone (601) 394-2379, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
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
The statewide criminal history kept by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety Criminal Information Center is closed to the public in Mississippi: it is released to its subject and to authorized employers and licensing agencies, and a member of the public uses the court's own case index instead.
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 Greene County
The Greene County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Leakesville and McLain keep the arrest records in Greene County: 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.
Together, the two agencies in Greene County with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 1,178 arrests to the FBI that year; 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 Greene County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Greene County in 2023
The one agency in Greene County with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 9 violent and 33 property crimes to the FBI that year; the same agencies with both 2023 and 2022 complete reported 42 crimes in 2023 against 48 in 2022. Each reported crime is a report on file with the agency that took it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The full crime section, agency by agency, is on the Greene County public records guide.
The Sex Offender Registry for Greene County
Registered sex offenders living in Greene County 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 Greene 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 greenecountyoh.nextrequest.com (page title: Public Records RequestsNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
More Official Criminal Records Pages for Greene County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Greene County and Mississippi. These criminal records pages from its Greene County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Public Sex Offender Registry (state.sor.dps.ms.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Greene County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Greene 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 Greene County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at greenecountycircuitclerk.com (page title: 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 Greene 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.