Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. 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 30, 2026.
Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Jefferson Davis County Sheriff's Office. 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 Jefferson Davis County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it.
This guide covers who makes arrests, arrest counts, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Jefferson Davis County public records, Mississippi arrest records, Mississippi inmate search and Mississippi criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Jefferson Davis County
The Jefferson Davis County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Jefferson Davis County.
Arrest Counts on File for Jefferson Davis County
The FBI publishes monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. For Jefferson Davis County the counts on file are partial: Jefferson Davis County Sheriff's Office has sent some months but no full year since 2019, so no annual total is given here.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Jefferson Davis County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Jefferson Davis 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 25 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 25 beds, and it ran at 100 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 Mississippi Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at mdoc.ms.gov/inmate_search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Jefferson Davis County
An arrest in Jefferson Davis County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Jefferson Davis County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.jefferson-davis.ms.us/circuit-clerk, phone 601-792-4231); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at jeffdavisda.org).
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 Jefferson Davis County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. 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 Jefferson Davis County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Jefferson Davis County Circuit Court, through the court records page at co.jefferson-davis.ms.us/circuit-clerk, phone 601-792-4231.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Criminal Information Center.
Cities in Jefferson Davis County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Jefferson Davis County with an arrest reporting agency of its own.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Jefferson Davis County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where are people arrested in Jefferson Davis County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Jefferson Davis County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Jefferson Davis County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Jefferson Davis 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 Jefferson Davis County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Jefferson Davis 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.
Is this the official Jefferson Davis 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.