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 on September 24, 2026.
Marshall County, Mississippi, has about 34,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Marshall County Sheriff's Office and two city agencies. 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 Marshall 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: Marshall County public records, Mississippi arrest records, Mississippi inmate search and Mississippi criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Marshall County
The Marshall County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Marshall County.
Arrests inside two of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Holly Springs, 6,472 residents: 24 arrests reported for 2025.
- Byhalia, 1,370 residents: 64 arrests reported for 2025.
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 Each Agency Reports in Marshall County
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.
- Byhalia: 64 for 2025, 77 for 2024, 101 for 2023, 35 for 2022 and 23 for 2021.
- Holly Springs: 24 for 2025, 22 for 2023, 30 for 2022 and 49 for 2021; 2024 is missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 88 arrests that year. The one of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 64 in 2025 against 77 in 2024, down 17 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 65 arrests, against 52 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Marshall County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Marshall 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 70 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 91 beds, and it ran at 77 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 Marshall County
For Marshall County the place to look is the case index of the Marshall County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at courts.ms.gov/mec/mec.php, phone 601-968-6628).
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 Marshall 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 Marshall County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Holly Springs or Byhalia: 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: the Marshall County Circuit Court, through the court records page at courts.ms.gov/mec/mec.php, phone 601-968-6628.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Criminal Information Center.
Cities in Marshall County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the three cities in Marshall County: Holly Springs and Byhalia. Potts Camp has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Marshall County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Marshall County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Holly Springs (6,472)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Marshall County each year?
Byhalia reported 64 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 88 between them.
Where are people arrested in Marshall County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Marshall County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Marshall County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Marshall 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 Marshall County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Marshall 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 Marshall 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.