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.
Yazoo County, Mississippi, has about 23,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Yazoo 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 Yazoo 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: Yazoo County public records, Mississippi arrest records, Mississippi inmate search and Mississippi criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Yazoo County
The Yazoo County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Yazoo County. It reported 1,152 arrests for 2025.
One city in Yazoo County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Yazoo City, 9,913 residents: 1,152 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 Yazoo County
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.
- Yazoo County Sheriff's Office: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Yazoo City: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,304 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 2,304 in 2025 against 2,304 in 2024.
Through September 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,332 arrests, against 1,728 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Yazoo County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Yazoo 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 2023 the jail held about 380 people, down from about 380 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 385 beds, and it ran at 98 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Yazoo County Sheriff's Office at yazoorcf.com (page title: Welcome to the Yazoo County Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
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 Yazoo County
For Yazoo County the place to look is the case index of the Yazoo County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at yazoocounty.net/circuit-clerk, phone 662-746-1872).
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 Yazoo 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 Yazoo County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Yazoo City: 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 Yazoo County Circuit Court, through the court records page at yazoocounty.net/circuit-clerk, phone 662-746-1872.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Criminal Information Center.
Cities in Yazoo County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the four cities in Yazoo County: Yazoo City. Bentonia, Eden and Satartia have 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 Yazoo County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Yazoo County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Yazoo City (9,913)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Yazoo County each year?
The Yazoo County Sheriff's Office reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 2,304 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Yazoo County?
Ask the Yazoo County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at yazoorcf.com.
Where are people arrested in Yazoo County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Yazoo County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Yazoo County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Yazoo 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 Yazoo County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Yazoo 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 Yazoo 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.