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 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026.
Lebanon, Ohio, in Warren County, has about 22,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Ohio the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Clerk of Courts; the statewide criminal history kept by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation 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 Lebanon is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: Lebanon public records, Warren County criminal records, Lebanon arrest records, Lebanon warrants, Lebanon inmate search, Lebanon court records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Warren County Court of Common Pleas
In Ohio the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Lebanon are heard by the Warren County Court of Common Pleas, which hears felonies, civil cases over $15,000, divorces, probate and juvenile matters, each in its own division; the Municipal and County Courts take misdemeanors, traffic cases, evictions and civil cases up to $15,000; mayor's courts handle some village tickets, and the file of each case is kept by the Clerk of Courts.
For Warren County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at probate.co.warren.oh.us/search.php (page title: Warren County Probate Court | Record Search), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Ohio has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The Ohio Criminal History and Your Own Copy
The statewide criminal history kept by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is closed to the public in Ohio: 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 WebCheck at any WebCheck location. The state page SearchSystems verified for it is at ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Individuals-and-Families/Consumers/Requesti....
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Lebanon
The Warren County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Lebanon (filed by the FBI as Lebanon Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Lebanon: 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.
The Monroe Police Department, the Middletown Police Department and the Loveland Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Warren County, so their arrests are not broken out for Warren County here.
Together, the seven agencies in Warren County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,398 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 Lebanon arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Lebanon in 2025
The agency that reports for Lebanon had 22 violent and 188 property crimes reported for 2025; each one is a report on file with it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The Prosecuting Attorney for Warren County
Charges in Warren County are filed by the Prosecuting Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the Warren County Court of Common Pleas or the Municipal and County Courts.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at prosecutor.warrencountyohio.gov/GenInfo/Staff/Index (page title: Warren County Prosecutor), phone 513-695-1325, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Lebanon
Registered sex offenders living in Lebanon are listed on eSORN, run by the Ohio Attorney General at icrimewatch.net/index.php?AgencyID=55149. The registry is public and can be searched online; the county sheriff registers them.
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 Warren 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 Ohio Public Records Act a county office must answer a request promptly, within a reasonable period of time, and it may charge the actual cost of copying. The county records request page SearchSystems verified is at warrencountyohio.gov/RecordsCenter/Records/RecordsRequest/Index (page title: IndexRecords Center & Archives).
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Lebanon?
The court files of criminal cases in the Warren County Court of Common Pleas are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Ohio Public Records Act.
Can I search Lebanon criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at probate.co.warren.oh.us/search.php (page title: Warren County Probate Court | Record Search).
How do I get my own Ohio criminal history?
Through a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
Who prosecutes crimes in Lebanon?
The Prosecuting Attorney, reached at 513-695-1325, which files its cases in the Warren County Court of Common Pleas or the Municipal and County Courts.
Is this the official Lebanon website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.