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 between September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Paulding County, Ohio, has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Paulding County is held at the county jail, run by the Paulding County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Paulding County public records, Paulding County arrest records, Paulding County warrants, Paulding County criminal records, Paulding County court records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Paulding County
The county jail, run by the Paulding County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Paulding County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Paulding County Sheriff's Office at pauldingohsheriff.com (page title: Paulding County Ohio Sheriff's Office Home Page), phone (419) 399-3791, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at (419) 399-3791.
The Paulding County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 18 people, down from about 33 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 52 beds, and it ran at 63 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Paulding County has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 10 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Paulding County Jail
The Paulding County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Paulding, Payne, Oakwood and Grover Hill make the arrests that end in a booking in Paulding County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Oakwood's 1,152 for 2025, Grover Hill's 1,152 for 2025 and the Paulding County Sheriff's Office's 162 for 2025.
Together, the four agencies in Paulding County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,472 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Paulding County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Paulding County serves the sentence in a facility of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, whose inmate locator is at appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Paulding County?
Ask the Paulding County Sheriff's Office at (419) 399-3791; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at pauldingohsheriff.com.
How many people are in the Paulding County jail?
About 18 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 52 beds.
What is the phone number for the Paulding County jail?
(419) 399-3791, the number on the page of the Paulding County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Paulding County go?
To a facility of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction; its inmate locator is at appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch.
Is this the official Paulding 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.