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 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, has about 5,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Alfalfa 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 Alfalfa County District 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: Alfalfa County public records, Oklahoma arrest records, Oklahoma inmate search and Oklahoma criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Alfalfa County
The Alfalfa County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Alfalfa County. It reported 15 arrests for 2025.
One city in Alfalfa County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Cherokee, 1,453 residents: 10 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 Alfalfa 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.
- Alfalfa County Sheriff's Office: 15 for 2025, 14 for 2024, 26 for 2023, 24 for 2022, 12 for 2021 and 12 for 2020.
- Cherokee: 10 for 2025, 26 for 2024, 14 for 2023, 19 for 2022, 22 for 2021 and 18 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 25 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 25 in 2025 against 40 in 2024, down 38 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 16 arrests, against 15 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Alfalfa County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Alfalfa 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 7 people, up from about 6 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 14 beds, and it ran at 43 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 Alfalfa County Sheriff's Office at alfalfa.okcounties.org/offices/county-sheriff (page title: County Sheriff), phone 580.596.3269, 300 S. Grand Ave, Suite 1, Cherokee, OK 73728, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Oklahoma Department of Corrections lists its inmates at okoffender.doc.ok.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Alfalfa County
An arrest in Alfalfa County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Alfalfa County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at oscn.net/dockets/Search.aspx); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at alfalfa.okcounties.org/offices/district-attorney, phone 580.596.3109).
Statewide, OSCN and ODCR is the free online dockets of every Oklahoma district court.
Oklahoma is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: anyone can order a name-based criminal history search online, for $15 a search, through the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Alfalfa 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 Oklahoma Open Records Act the agency must answer promptly; the statute sets no number of days, and it may charge copying at no more than 25 cents a page.
- An arrest by the Alfalfa County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 580.596.3269.
- An arrest in Cherokee: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 580.596.3109, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Alfalfa County District Court, through the court records page at oscn.net/dockets/Search.aspx.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Alfalfa County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the ten cities in Alfalfa County: Cherokee. Helena, Carmen, Goltry, Jet, Aline, Burlington, Byron, Amorita and Lambert 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 Alfalfa County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Alfalfa County each year?
The Alfalfa County Sheriff's Office reported 15 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 25 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Alfalfa County?
Ask the Alfalfa County Sheriff's Office at 580.596.3269; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at alfalfa.okcounties.org/offices/county-sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Alfalfa County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Alfalfa County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Alfalfa County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation: anyone can order a name-based criminal history search online, for $15. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Oklahoma Open Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Alfalfa County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Alfalfa County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Oklahoma Open Records Act the answer is due promptly; the statute sets no number of days.
Is this the official Alfalfa 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.