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 28, 2026.
Kiowa County, Oklahoma, has about 8,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Kiowa County is held at the county jail, run by the Kiowa 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: Kiowa County public records, Kiowa County arrest records, Kiowa County warrants, Kiowa County criminal records, Kiowa County court records, Oklahoma arrest records and Oklahoma inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Kiowa County
The county jail, run by the Kiowa County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Kiowa County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Kiowa County Sheriff's Office at kiowacountyok.us/departments/sheriffs-office (page title: Sheriff’s Office | Kiowa County), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Kiowa County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 28 people, down from about 37 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 34 beds, and it ran at 109 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Kiowa County has about 8,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 34 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Kiowa County Jail
The Kiowa County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Hobart, Snyder, Mountain View and Mountain Park make the arrests that end in a booking in Kiowa County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Hobart's 33 for 2025, Mountain Park's 12 for 2025 and Snyder's 6 for 2025.
Together, the five agencies in Kiowa County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 58 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 Kiowa County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Oklahoma Department of Corrections lists its inmates at okoffender.doc.ok.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Kiowa County?
Ask the Kiowa County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at kiowacountyok.us/departments/sheriffs-office.
How many people are in the Kiowa County jail?
About 28 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 34 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Kiowa County go?
To a facility of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at okoffender.doc.ok.gov.
Is this the official Kiowa 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.