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 24, 2026 and September 28, 2026.
Kiowa County, Oklahoma, has about 8,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Kiowa County depends on where the incident happened: the Kiowa County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Oklahoma Open Records Act requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: Kiowa County public records, Kiowa County arrest records, Kiowa County warrants, Kiowa County inmate search, Kiowa County criminal records, Oklahoma arrest records and Oklahoma inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Kiowa County
A crime, incident or collision report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court, the jail or the prosecutor.
In Kiowa County that is the Kiowa County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
Reports from the Kiowa County Sheriff's Office
The Kiowa County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 1 violent and 8 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 4 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at kiowacountyok.us/departments/sheriffs-office (page title: Sheriff’s Office | Kiowa County), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Kiowa County
The four cities the FBI lists in Kiowa County with a reporting agency of their own:
- Hobart: 13 violent and 38 property crimes reported for 2025; 33 arrests reported for 2025.
- Snyder: 1 violent and 4 property crimes reported for 2025; 6 arrests reported for 2025.
- Mountain View: 2 violent and 4 property crimes reported for 2025; 3 arrests reported for 2025.
- Mountain Park: 1 violent and 0 property crimes reported for 2025; 12 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 Reports: Kiowa County in 2025
The five agencies in Kiowa County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 18 violent and 54 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the five agencies in Kiowa County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 58 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Oklahoma Open Records Act Requires
The Oklahoma Open Records Act sets the rules: an answer promptly; the statute sets no number of days, at a charge of copying at no more than 25 cents a page, from the agency that holds the report.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Kiowa County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Kiowa 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.
How long does an agency in Kiowa County have to answer?
Under the Oklahoma Open Records Act, promptly; the statute sets no number of days. It may charge copying at no more than 25 cents a page.
How do I get a report from the Kiowa County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. Under the Oklahoma Open Records Act the answer is due promptly; the statute sets no number of days.
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.