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.
Major County, Oklahoma, has about 7,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Major 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 Major 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: Major County public records, Oklahoma arrest records, Oklahoma inmate search and Oklahoma criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Major County
The Major County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Major County. It reported 38 arrests for 2025.
One city in Major County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Fairview, 2,653 residents: 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 Arrests Each Agency Reports in Major County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Major County Sheriff's Office: 38 for 2025, 44 for 2024, 20 for 2023, 29 for 2022, 31 for 2021 and 21 for 2020.
- Fairview: 12 for 2025, 16 for 2024, 36 for 2023, 18 for 2022, 5 for 2021 and 7 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 50 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 50 in 2025 against 60 in 2024, down 17 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 44 arrests, against 30 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Major County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Major County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 4 people, down from about 9 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 5 beds, and it ran at 180 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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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 Major County
For Major County the place to look is the case index of the Major 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).
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 Major 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 Major County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Fairview: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Major County District Court, through the court records page at oscn.net/dockets/Search.aspx.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at okc.gov/Government/Records/Records-Request (page title: Records Request | City of OKC).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Major County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the five cities in Major County: Fairview. Ringwood, Cleo Springs, Meno and Ames 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 Major County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Major County each year?
The Major County Sheriff's Office reported 38 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 50 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Major County?
Ask the Major County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at majorcosheriff.com/inmate.php?BookingID=4251.
Where are people arrested in Major County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Major County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Major 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 Major County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Major 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at okc.gov/Government/Records/Records-Request.
Is this the official Major 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.