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 25, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Mayes County, Oklahoma, has about 40,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Oklahoma the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Court Clerk; the statewide criminal history kept by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is open to anyone who asks. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Mayes County is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: Mayes County public records, Mayes County arrest records, Mayes County warrants, Mayes County court records, Mayes County police reports, Oklahoma arrest records and Oklahoma inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Mayes County District Court
A criminal case from Mayes County is filed in the Mayes County District Court, and the court file, kept by the Court Clerk, is the record of it that the public may see.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at mayes.okcounties.org/offices/court-clerk (page title: Court Clerk), phone 918.825.2185, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
Statewide, OSCN and ODCR are the free online dockets of every Oklahoma district court.
The Oklahoma Criminal History and Your Own Copy
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. The result is the repository record, what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it. The search is on the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation site.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Mayes County
The Mayes County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Pryor Creek, Chouteau, Locust Grove, Salina, Adair, Langley and two more cities keep the arrest records in Mayes County: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Mayes County: the Grand River Dam Authority Lake Patrol (state agency); it keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the nine agencies in Mayes County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 581 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Mayes County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Mayes County in 2025
The nine agencies in Mayes County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 128 violent and 678 property crimes to the FBI that year; the same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 806 crimes in 2025 against 736 in 2024. Each reported crime is a report on file with the agency that took it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The full crime section, agency by agency, is on the Mayes County public records guide.
The District Attorney for Mayes County
Charges in Mayes County are filed by the District Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the Mayes County District Court.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at mayes.okcounties.org/offices/district-attorney (page title: District Attorney), phone 918.825.2171, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Mayes County
Registered sex offenders living in Mayes County are listed on the Oklahoma Sex Offender Registry, run by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections at sors.doc.ok.gov. The registry is public and can be searched online.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Mayes County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Oklahoma Open Records Act a county office must answer a request promptly; the statute sets no number of days, and it may charge copying at no more than 25 cents a page.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Mayes 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.
Can I search Mayes County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at mayes.okcounties.org/offices/court-clerk (page title: Court Clerk). Statewide, OSCN and ODCR is the free online dockets of every Oklahoma district court.
How do I get my own Oklahoma criminal history?
Through the same name-based search, run on yourself.
Who prosecutes crimes in Mayes County?
The District Attorney, reached at 918.825.2171, which files its cases in the Mayes County District Court.
Is this the official Mayes 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.