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 on September 30, 2026.
McIntosh County, Oklahoma, has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the McIntosh County Sheriff's Office and two city agencies. 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 McIntosh 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: McIntosh County public records, Oklahoma arrest records, Oklahoma inmate search and Oklahoma criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in McIntosh County
The McIntosh County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for McIntosh County. It reported 234 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside two of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Checotah, 3,086 residents: 24 arrests reported for 2025.
- Eufaula, 2,872 residents: 162 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 McIntosh 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.
- McIntosh County Sheriff's Office: 234 for 2025, 221 for 2024, 180 for 2023, 206 for 2022, 161 for 2021 and 177 for 2020.
- Eufaula: 162 for 2025, 194 for 2024, 211 for 2023, 130 for 2022, 152 for 2021 and 141 for 2020.
- Checotah: 24 for 2025, 26 for 2024, 25 for 2023, 34 for 2022, 36 for 2021 and 44 for 2020.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 420 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 420 in 2025 against 441 in 2024, down 4.8 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 289 arrests, against 210 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in McIntosh County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in McIntosh 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 2024 the jail held about 95 people, down from about 110 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 150 beds, and it ran at 76 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at okoffender.doc.ok.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in McIntosh County
Whether someone was arrested in McIntosh County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the McIntosh County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at mcintosh.okcounties.org/offices/court-clerk, phone 918.689.2282); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at mcintosh.okcounties.org/offices/district-attorney, phone 918.689.2566).
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 McIntosh County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 McIntosh County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Checotah or Eufaula: 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, 918.689.2566, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the McIntosh County District Court, through the court records page at mcintosh.okcounties.org/offices/court-clerk, phone 918.689.2282.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in McIntosh County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the seven cities in McIntosh County: Checotah and Eufaula. Rentiesville, Hanna, Hitchita, Vernon and Stidham 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 McIntosh County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in McIntosh County each year?
The McIntosh County Sheriff's Office reported 234 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 420 between them.
Where are people arrested in McIntosh County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the McIntosh County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in McIntosh 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 McIntosh County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the McIntosh 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 McIntosh 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.