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.
Seminole County, Oklahoma, has about 23,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Seminole County is held at the county jail, run by the Seminole 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: Seminole County public records, Seminole County arrest records, Seminole County warrants, Seminole County criminal records, Seminole County court records, Oklahoma arrest records and Oklahoma inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Seminole County
The county jail, run by the Seminole County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Seminole County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Seminole County Sheriff's Office at seminolecosheriff.com/inmate-search (page title: Inmate Search | Seminole County Sheriff's Office), phone 877-654-8463, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Seminole County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 70 people, down from about 90 in 2019. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Seminole County has about 23,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 30 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Seminole County Jail
The Seminole County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Seminole, Wewoka and Konawa make the arrests that end in a booking in Seminole County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Seminole County: Seminole State College (campus police).
The Maud Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Seminole County, so its arrests are not broken out for Seminole County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Seminole's 215 for 2025, the Seminole County Sheriff's Office's 90 for 2025 and Wewoka's 48 for 2025.
Together, the four agencies in Seminole County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 358 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 Seminole County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Seminole County serves the sentence in a facility of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at okoffender.doc.ok.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Seminole County?
Look on the custody page of the Seminole County Sheriff's Office at seminolecosheriff.com/inmate-search, or call 877-654-8463. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Seminole County jail?
About 70 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data.
What is the phone number for the Seminole County jail?
877-654-8463, the number on the page of the Seminole County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Seminole County go?
To a facility of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at okoffender.doc.ok.gov.
Is this the official Seminole 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.