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.
Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, has about 41,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Sequoyah County Sheriff's Office, seven city agencies and two campus, state or other 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 Sequoyah 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: Sequoyah County public records, Oklahoma arrest records, Oklahoma inmate search and Oklahoma criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Sequoyah County
The Sequoyah County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Sequoyah County. It reported 181 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside seven 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:
- Sallisaw, 8,708 residents: 340 arrests reported for 2025.
- Roland, 4,021 residents: 186 arrests reported for 2025.
- Muldrow, 3,358 residents: 70 arrests reported for 2025.
- Vian, 1,386 residents: 57 arrests reported for 2025.
- Gore, 999 residents: 9 arrests reported for 2025.
- Gans, 252 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Marble City, 185 residents: 0 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.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Sequoyah County: Carl Albert State College at Sallisaw (campus police); Sallisaw Public Schools (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Sequoyah 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.
- Sallisaw: 340 for 2025, 452 for 2024, 463 for 2023, 465 for 2022, 299 for 2021 and 338 for 2020.
- Roland: 186 for 2025, 301 for 2024, 268 for 2023, 209 for 2022, 264 for 2021 and 143 for 2020.
- Sequoyah County Sheriff's Office: 181 for 2025, 212 for 2024, 210 for 2023, 230 for 2022, 229 for 2021 and 290 for 2020.
- Muldrow: 70 for 2025, 89 for 2024, 92 for 2023, 117 for 2022, 138 for 2021 and 175 for 2020.
- Vian: 57 for 2025, 54 for 2024, 31 for 2023, 15 for 2022, 18 for 2021 and 46 for 2020.
- Gore: 9 for 2025, 12 for 2024, 17 for 2023, 13 for 2022, 41 for 2021 and 22 for 2020.
- Marble City: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 0 for 2022 and 0 for 2021.
- Gans: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 0 for 2022, 0 for 2021 and 0 for 2020.
Together, the eight agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 843 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 843 in 2025 against 1,120 in 2024, down 25 percent.
Through July 2026, the six agencies with every month so far on file reported 461 arrests, against 518 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Sequoyah County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sequoyah 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 130 people, up from about 120 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 162 beds, and it ran at 73 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Sequoyah County Sheriff's Office at scsok.org/inmate-search (page title: Inmate Search | Sequoyah 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 who was 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.
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 Sequoyah County
An arrest in Sequoyah County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Sequoyah County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Sequoyah 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?court=sequoyah); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at sequoyah.okcounties.org/offices/district-attorney, phone 918.775.9131).
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 Sequoyah 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 Sequoyah County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 877-654-8463.
- An arrest in Sallisaw, Roland, Muldrow, Vian, Gore, Gans or another of the cities listed above: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Carl Albert State College at Sallisaw or Sallisaw Public Schools: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 918.775.9131, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Sequoyah County District Court, through the court records page at oscn.net/dockets/search.aspx?court=sequoyah.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at scsok.org/records (page title: Records Requests | Sequoyah County Sheriff's Office).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Sequoyah County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for seven of the nine cities in Sequoyah County: Sallisaw, Roland, Muldrow, Vian, Gore, Gans and Marble City. Paradise Hill and Moffett 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 Sequoyah County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Sequoyah County each year?
Sallisaw reported 340 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the eight agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 843 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Sequoyah County?
Look on the custody page of the Sequoyah County Sheriff's Office at scsok.org/inmate-search, or call 877-654-8463. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Sequoyah County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Sequoyah County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Sequoyah 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 Sequoyah County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Sequoyah 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 scsok.org/records.
Is this the official Sequoyah 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.