Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. 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 26, 2026.
Fairview, Oregon, in Multnomah County, has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). An arrest in the city 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 Multnomah County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it.
This guide covers who makes arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Fairview public records, Multnomah County arrest records, Oregon arrest records and Oregon inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Fairview
The FBI lists no arrest reporting agency under the name of Fairview. In Multnomah County the county agency that reports arrests is the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Multnomah County: the Multnomah County State Police (state police); the Port of Portland and Union Pacific Railroad at Portland (other); the Multnomah County Liquor Commission (state agency); Portland State University (campus police).
Booking: Where People Arrested in Fairview Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Fairview 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 2024 the jail held about 930 people, down from about 1,070 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,117 beds, and it ran at 77 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office at mcso.us (page title: Multnomah County Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Oregon Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at oregon.gov/doc/victim-services/pages/offender-search.aspx.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Fairview
Whether someone was arrested in Fairview, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Multnomah County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at courts.oregon.gov/courts/multnomah/records/pages/default.aspx, phone 971-274-0570); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at multco.us/departments/district-attorneys-office).
Statewide, Oregon eCourt Case Information is the Oregon Judicial Department's online case search, free for basic case information.
Oregon is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: an Open Record Request returns anyone's Oregon conviction record by name, and the subject is told who asked, for $10 a search, through the Oregon State Police. 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 Fairview
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 Oregon Public Records Law the agency must answer within 15 business days where practicable, after acknowledging the request within 5, and it may charge the actual cost of making the record available.
- An arrest by the Fairview police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at fairvieworegon.gov/474/Public-Safety (page title: Public Safety | Fairview, OR), phone 503-988-7300, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Multnomah County Circuit Court, through the court records page at courts.oregon.gov, phone 971-274-0570.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at mcso.us/how-do-i/public-records-requests (page title: Public Records Requests | Multnomah County Sheriff's Office).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Multnomah County guide covers every agency in the county: Multnomah County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Fairview?
Ask the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at mcso.us.
Where are people arrested in Fairview booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Fairview?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Oregon State Police: an Open Record Request returns anyone's Oregon conviction record by name, and the subject is told who asked, for $10. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Oregon Public Records Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Fairview?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Oregon Public Records Law the answer is due within 15 business days where practicable, after acknowledging the request within 5; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at mcso.us/how-do-i/public-records-requests.
Is this the official Fairview website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.