Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. 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.
Stayton, Oregon, in Marion County, has about 8,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. 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 Marion County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Stayton public records, Marion County arrest records, Oregon arrest records and Oregon inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Stayton
The FBI lists Stayton with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Stayton Police Department. It reported 154 arrests for 2025. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Marion County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 1,478 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Marion County: the Marion County State Police (state police); the Marion County Liquor Commission (state agency).
How Many Arrests Stayton Reports
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.
- Stayton: 154 for 2025, 203 for 2024, 133 for 2023, 164 for 2022, 164 for 2021 and 153 for 2020.
Stayton's 154 arrests in 2025 were down 24 percent from 203 in 2024.
Through March 2026, Stayton reported 25 arrests, against 35 in the same months of 2025.
Across Marion County, the seven agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 8,301 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Stayton Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Stayton 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 2023 the jail held about 380 people, down from about 500 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 559 beds, and it ran at 69 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 Marion County Sheriff's Office at jailviewer.co.marion.or.us (page title: Web Jail Viewer), phone 888-749-8080, 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 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 Stayton
An arrest in Stayton can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Marion County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Marion 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/marion/records/pages/records-request.aspx, phone 503-588-5101); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.marion.or.us/DA, phone (503) 588-5222).
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 Stayton
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 Stayton police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at staytonoregon.gov/page/open/2534/0/COS%20Public%20Records%20Request... (page title: Public Records Request Form Stayton City Hall 362 N. 3rd Avenue), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Marion County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 888-749-8080.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (503) 588-5222, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Marion County Circuit Court, through the court records page at courts.oregon.gov, phone 503-588-5101.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.marion.or.us (page title: Public Records Requests).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Marion County guide covers every agency in the county: Marion County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Stayton each year?
Stayton reported 154 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Stayton?
Look on the custody page of the Marion County Sheriff's Office at jailviewer.co.marion.or.us, or call 888-749-8080. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Stayton booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Marion County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Stayton?
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 Stayton?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Stayton police for its own arrests, the Marion County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. 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 co.marion.or.us.
Is this the official Stayton 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.