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 26, 2026.
Stayton, Oregon, in Marion County, has about 8,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Stayton is held at the county jail, run by the Marion 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.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Stayton
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Stayton is held at the county jail, run by the Marion County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
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 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 Marion County Jail by the Numbers
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.
Marion County has about 353,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 11 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Marion County Jail
The Marion County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Stayton (filed by the FBI as Stayton Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Stayton.
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).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Salem's 4,999 for 2025, the Marion County Sheriff's Office's 1,478 for 2025 and Keizer's 815 for 2025.
Together, the seven agencies in Marion County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 8,301 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 Stayton 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 Marion County 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate 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.
How many people are in the Marion County jail?
About 380 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 559 beds.
What is the phone number for the Marion County jail?
888-749-8080, the number on the page of the Marion County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Marion County go?
To a facility of the Oregon Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at oregon.gov.
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.