Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Klamath County, Oregon, has about 70,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Oregon the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the trial court administrator; the statewide criminal history kept by the Oregon State Police is open to anyone who asks. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Klamath County is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Klamath County public records, Klamath County arrest records, Klamath County warrants, Klamath County inmate search, Klamath County court records, Oregon arrest records and Oregon inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Klamath County Circuit Court
A criminal case from Klamath County is filed in the Klamath County Circuit Court, and the court file, kept by the trial court administrator, is the record of it that the public may see.
For Klamath County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at courts.oregon.gov/courts/klamath/pages/default.aspx (page title: Oregon Judicial Department : Klamath Home : Klamath County Circuit Court : State of Oregon), phone 541-883-5503, 316 Main Street Klamath Falls, OR 97601, Monday-Thursday 8am-5pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Statewide, Oregon eCourt Case Information is the Oregon Judicial Department's online case search, free for basic case information.
The Oregon Criminal History and Your Own Copy
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. The result is the repository record, what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it. The search is on the Oregon State Police site.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Klamath County
The Klamath County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Klamath Falls, Merrill and Malin keep the arrest records in Klamath County: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Klamath County: the Klamath County Liquor Commission (state agency); the Klamath County State Police (state police); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the three agencies in Klamath County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 2,869 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Klamath County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Klamath County in 2024
The two agencies in Klamath County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 301 violent and 1,071 property crimes to the FBI that year; the one of them with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 699 crimes in 2024 against 759 in 2023. Each reported crime is a report on file with the agency that took it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The full crime section, agency by agency, is on the Klamath County public records guide.
The District Attorney for Klamath County
The District Attorney decides which arrests in Klamath County become charges and files them in the Klamath County Circuit Court; the office answers questions about pending prosecutions, and the case files themselves are court records.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at klamathcounty.org/281/District-Attorney (page title: District Attorney | Klamath County, OR), phone 541-883-5147, 316 Main Street Klamath County Courthouse Klamath Falls, OR 97601, Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - Noon and 1 p.m. - 4 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Klamath County
Registered sex offenders living in Klamath County are listed on the Oregon Sex Offender Registry, run by the Oregon State Police. Only Level 3 and some Level 2 registrants are listed online.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Klamath County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Oregon Public Records Law a county office must answer a request within 15 business days where practicable, after acknowledging the request within 5, and it may charge the actual cost of making the record available. The county records request page SearchSystems verified is at klamathcountyor.nextrequest.com (page title: Open Public RecordsNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
More Official Criminal Records Pages for Klamath County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Klamath County and Oregon. These criminal records pages from its Klamath County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Oregon State Police (oregon.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Klamath County?
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.
Can I search Klamath County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courts.oregon.gov (page title: Oregon Judicial Department : Klamath Home : Klamath County Circuit Court : State of Oregon). Statewide, Oregon eCourt Case Information is the Oregon Judicial Department's online case search, free for basic case information.
How do I get my own Oregon criminal history?
Through the same open record request, run on yourself.
Who prosecutes crimes in Klamath County?
The District Attorney, reached at 541-883-5147, which files its cases in the Klamath County Circuit Court.
Is this the official Klamath 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.