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 October 4, 2026.
Lake County, Oregon, has about 8,200 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Lake County Sheriff's Office 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 Lake County Circuit 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: Lake County public records, Oregon arrest records, Oregon inmate search and Oregon criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Lake County
The Lake County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Lake County. It reported 159 arrests for 2021, its latest complete year.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Lake County: the Lake County Liquor Commission (state agency); the Lake County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests The Lake County Sheriff's Office Reports
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Lake County Sheriff's Office: 159 for 2021, 146 for 2020 and 111 for 2019.
The Lake County Sheriff's Office's 159 arrests in 2021 were up 8.9 percent from 146 in 2020.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Lake County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Lake County 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 2023 the jail held about 16 people, up from about 13 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 18 beds, and it ran at 72 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 Lake County Sheriff's Office at lakecountyor.org/government/sheriff.php (page title: Lake County Sheriff's Office), phone (541) 947-6027, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Oregon Department of Corrections lists its inmates at oregon.gov/doc/victim-services/pages/offender-search.aspx.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Lake County
An arrest in Lake County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Lake 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/lake/pages/default.aspx, phone 541-947-6051); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at lakecountyor.org/government/district_attorney.php, phone (541) 947-6009).
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 Lake County
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 Lake County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (541) 947-6027.
- An arrest by the Lake County Liquor Commission or the Lake County State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (541) 947-6009, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Lake County Circuit Court, through the court records page at courts.oregon.gov, phone 541-947-6051.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Lake County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Lake County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Lake County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Lake County each year?
The Lake County Sheriff's Office reported 159 arrests to the FBI for 2021, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Lake County?
Ask the Lake County Sheriff's Office at (541) 947-6027; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at lakecountyor.org/government/sheriff.php.
Where are people arrested in Lake County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Lake County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Lake 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.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Lake County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Lake 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.
Is this the official Lake 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.