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 on September 24, 2026.
Morrow County, Oregon, has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Morrow County Sheriff's Office, one city agency 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 Morrow 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: Morrow County public records, Oregon arrest records, Oregon inmate search and Oregon criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Morrow County
The Morrow County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Morrow County. It reported 239 arrests for 2025.
One city in Morrow County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Boardman, 4,345 residents: 150 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Morrow County: the Morrow County Liquor Commission (state agency); the Morrow County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Morrow County
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.
- Morrow County Sheriff's Office: 239 for 2025, 225 for 2024, 222 for 2023, 149 for 2022, 150 for 2021 and 169 for 2020.
- Boardman: 150 for 2025, 116 for 2023, 132 for 2022, 136 for 2021 and 118 for 2019; 2020 and 2024 are missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 389 arrests that year. The one of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 239 in 2025 against 225 in 2024, up 6.2 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Morrow County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Morrow County 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 18 people, down from about 27 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 26 beds, and it ran at 105 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 Morrow County Sheriff's Office at morrowcountysheriff.com/correctional-facility (page title: Correctional Facility | Morrow County Sheriff Office), phone 002-345-6789, wed 7 days a week and times: 8am - 11am, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 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 Morrow County
An arrest in Morrow County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Morrow 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/umatilla/pages/default.aspx, phone 541-278-0341); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at morrowcountyor.gov/districtattorney, phone (541) 676-5626).
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 Morrow 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 Morrow County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 002-345-6789.
- An arrest in Boardman: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Morrow County Liquor Commission or the Morrow 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) 676-5626, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Morrow County Circuit Court, through the court records page at courts.oregon.gov, phone 541-278-0341.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at morrowcountyor.gov (page title: Public Records Request | Morrow County Oregon).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Morrow County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the five cities in Morrow County: Boardman. Irrigon, Heppner, Ione and Lexington have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Morrow County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Morrow County each year?
The Morrow County Sheriff's Office reported 239 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 389 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Morrow County?
Ask the Morrow County Sheriff's Office at 002-345-6789; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at morrowcountysheriff.com/correctional-facility.
Where are people arrested in Morrow County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Morrow County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Morrow 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 Morrow County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Morrow 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 morrowcountyor.gov.
Is this the official Morrow 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.