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 9, 2026.
Sherman County, Oregon, has about 2,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Sherman 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 Sherman 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: Sherman County public records, Oregon arrest records, Oregon inmate search and Oregon criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Sherman County
The Sherman County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Sherman County. It reported 26 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Sherman County: the Sherman County Liquor Commission (state agency); the Sherman County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests The Sherman 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.
- Sherman County Sheriff's Office: 26 for 2025, 24 for 2024, 48 for 2023, 40 for 2022, 46 for 2021 and 36 for 2020.
Through July 2026, Sherman County Sheriff's Office reported 15 arrests, against 8 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Sherman County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Sherman 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 5 people, down from about 5 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 6 beds, and it ran at 78 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 Sherman County Sheriff's Office at shermancountyor.gov/244/Sheriffs-Office (page title: Sheriff's Office | Sherman County, OR), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 429), so open it in a browser.
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 Sherman County
For Sherman County the place to look is the case index of the Sherman 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/sherman/pages/default.aspx, phone 541-565-3650).
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 Sherman County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Sherman County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest by the Sherman County Liquor Commission or the Sherman County State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Sherman County Circuit Court, through the court records page at courts.oregon.gov, phone 541-565-3650.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The other Sherman County guides go further: warrants, criminal records, court records, police reports, traffic tickets, divorce records and property records.
Cities in Sherman County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Sherman 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 Sherman County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Sherman County each year?
The Sherman County Sheriff's Office reported 26 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Sherman County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Sherman County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Sherman 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 Sherman County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Sherman 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 Sherman 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.