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 October 9, 2026.
Sherman County, Oregon, has about 2,000 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 Sherman 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, sex offender registry, records requests, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Sherman County public records, Sherman County arrest records, Sherman County warrants, Sherman County inmate search, Sherman County court records, Oregon arrest records and Oregon inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Sherman County Circuit Court
In Oregon the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Sherman County are heard by the Sherman County Circuit Court, which hears every civil, criminal, family, probate and juvenile case, and the file of each case is kept by the trial court administrator.
For Sherman County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at courts.oregon.gov/courts/sherman/pages/default.aspx (page title: Oregon Judicial Department : Sherman Home : Sherman County Circuit Court : State of Oregon), phone 541-565-3650, 3650 Main Address Sherman Circuit Court 500 Court St. Moro, OR 97039, Monday - Friday 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., 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 Sherman County
The Sherman County Sheriff's Office keeps the arrest records in Sherman 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 Sherman County: the Sherman County Liquor Commission (state agency); the Sherman County State Police (state police); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
The Sherman County Sheriff's Office reported 26 arrests to the FBI for 2025; 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 Sherman County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Sherman County in 2025
The one agency in Sherman County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2 violent and 39 property crimes to the FBI that year; the same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 41 crimes in 2025 against 34 in 2024. 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 Sherman County public records guide.
The Sex Offender Registry for Sherman County
Registered sex offenders living in Sherman 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 Sherman 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.
More Official Criminal Records Pages for Sherman County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Sherman County and Oregon. These criminal records pages from its Sherman 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 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.
Can I search Sherman County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courts.oregon.gov (page title: Oregon Judicial Department : Sherman Home : Sherman 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.
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.