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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 24, 2026.
Wallowa County, Oregon, has about 7,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Wallowa 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 Wallowa 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: Wallowa County public records, Oregon arrest records, Oregon inmate search and Oregon criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Wallowa County
The Wallowa County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Wallowa County. It reported 20 arrests for 2022, its latest complete year.
The FBI lists one city in Wallowa County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Enterprise, 2,083 residents: 38 arrests reported for 2021.
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 Wallowa County: the Wallowa County Liquor Commission (state agency); the Wallowa County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Wallowa County
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.
- Wallowa County Sheriff's Office: 20 for 2022 and 40 for 2020; 2021 is missing months.
- Enterprise: 38 for 2021 and 36 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2020 on file reported 76 arrests that year.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Wallowa County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Wallowa 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.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Wallowa County Sheriff's Office at co.wallowa.or.us/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Wallowa County OR), phone 541-426-3131, 104 West Greenwood Street Enterprise, OR 97828, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Oregon Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at oregon.gov/doc/victim-services/pages/offender-search.aspx.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Wallowa County
An arrest in Wallowa County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Wallowa 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/wallowa/records/pages/default.aspx); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.wallowa.or.us/district-attorney, phone 541-426-4543).
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 Wallowa 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 Wallowa County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 541-426-3131.
- An arrest in Enterprise: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Wallowa County Liquor Commission or the Wallowa 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, 541-426-4543, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Wallowa County Circuit Court, through the court records page at courts.oregon.gov.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.wallowa.or.us/media/2136 (page title: Public Records Request | Wallowa County OR).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Wallowa County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the four cities in Wallowa County: Enterprise. Joseph, Wallowa and Lostine 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 Wallowa County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Wallowa County each year?
The Wallowa County Sheriff's Office reported 20 arrests to the FBI for 2022. For 2020, the latest year most of the agencies in Wallowa County sent in full, the two with every month on file reported 76 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Wallowa County?
Ask the Wallowa County Sheriff's Office at 541-426-3131; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.wallowa.or.us/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Wallowa County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Wallowa County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Wallowa 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 Wallowa County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Wallowa 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 co.wallowa.or.us/media/2136.
Is this the official Wallowa 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.