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 September 30, 2026.
Yamhill County, Oregon, has about 111,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Yamhill County depends on where the incident happened: the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Oregon Public Records Law requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: Yamhill County public records, Yamhill County arrest records, Yamhill County warrants, Yamhill County inmate search, Yamhill County criminal records, Oregon arrest records and Oregon inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Yamhill County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In Yamhill County that is the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
The FBI's list also places the Yamhill County State Police in Yamhill County; a report taken on a state highway by it comes from that agency's own records office.
The FBI's list also carries the Yamhill County Liquor Commission (state agency), with a records office of its own.
The Gaston Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Yamhill County, so its arrests are not broken out for Yamhill County here.
Reports from the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office
The Yamhill County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 47 violent and 223 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 798 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at 503-434-7506. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at co.yamhill.or.us/482/Sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Yamhill County, OR), phone 503-434-7506, 535 NE 5th Street Room 143 McMinnville, OR 97128, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Yamhill County
The four cities the FBI lists in Yamhill County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- McMinnville: 58 violent and 461 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,275 arrests reported for 2025. The McMinnville police records page is at mcminnvilleoregon.gov/police/page/records-request, phone 503-434-2342 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Newberg: 38 violent and 266 property crimes reported for 2025; 631 arrests reported for 2025. The Newberg police records page is at newbergoregon.gov/government/departments/police/divisions/support_s..., phone (503) 538-8321 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Carlton: 2 violent and 15 property crimes reported for 2025; 32 arrests reported for 2025.
- Yamhill: 24 arrests reported for 2024.
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.
How Many Reports: Yamhill County in 2025
The four agencies in Yamhill County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 145 violent and 965 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the four agencies in Yamhill County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,736 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Oregon Public Records Law Requires
Under the Oregon Public Records Law the agency 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. The request goes to the agency that holds the report, in writing, and does not have to say why the report is wanted.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at yamhillcounty.gov/710/Record-Requests (page title: Record Requests | Yamhill County, OR).
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Yamhill County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Yamhill 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.
How long does an agency in Yamhill County have to answer?
Under the Oregon Public Records Law, within 15 business days where practicable, after acknowledging the request within 5. It may charge the actual cost of making the record available.
Who has a crash report from a state highway in Yamhill County?
The state agency whose officer took it; the FBI lists the Yamhill County State Police in Yamhill County.
How do I get a report from the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at 503-434-7506. 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 Yamhill 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.