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 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
La Vergne, Tennessee, in Rutherford County, has about 41,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in La Vergne is held at the county jail, run by the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in La Vergne
The county jail, run by the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in La Vergne, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office at rcsotn.com (page title: Rutherford County, TN | Sheriff), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Rutherford County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 1,080 people, up from about 1,050 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 1,272 beds, and it ran at 85 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Rutherford County has about 377,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 29 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Rutherford County Jail
The Rutherford County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for La Vergne (filed by the FBI as La Vergne Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around La Vergne.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Rutherford County: Middle Tennessee State University (campus police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office's 5,617 for 2025, Murfreesboro's 3,171 for 2025 and Smyrna's 2,082 for 2025.
Together, the four agencies in Rutherford County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 11,798 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in La Vergne arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Rutherford County serves the sentence in a facility of the Tennessee Department of Correction, whose inmate locator is at foil.app.tn.gov/foil/search.jsp.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in La Vergne?
Ask the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at rcsotn.com.
How many people are in the Rutherford County jail?
About 1,080 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 1,272 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Rutherford County go?
To a facility of the Tennessee Department of Correction; its inmate locator is at foil.app.tn.gov/foil/search.jsp.
Is this the official La Vergne website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.