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 on September 23, 2026.
Marion County, Tennessee, has about 30,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Marion County Sheriff's Office, five city agencies and one other agency. 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 General files charges, a case in the Marion County Circuit and Chancery Courts. 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: Marion County public records, Tennessee arrest records, Tennessee inmate search and Tennessee criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Marion County
The Marion County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Marion County. It reported 718 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists five cities in Marion County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Jasper, 3,655 residents: 88 arrests reported for 2025.
- South Pittsburg, 2,969 residents: 106 arrests reported for 2025.
- Kimball, 1,638 residents: 146 arrests reported for 2025.
- Whitwell, 1,616 residents: 83 arrests reported for 2024.
- New Hope, 973 residents.
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 Monteagle Police Department is listed by the FBI across three counties including Marion County, so its arrests are not broken out for Marion County here.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Marion County: Drug Task Force's 12th Judicial District (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Marion County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Marion County Sheriff's Office: 718 for 2025, 955 for 2024, 984 for 2023, 1,100 for 2022, 896 for 2020 and 1,133 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Kimball: 146 for 2025, 168 for 2024, 167 for 2023, 166 for 2022, 204 for 2021 and 106 for 2020.
- South Pittsburg: 106 for 2025, 92 for 2024, 88 for 2023, 64 for 2022, 51 for 2021 and 137 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Jasper: 88 for 2025, 176 for 2024, 139 for 2023, 208 for 2022, 214 for 2021 and 176 for 2020.
- Whitwell: 83 for 2024, 80 for 2023, 31 for 2022, 43 for 2021, 39 for 2020 and 58 for 2019.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,058 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,058 in 2025 against 1,391 in 2024, down 24 percent.
Through August 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 574 arrests, against 700 in the same months of 2025.
New Hope and Whitwell reported only part of 2025 (6 months and 11 months) and are left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Marion County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Marion 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 2024 the jail held about 130 people, down from about 130 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 118 beds, and it ran at 109 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Tennessee Department of Correction lists its inmates at foil.app.tn.gov/foil/search.jsp.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Marion County
An arrest in Marion County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Marion County Circuit and Chancery Courts, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at tncourts.gov/node/9782369); the District Attorney General, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at tennesseeda.gov/district-12, phone (931)962-1144).
Tennessee is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: TORIS lets anyone run a name-based criminal history search online, for $29 a search, through the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. 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 Marion County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Tennessee Public Records Act the agency must answer within 7 business days, and it may charge copying, and labor after the first hour.
- An arrest by the Marion County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Jasper, South Pittsburg, Kimball, Whitwell or New Hope: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Drug Task Force's 12th Judicial District: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney General, (931)962-1144, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Marion County Circuit and Chancery Courts, through the court records page at tncourts.gov/node/9782369.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Marion County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for five of the seven cities in Marion County: Jasper, South Pittsburg, Kimball, Whitwell and New Hope. Powells Crossroads and Orme 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 Marion County Circuit and Chancery Courts.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Marion County each year?
The Marion County Sheriff's Office reported 718 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,058 between them.
Where are people arrested in Marion County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Marion County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Marion County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation: TORIS lets anyone run a name-based criminal history search online, for $29. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Tennessee Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Marion County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Marion County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Tennessee Public Records Act the answer is due within 7 business days.
Is this the official Marion 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.