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.
Stewart County, Tennessee, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Stewart County Sheriff's Office and two city 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 General files charges, a case in the Stewart 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: Stewart County public records, Tennessee arrest records, Tennessee inmate search and Tennessee criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Stewart County
The Stewart County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Stewart County. It reported 745 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside two of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Dover, 1,893 residents: 41 arrests reported for 2023.
- Cumberland City, 323 residents: 19 arrests reported for 2020.
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 Arrests Each Agency Reports in Stewart 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.
- Stewart County Sheriff's Office: 745 for 2025, 677 for 2024, 680 for 2023, 841 for 2022, 930 for 2021 and 906 for 2020.
- Dover: 41 for 2023, 51 for 2022, 77 for 2021, 78 for 2020 and 45 for 2019.
- Cumberland City: 19 for 2020 and 26 for 2019.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 721 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2023 and 2022 complete reported 721 in 2023 against 892 in 2022, down 19 percent.
Cumberland City reported only part of 2023 (4 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Stewart County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Stewart 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.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 71 people, down from about 96 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 132 beds, and it ran at 54 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Stewart County Sheriff's Office at stewartcountysheriff.com (page title: Stewart County Sheriff's Office, TN | Serving Stewart County, TN.), phone 931-232-4053, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
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 Stewart County
An arrest in Stewart County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Stewart 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/9782393); the District Attorney General, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at tennesseeda.gov/district-23).
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 Stewart 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 Stewart County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 931-232-4053.
- An arrest in Dover or Cumberland City: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney General handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Stewart County Circuit and Chancery Courts, through the court records page at tncourts.gov/node/9782393.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at stewartcogov.com (page title: Stewart County).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Stewart County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the two cities in Stewart County: Dover and Cumberland City.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Stewart County Circuit and Chancery Courts.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Stewart County each year?
The Stewart County Sheriff's Office reported 745 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2023, the latest year most of the agencies in Stewart County sent in full, the two with every month on file reported 721 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Stewart County?
Ask the Stewart County Sheriff's Office at 931-232-4053; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at stewartcountysheriff.com.
Where are people arrested in Stewart County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Stewart County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Stewart 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 Stewart County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Stewart 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at stewartcogov.com.
Is this the official Stewart 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.