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 October 9, 2026.
Charlotte County, Virginia, has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office and one state 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 Commonwealth's Attorney files charges, a case in the Charlotte 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: Charlotte County public records, Virginia arrest records, Virginia inmate search and Virginia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Charlotte County
The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Charlotte County. It reported 143 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Charlotte County: the Charlotte County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office Reports
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.
- Charlotte County Sheriff's Office: 143 for 2025, 211 for 2024, 249 for 2023, 232 for 2022, 187 for 2021 and 192 for 2020.
The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office's 143 arrests in 2025 were down 32 percent from 211 in 2024.
Through June 2026, Charlotte County Sheriff's Office reported 63 arrests, against 88 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Charlotte County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Charlotte 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 2025 the jail held about 34 people, down from about 70 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 29 beds, and it ran at 241 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 Charlotte County Sheriff's Office at charlottecountyva.gov/departments/sheriff_s_office.php (page title: Sheriff's Office), phone (434) 542-5141, 222 Law Lane Charlotte Court House, VA 23923, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 9, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Virginia Department of Corrections lists its inmates at vadoc.virginia.gov/family-and-friends.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Charlotte County
An arrest in Charlotte County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Charlotte Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at charlottecountyva.gov/departments/judicial_system.php, phone (434) 542-5147); the Commonwealth's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at charlottecountyva.gov/departments/commonwealth_s_attorney.php, phone (434) 542-4786).
Statewide, Online Case Information System is the Virginia courts' free statewide case search.
Virginia does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Virginia State Police goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Charlotte 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 Virginia Freedom of Information Act the agency must answer within 5 working days, and it may charge the actual cost of searching and copying.
- An arrest by the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (434) 542-5141.
- An arrest by the Charlotte County State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Commonwealth's Attorney, (434) 542-4786, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Charlotte Circuit Court, through the court records page at charlottecountyva.gov, phone (434) 542-5147.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at charlottecountyva.gov (page title: Charlottecountyva).
- Your own statewide record: a request to the State Police Central Criminal Records Exchange; a check on someone else needs their signed consent.
The other Charlotte County guides go further: warrants, criminal records, court records, police reports, traffic tickets, DUI, divorce records and property records.
Cities in Charlotte County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Charlotte County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Charlotte Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Charlotte County each year?
The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office reported 143 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Charlotte County?
Ask the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office at (434) 542-5141; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at charlottecountyva.gov.
Where are people arrested in Charlotte County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Charlotte County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Charlotte Circuit Court are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Virginia State Police is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Charlotte County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 5 working days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at charlottecountyva.gov.
Is this the official Charlotte 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.