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 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Marion County, West Virginia, has about 56,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Marion County Sheriff's Office, eight city agencies and five campus, state or other agencies. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the regional jail, and, if the Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Marion County 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: Marion County public records, West Virginia arrest records, West Virginia inmate search and West Virginia 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 216 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
Arrests inside eight 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:
- Fairmont, 18,063 residents: 384 arrests reported for 2025.
- Mannington, 1,909 residents: 10 arrests reported for 2023.
- Barrackville, 1,197 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Monongah, 1,046 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Rivesville, 808 residents.
- White Hall, 704 residents: 192 arrests reported for 2025.
- Farmington, 393 residents.
- Fairview, 369 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
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 FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Marion County: the Department of Natural Resources in Marion County and the State Fire Marshal in Marion County (state agency); Fairmont State University (campus police); Three Rivers Drug and Violent Crime Task Force (other); the Fairmont State Police (state police).
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.
- Monongah: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Fairview: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Barrackville: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Fairmont: 384 for 2025, 470 for 2024, 519 for 2023, 507 for 2022, 621 for 2021 and 618 for 2020.
- White Hall: 192 for 2025, 144 for 2024, 175 for 2022 and 112 for 2021; 2023 is missing months.
- Marion County Sheriff's Office: 216 for 2024, 219 for 2022, 328 for 2021 and 246 for 2020; 2023 is missing months.
- Mannington: 10 for 2023.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,032 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 4,032 in 2025 against 4,070 in 2024, down 0.9 percent.
Through August 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 2,075 arrests, against 2,433 in the same months of 2025.
Marion County Sheriff's Office and Mannington reported only part of 2025 (3 months and 1 month) and are left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Marion County Are Held
West Virginia closed its county jails in favor of regional jails run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, so a person held after an arrest in Marion County goes to the regional jail that serves Marion County, and the state's inmate search covers all of them.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 120 people, down from about 120 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 88 beds, and it ran at 142 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 Marion County Sheriff's Office at marioncountywv.com/departments/sheriff_law_office/index.php (page title: Marion County Sheriff's Office Law Enforcement), phone (304) 367-5300, 316 Monroe Street Jacobs Building 1st Floor Fairmont, WV 26554, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, whose inmate locator is at dcr.wv.gov/offendersearch/Pages/default.aspx.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Marion County
Whether someone was arrested in Marion County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Marion County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/marion_county, phone 304-367-5395); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at marioncountywv.com/departments/prosecuting_attorney/index.php, phone 304-367-5380).
West Virginia does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the West 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 Marion 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 West Virginia Freedom of Information Act the agency must answer within 5 business days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying.
- An arrest by the Marion County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (304) 367-5300.
- An arrest in Fairmont, Mannington, Barrackville, Monongah, Rivesville, White Hall or another of the cities listed above: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by the Department of Natural Resources in Marion County, Fairmont State University or the State Fire Marshal in Marion County: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 304-367-5380, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Marion County Circuit Court, through the court records page at courtswv.gov, phone 304-367-5395.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the State Police Criminal Identification Bureau.
Cities in Marion County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for eight of the 11 cities in Marion County: Fairmont, Mannington, Barrackville, Monongah, Rivesville, White Hall, Farmington and Fairview. Pleasant Valley, Grant Town and Worthington 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 regional jail and the case goes to the Marion County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Marion County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Fairmont (18,063)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Marion County each year?
Monongah reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the five agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 4,032 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Marion County?
Ask the Marion County Sheriff's Office at (304) 367-5300; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at marioncountywv.com.
Where are people arrested in Marion County booked?
In the regional jail that serves Marion County, run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Are arrest records public in Marion County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Marion County Circuit Court are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the West 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 West Virginia Freedom of Information 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 West Virginia Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 5 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.