Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. 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 October 2, 2026.
Pleasants County, West Virginia, has about 7,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Pleasants County Sheriff's Office, one city agency and three 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 Pleasants County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it.
This guide covers who makes arrests, arrest counts, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Pleasants County public records, West Virginia arrest records, West Virginia inmate search and West Virginia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Pleasants County
The Pleasants County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Pleasants County. It reported 33 arrests for 2025.
One city in Pleasants County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- St. Marys, 1,749 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 FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Pleasants County: the Department of Natural Resources in Pleasants County and the State Fire Marshal in Pleasants County (state agency); the St. Marys State Police (state police).
Arrest Counts on File for Pleasants County
The FBI publishes monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. For Pleasants County the counts on file are partial: St. Marys and Pleasants County Sheriff's Office have sent some months but no full year since 2019, so no annual total is given here.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Pleasants 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 Pleasants County goes to the regional jail that serves Pleasants County, and the state's inmate search covers all of them.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 16 people, down from about 17 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 12 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 custody page of the Pleasants County Sheriff's Office at pleasantscountywv.org (page title: Pleasants County, WV, Sheriff Office, Jails, Inmate Search), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation lists its inmates at dcr.wv.gov/offendersearch/Pages/default.aspx.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Pleasants County
Whether someone was arrested in Pleasants County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the custody page of the Pleasants County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at pleasantscountywv.gov/prosecuting-attorney, phone (304) 684-2202).
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 Pleasants 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 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 Pleasants County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in St. Marys: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Department of Natural Resources in Pleasants County, the St. Marys State Police or the State Fire Marshal in Pleasants County: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (304) 684-2202, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the State Police Criminal Identification Bureau.
Cities in Pleasants County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Pleasants County: St. Marys. Belmont has 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 Pleasants County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where are people arrested in Pleasants County booked?
In the regional jail that serves Pleasants County, run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Are arrest records public in Pleasants County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Pleasants 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 Pleasants County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Pleasants 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 Pleasants 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.