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 30, 2026.
Wirt County, West Virginia, has about 4,900 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Wirt County Sheriff's Office and two state 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 Wirt 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: Wirt County public records, West Virginia arrest records, West Virginia inmate search and West Virginia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Wirt County
The Wirt County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Wirt County. It reported 23 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Wirt County: the Department of Natural Resources in Wirt County and the State Fire Marshal in Wirt County (state agency).
How Many Arrests The Wirt County Sheriff's Office Reports
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.
- Wirt County Sheriff's Office: 23 for 2025, 8 for 2022, 11 for 2020 and 6 for 2019; 2021, 2023 and 2024 are missing months.
Through March 2026, Wirt County Sheriff's Office reported 2 arrests, against 4 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Wirt 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 Wirt County goes to the regional jail that serves Wirt County, and the state's inmate search covers all of them.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 10 people, down from about 11 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 7 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 Wirt County Sheriff's Office at wirtcounty.wv.gov/countygovernmentagencies/Pages/sheriff.aspx (page title: County Sheriff), phone 304-275-4222, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
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 Wirt County
For Wirt County the place to look is the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at wirtcounty.wv.gov/countygovernmentagencies/Pages/countyprosecutinga..., phone 304-275-8901).
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 Wirt 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 Wirt County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 304-275-4222.
- An arrest by the Department of Natural Resources in Wirt County or the State Fire Marshal in Wirt County: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 304-275-8901, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the State Police Criminal Identification Bureau.
Cities in Wirt County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Wirt 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 regional jail and the case goes to the Wirt County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Wirt County each year?
The Wirt County Sheriff's Office reported 23 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Wirt County?
Ask the Wirt County Sheriff's Office at 304-275-4222; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at wirtcounty.wv.gov.
Where are people arrested in Wirt County booked?
In the regional jail that serves Wirt County, run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Are arrest records public in Wirt County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Wirt 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 Wirt County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Wirt 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 Wirt 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.