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.
Nevada County, Arkansas, has about 8,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Nevada County Sheriff's Office, one city agency 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 Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Nevada 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: Nevada County public records, Arkansas arrest records, Arkansas inmate search and Arkansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Nevada County
The Nevada County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Nevada County. It reported 4 arrests for 2025.
One city in Nevada County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Prescott, 2,970 residents: 17 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 one more agency in Nevada County: the State Park at White Oak Lake State Park (state agency).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Nevada 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.
- Prescott: 17 for 2025, 42 for 2024, 39 for 2023, 42 for 2022, 65 for 2021 and 101 for 2020.
- Nevada County Sheriff's Office: 4 for 2025, 8 for 2024, 20 for 2023, 14 for 2022, 62 for 2021 and 50 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 21 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 21 in 2025 against 50 in 2024, down 58 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Nevada County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Nevada 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 2021 the jail held about 38 people, down from about 72 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 69 beds, and it ran at 104 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Arkansas Division of Correction lists its inmates at doc.arkansas.gov/correction/online-services.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Nevada County
For Nevada County the place to look is CourtConnect, the Arkansas Judiciary's free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed.
Arkansas is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the state runs an online name-based background check open to the public, through the Arkansas State Police. 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 Nevada 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 Arkansas Freedom of Information Act the agency must answer within 3 working days when the record is not immediately available, and it may charge the actual cost of copying.
- An arrest by the Nevada County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Prescott: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the State Park at White Oak Lake State Park: the records office of the agency involved.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Arkansas State Police Identification Bureau.
Cities in Nevada County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the seven cities in Nevada County: Prescott. Emmet, Rosston, Willisville, Bodcaw, Bluff City and Cale 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 county jail and the case goes to the Nevada County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Nevada County each year?
Prescott reported 17 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 21 between them.
Where are people arrested in Nevada County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Nevada County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Nevada County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Arkansas State Police: the state runs an online name-based background check open to the public. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Nevada County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Nevada County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 3 working days when the record is not immediately available.
Is this the official Nevada 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.