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 September 26, 2026.
Sedona, Arizona, in Yavapai County, has about 9,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sedona is held at the county jail, run by the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Sedona
The county jail, run by the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Sedona, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office at apps.yavapaiaz.gov/inmatesearch (page title: YCSO Inmate Search), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone 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.
The Yavapai County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 530 people, up from about 510 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 644 beds, and it ran at 82 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Yavapai County has about 252,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 21 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Yavapai County Jail
The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Sedona (filed by the FBI as Sedona Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Sedona.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Yavapai County: Yavapai College (campus police).
The Wickenburg Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Yavapai County, so its arrests are not broken out for Yavapai County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office's 2,291 for 2025, Prescott's 1,355 for 2025 and Prescott Valley's 1,188 for 2025.
Together, the eight agencies in Yavapai County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,423 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Sedona arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry lists its inmates at corrections.az.gov/inmate-data-search.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Sedona?
Look on the custody page of the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office at apps.yavapaiaz.gov/inmatesearch. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Yavapai County jail?
About 530 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 644 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Yavapai County go?
To a facility of the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry; its inmate locator is at corrections.az.gov/inmate-data-search.
Is this the official Sedona website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.