Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 1, 2026.
Grass Valley, California, in Nevada County, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In California the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Superior Court clerk; the statewide criminal history kept by the California Department of Justice is released only to its subject and to the employers and agencies the law allows. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Grass Valley is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, sex offender registry, records requests, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Grass Valley public records, Nevada County criminal records, Grass Valley arrest records, Grass Valley warrants, Grass Valley court records, Grass Valley police reports, California arrest records and California inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Superior Court of California, County of Nevada
A criminal case from Grass Valley is filed in the Superior Court of California, County of Nevada, and the court file, kept by the Superior Court clerk, is the record of it that the public may see.
For Nevada County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at nevada.courts.ca.gov/online-services/web-portal (page title: Web Portal | Superior Court of California | County of Nevada), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
California has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The California Criminal History and Your Own Copy
The statewide criminal history kept by the California Department of Justice is closed to the public in California: it is released to its subject and to authorized employers and licensing agencies, and a member of the public uses the court's own case index instead.
To see your own record, the route is a Record Review through Live Scan fingerprinting, form BCIA 8016RR; the state fee is $25. The response cannot be used for immigration or visa purposes. Details are on the California Department of Justice page.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Grass Valley
The Nevada County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Grass Valley (filed by the FBI as Grass Valley Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Grass Valley: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places one other agency and three state police units in Nevada County (the arrest records guide names each one); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the four agencies in Nevada County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,609 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Grass Valley arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Grass Valley in 2025
The agency that reports for Grass Valley had 56 violent and 221 property crimes reported for 2025; each one is a report on file with it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The Sex Offender Registry for Grass Valley
Registered sex offenders living in Grass Valley are listed on the Megan's Law website, run by the California Department of Justice at meganslaw.ca.gov. The registry is tiered; some registrants are kept off the public site and others are shown by ZIP code only.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Nevada County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the California Public Records Act a county office must answer a request within 10 days, with up to 14 more days in unusual circumstances, and it may charge the direct cost of copying only, not staff time. The county records request page SearchSystems verified is at nevadacountyca.gov/894/Public-Records-Request (page title: Public Records Request | Nevada County, CA).
More Official Criminal Records Pages for Nevada County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Nevada County and California. These criminal records pages from its Nevada County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Crime Data, State of California (oag.ca.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Grass Valley?
The court files of criminal cases in the Superior Court of California, County of Nevada are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the California Department of Justice is not public; you can get your own for $25. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the California Public Records Act.
Can I search Grass Valley criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at nevada.courts.ca.gov (page title: Web Portal | Superior Court of California | County of Nevada).
How do I get my own California criminal history?
A Record Review through Live Scan fingerprinting, form BCIA 8016RR; the state fee is $25.
Is this the official Grass Valley 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.