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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 23, 2026.
Alpine County, California, has about 1,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Alpine County Sheriff's Office. 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 District Attorney files charges, a case in the Superior Court of California, County of Alpine. 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 and common questions.
Related guides: Alpine County public records, California arrest records, California inmate search and California criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Alpine County
The Alpine County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Alpine County. It reported 15 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Alpine County Sheriff's Office Reports
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Alpine County Sheriff's Office: 15 for 2025, 22 for 2024, 19 for 2023, 38 for 2022, 32 for 2020 and 83 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Through August 2026, Alpine County Sheriff's Office reported 18 arrests, against 10 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Alpine County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Alpine County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Alpine County Sheriff's Office at alpinecountyca.gov/204/Sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Alpine County, CA), phone 530-694-2231, 88 Bear Valley Road P.O. Box 5103 Bear Valley, CA 95223, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, whose inmate locator is at cdcr.ca.gov/search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Alpine County
An arrest in Alpine County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Superior Court of California, County of Alpine, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at alpine.courts.ca.gov/general-information/records, phone (530) 694-2119); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at alpinecountyca.gov/189/District-Attorney, phone 530-694-2971).
California does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the California Department of Justice 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 Alpine 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 California Public Records Act the agency must answer 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.
- An arrest by the Alpine County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 530-694-2231.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 530-694-2971, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Superior Court of California, County of Alpine, through the court records page at alpine.courts.ca.gov, phone (530) 694-2119.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at alpinecountyca.govqa.us (page title: Alpine County CA | Public Records Request Center).
- Your own statewide record: a Record Review through Live Scan fingerprinting, form BCIA 8016RR, $25.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Alpine County each year?
The Alpine County Sheriff's Office reported 15 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Alpine County?
Ask the Alpine County Sheriff's Office at 530-694-2231; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at alpinecountyca.gov/204/Sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Alpine County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Alpine County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Alpine County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Superior Court of California, County of Alpine 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.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Alpine County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Alpine County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the California Public Records Act the answer is due within 10 days, with up to 14 more days in unusual circumstances; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at alpinecountyca.govqa.us.
Is this the official Alpine 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.