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 23, 2026.
Calaveras County, California, has about 47,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Calaveras County Sheriff's Office, one city agency and four campus, state or other agencies. 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 Calaveras. 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: Calaveras County public records, California arrest records, California inmate search and California criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Calaveras County
The Calaveras County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Calaveras County. It reported 849 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Calaveras County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Angels, 3,728 residents: 85 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 these agencies in Calaveras County: Union Pacific Railroad in Calaveras County (other); California State Parks at Central Valley and California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection at Tuolumne-Calaveras (state agency); the Highway Patrol's San Andreas Area Office (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Calaveras County
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.
- Calaveras County Sheriff's Office: 849 for 2025, 722 for 2024, 741 for 2023, 658 for 2022, 1,046 for 2020 and 1,103 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Angels: 85 for 2025, 80 for 2024, 54 for 2023, 125 for 2022, 138 for 2020 and 169 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 934 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 934 in 2025 against 802 in 2024, up 16 percent.
Through August 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 541 arrests, against 621 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Calaveras County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Calaveras 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 2025 the jail held about 92 people, down from about 100 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 98 beds, and it ran at 102 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 Calaveras County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.calaverasgov.us (page title: Sheriff), phone (209) 754-6500, Mon - Fri: 8am - 4pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation lists its inmates at cdcr.ca.gov/search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Calaveras County
Whether someone was arrested in Calaveras County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Superior Court of California, County of Calaveras, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at calaveras.courts.ca.gov, phone (209) 754-9800); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at districtattorney.calaverasgov.us, phone (209) 754-6330).
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 Calaveras 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 Calaveras County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (209) 754-6500.
- An arrest in Angels: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Union Pacific Railroad in Calaveras County, California State Parks at Central Valley or California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection at Tuolumne-Calaveras: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (209) 754-6330, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Superior Court of California, County of Calaveras, through the court records page at calaveras.courts.ca.gov, phone (209) 754-9800.
- Your own statewide record: a Record Review through Live Scan fingerprinting, form BCIA 8016RR, $25.
Cities in Calaveras County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Angels, the one city in Calaveras County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Superior Court of California, County of Calaveras.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Calaveras County each year?
The Calaveras County Sheriff's Office reported 849 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 934 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Calaveras County?
Ask the Calaveras County Sheriff's Office at (209) 754-6500; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sheriff.calaverasgov.us.
Where are people arrested in Calaveras County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Calaveras County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Calaveras County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Superior Court of California, County of Calaveras 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 Calaveras County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Calaveras 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.
Is this the official Calaveras 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.