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 30, 2026.
Plumas County, California, has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Plumas County Sheriff's Office and two 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 Plumas. 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: Plumas County public records, California arrest records, California inmate search and California criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Plumas County
The Plumas County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Plumas County. It reported 330 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Plumas County: Union Pacific Railroad in Plumas County (other); the Highway Patrol's Quincy Area Office (state police).
How Many Arrests The Plumas County Sheriff's Office Reports
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.
- Plumas County Sheriff's Office: 330 for 2025, 420 for 2023, 902 for 2022, 877 for 2020 and 1,047 for 2019; 2021 and 2024 are missing months.
Through September 2026, Plumas County Sheriff's Office reported 218 arrests, against 244 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Plumas County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Plumas 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 32 people, down from about 57 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 67 beds, and it ran at 85 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 Plumas County Sheriff's Office at plumascounty.us/2170/Jail (page title: Jail | Plumas County, CA), phone (530) 283-6267, 56 Abernethy Lane Quincy, CA 95971, 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 Plumas County
Whether someone was arrested in Plumas County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Superior Court of California, County of Plumas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at plumas.courts.ca.gov/online-services/record-searches); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at plumascounty.us/1889/District-Attorney, phone (530) 283-6303).
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 Plumas 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 Plumas County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (530) 283-6267.
- An arrest by Union Pacific Railroad in Plumas County or the Highway Patrol's Quincy Area Office: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (530) 283-6303, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Superior Court of California, County of Plumas, through the court records page at plumas.courts.ca.gov.
- Your own statewide record: a Record Review through Live Scan fingerprinting, form BCIA 8016RR, $25.
Cities in Plumas County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Plumas County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
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 Plumas.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Plumas County each year?
The Plumas County Sheriff's Office reported 330 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Plumas County?
Ask the Plumas County Sheriff's Office at (530) 283-6267; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at plumascounty.us/2170/Jail.
Where are people arrested in Plumas County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Plumas County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Plumas County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Superior Court of California, County of Plumas 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 Plumas County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Plumas 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 Plumas 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.