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.
Siskiyou County, California, has about 42,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office, ten city agencies and five 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 Siskiyou. 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: Siskiyou County public records, California arrest records, California inmate search and California criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Siskiyou County
The Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Siskiyou County. It reported 430 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside nine of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Yreka, 7,686 residents: 720 arrests reported for 2025.
- Mount Shasta, 3,124 residents: 147 arrests reported for 2025.
- Weed, 2,633 residents: 96 arrests reported for 2025.
- Dunsmuir, 1,618 residents: 8 arrests reported for 2025.
- Montague, 1,170 residents: 4 arrests reported for 2025.
- Tulelake, 857 residents: 9 arrests reported for 2025.
- Dorris, 817 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Fort Jones, 669 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Etna, 643 residents: 24 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 Siskiyou County: Union Pacific Railroad in Siskiyou County (other); California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection at Siskiyou (state agency); the Highway Patrol's Yreka and Mount Shasta Area Offices and the Highway Patrol at Dunsmuir Grade Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facility (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Siskiyou County
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.
- Yreka: 720 for 2025, 709 for 2024, 961 for 2023, 916 for 2022, 657 for 2020 and 952 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office: 430 for 2025, 278 for 2024, 936 for 2020 and 992 for 2019; 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
- Mount Shasta: 147 for 2025, 197 for 2024, 188 for 2023, 191 for 2022, 112 for 2020 and 126 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Weed: 96 for 2025, 155 for 2024, 174 for 2023, 181 for 2022, 302 for 2020 and 330 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Etna: 24 for 2025, 6 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 2 for 2022, 14 for 2020 and 0 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Tulelake: 9 for 2025, 1 for 2024, 1 for 2023, 0 for 2022, 0 for 2020 and 1 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Dunsmuir: 8 for 2025, 24 for 2024, 12 for 2023, 25 for 2022, 57 for 2020 and 37 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Montague: 4 for 2025, 23 for 2024, 7 for 2023, 17 for 2022, 49 for 2020 and 16 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Lake Shastina: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 54 for 2023, 108 for 2022, 76 for 2020 and 22 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Fort Jones: 0 for 2025, 1 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 2 for 2022, 16 for 2020 and 10 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Dorris: 0 for 2025, 11 for 2024, 1 for 2023, 8 for 2022, 30 for 2020 and 10 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Together, the 11 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,438 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,438 in 2025 against 1,405 in 2024, up 2.3 percent.
Through August 2026, the nine agencies with every month so far on file reported 799 arrests, against 942 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Siskiyou County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Siskiyou 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 110 people, up from about 68 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 104 beds, and it ran at 65 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 Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office at siskiyoucounty.gov/sheriff (page title: Sheriff's Office | Siskiyou County California), phone 530-842-8123, 305 Butte Street Yreka, CA 96097, 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 Siskiyou County
For Siskiyou County the place to look is the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at siskiyoucounty.gov/district-attorney, phone 530-842-8123).
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 Siskiyou County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. 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 Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 530-842-8123.
- An arrest in Yreka, Mount Shasta, Weed, Dunsmuir, Montague, Tulelake or another of the cities listed above: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Union Pacific Railroad in Siskiyou County, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection at Siskiyou or the Highway Patrol's Yreka and Mount Shasta Area Offices: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 530-842-8123, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at siskiyoucountyca.govqa.us (page title: Siskiyou County CA | Public Records Center).
- Your own statewide record: a Record Review through Live Scan fingerprinting, form BCIA 8016RR, $25.
Cities in Siskiyou County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the nine cities in Siskiyou County: Yreka, Mount Shasta, Weed, Dunsmuir, Montague, Tulelake, Dorris, Fort Jones and Etna. The FBI's list also carries the Lake Shastina Police Department as a city agency in Siskiyou County; Lake Shastina is not among the cities above.
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 Siskiyou.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Siskiyou County each year?
Yreka reported 720 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the 11 agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,438 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Siskiyou County?
Ask the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office at 530-842-8123; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at siskiyoucounty.gov/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Siskiyou County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Siskiyou County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Superior Court of California, County of Siskiyou 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 Siskiyou County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Siskiyou 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 siskiyoucountyca.govqa.us.
Is this the official Siskiyou 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.