Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. 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 October 2, 2026.
Berthoud, Colorado, in Larimer County, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). An arrest in the city 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 Larimer County District Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it.
This guide covers who makes arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Berthoud public records, Larimer County arrest records, Colorado arrest records and Colorado inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Berthoud
The FBI lists no arrest reporting agency under the name of Berthoud. In Larimer County the county agency that reports arrests is the Larimer County Sheriff's Office.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Larimer County: Northern Colorado Drug Task Force (other); Colorado State University at Fort Collins (campus police).
Booking: Where People Arrested in Berthoud Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Berthoud 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.
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 510 people, up from about 510 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 543 beds, and it ran at 93 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 Larimer County Sheriff's Office at larimer.gov/sheriff/jail/released (page title: Released Inmates | Larimer County), phone (970) 498-5200, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Colorado Department of Corrections lists its inmates at cdoc.colorado.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Berthoud
For Berthoud the place to look is the case index of the Larimer County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at coloradojudicial.gov/courts/trial-courts/larimer-county, phone 970-494-3500).
Colorado is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the state runs an online name-based criminal history check open to the public, through the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Berthoud
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Colorado Open Records Act the agency must answer within 3 working days, extendable to 7 when there are extenuating circumstances, and it may charge research and retrieval time after the first hour, plus copying.
- An arrest by the Berthoud police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at carthagepd.org/colorado/police-department/berthoud-police-department (page title: Berthoud Police Department), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
- An arrest by the Larimer County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (970) 498-5200.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Larimer County District Court, through the court records page at coloradojudicial.gov, phone 970-494-3500.
- Your own statewide record: a name-based or fingerprint-based request to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
The Larimer County guide covers every agency in the county: Larimer County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where are people arrested in Berthoud booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Larimer County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Berthoud?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation: the state runs an online name-based criminal history check open to the public. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Colorado Open Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Berthoud?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Larimer County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Colorado Open Records Act the answer is due within 3 working days, extendable to 7 when there are extenuating circumstances.
Is this the official Berthoud 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.