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.
Hinsdale County, Colorado, has 747 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Hinsdale 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 Hinsdale County District Court. 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: Hinsdale County public records, Colorado arrest records, Colorado inmate search and Colorado criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Hinsdale County
The Hinsdale County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Hinsdale County. It reported 15 arrests for 2021, its latest complete year.
How Many Arrests The Hinsdale 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.
- Hinsdale County Sheriff's Office: 15 for 2021 and 4 for 2020.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Hinsdale County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Hinsdale 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 2024 the jail held about 0 people, down from about 1 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 3 beds, and it ran at 5 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 Hinsdale County Sheriff's Office at hinsdalecountysheriff.com (page title: Hinsdale County Sheriff | Law Enforcement | Lake City, Colorado), phone 970-944-2291, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
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 Hinsdale County
For Hinsdale County the place to look is the case index of the Hinsdale County District Court, kept by the clerk of the combined court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at coloradojudicial.gov/location/hinsdale-county-courthouse (page title: Hinsdale County Courthouse | Colorado Judicial Branch), phone 970-944-2227, belongs to a lower court, not to the Hinsdale County District Court.
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 Hinsdale 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 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 Hinsdale County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 970-944-2291.
- The court file of a case that was filed: in the Hinsdale County District Court it is kept by the clerk of the combined court. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at coloradojudicial.gov, phone 970-944-2227, is a lower court's.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at hinsdalecounty.colorado.gov (page title: Public Records Request | Hinsdale County).
- Your own statewide record: a name-based or fingerprint-based request to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
Cities in Hinsdale County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Hinsdale 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 Hinsdale County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Hinsdale County each year?
The Hinsdale County Sheriff's Office reported 15 arrests to the FBI for 2021, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Hinsdale County?
Ask the Hinsdale County Sheriff's Office at 970-944-2291; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at hinsdalecountysheriff.com.
Where are people arrested in Hinsdale County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Hinsdale County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Hinsdale County?
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 Hinsdale County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Hinsdale 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at hinsdalecounty.colorado.gov.
Is this the official Hinsdale 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.