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.
Saguache County, Colorado, has about 6,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Saguache County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. 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 Saguache 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: Saguache County public records, Colorado arrest records, Colorado inmate search and Colorado criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Saguache County
The Saguache County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Saguache County. It reported 56 arrests for 2025.
One city in Saguache County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Center, 1,889 residents: 149 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.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Saguache 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.
- Center: 149 for 2025, 60 for 2024, 166 for 2023, 121 for 2022, 160 for 2021 and 141 for 2020.
- Saguache County Sheriff's Office: 56 for 2025, 40 for 2024, 22 for 2023 and 23 for 2022.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 205 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 205 in 2025 against 100 in 2024, up 105 percent.
Through April 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 56 arrests, against 58 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Saguache County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Saguache 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 2022 the jail held about 21 people, up from about 11 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2022 was 10 beds, and it ran at 200 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 Saguache County Sheriff's Office at saguachecounty.colorado.gov/frequently-asked-questions-for-the-sagu... (page title: Frequently asked questions for the Saguache County Jail Office | Saguache County), phone 719-655-2544, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 Saguache County
For Saguache County the place to look is the case index of the Saguache 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/saguache-county, phone 719-589-7626).
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 Saguache 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 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 Saguache County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 719-655-2544.
- An arrest in Center: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Saguache County District Court, through the court records page at coloradojudicial.gov, phone 719-589-7626.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at coloradojudicial.gov/node/9207 (page title: Record/Document Request Form | Saguache County | Colorado Judicial Branch).
- Your own statewide record: a name-based or fingerprint-based request to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
Cities in Saguache County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the four cities in Saguache County: Center. Saguache, Crestone and Moffat have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Saguache County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Saguache County each year?
Center reported 149 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 205 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Saguache County?
Ask the Saguache County Sheriff's Office at 719-655-2544; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at saguachecounty.colorado.gov.
Where are people arrested in Saguache County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Saguache County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Saguache 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 Saguache County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Saguache 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 coloradojudicial.gov/node/9207.
Is this the official Saguache 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.