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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Nevada, Iowa, in Story County, has about 7,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Iowa the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Clerk of the District Court; the statewide criminal history kept by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation is open to anyone who asks. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Nevada is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Nevada public records, Story County criminal records, Nevada arrest records, Nevada warrants, Nevada inmate search, Nevada court records, Iowa arrest records and Iowa inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Iowa District Court for Story County
In Iowa the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Nevada are heard by the Iowa District Court for Story County, which hears every civil, criminal, family, probate and juvenile case, and the file of each case is kept by the Clerk of the District Court.
For Story County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at storycountyiowa.gov/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=104 (page title: Quick Links, Clerk of Court), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Statewide, Iowa Courts Online is the Iowa Judicial Branch's free statewide case search.
The Iowa Criminal History and Your Own Copy
Iowa is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: anyone can request a name-based criminal history check online, through the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. The result is the repository record, what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Nevada
The Story County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Nevada (filed by the FBI as Nevada Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Nevada: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Story County: Iowa State University (campus police); it keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the four agencies in Story County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,097 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Nevada arrest records.
The County Attorney for Story County
The County Attorney decides which arrests in Story County become charges and files them in the Iowa District Court for Story County; the office answers questions about pending prosecutions, and the case files themselves are court records.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at storycountyiowa.gov/90/County-Attorney (page title: Story County Attorney, Timothy C. Meals | Story County, IA), phone (515) 382-7255, 1315 South B Ave. Nevada, IA 50201, Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 12:00 noon 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Nevada
Registered sex offenders living in Nevada are listed on the Iowa Sex Offender Registry, run by the Iowa Department of Public Safety at iowasexoffender.gov. The registry is public and can be searched online; the county sheriff registers them.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Story County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Iowa Open Records Law (Chapter 22) a county office must answer a request without delay; the law sets no fixed number of days, and a delay past 20 days must be justified, and it may charge the actual cost of copying and retrieval. The county records request page SearchSystems verified is at storycountyiowa.gov/830/Open-Records-Requests (page title: Open Records Requests | Story County, IA).
More Official Criminal Records Pages for Story County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Story County and Iowa. These criminal records pages from its Story County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Support Operations Bureau (dps.iowa.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Nevada?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation: anyone can request a name-based criminal history check online. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Iowa Open Records Law (Chapter 22).
Can I search Nevada criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at storycountyiowa.gov/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=104 (page title: Quick Links, Clerk of Court). Statewide, Iowa Courts Online is the Iowa Judicial Branch's free statewide case search.
How do I get my own Iowa criminal history?
Through the same record check, run on yourself.
Who prosecutes crimes in Nevada?
The County Attorney, reached at (515) 382-7255, which files its cases in the Iowa District Court for Story County.
Is this the official Nevada 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.