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 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Ida County, Iowa, has about 6,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Ida 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 County Attorney files charges, a case in the Iowa District Court for Ida County. 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: Ida County public records, Iowa arrest records, Iowa inmate search and Iowa criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Ida County
The Ida County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Ida County. It reported 81 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Ida County Sheriff's Office Reports
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.
- Ida County Sheriff's Office: 81 for 2025, 118 for 2024, 110 for 2023, 124 for 2022 and 110 for 2021.
The Ida County Sheriff's Office's 81 arrests in 2025 were down 31 percent from 118 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Ida County Sheriff's Office reported 93 arrests, against 61 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Ida County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Ida 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 2021 the jail held about 3 people, down from about 6 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 12 beds, and it ran at 50 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 Ida County Sheriff's Office at idacounty.iowa.gov/detail/ida-county-sheriff (page title: Ida County Sheriff | Ida County, Iowa), phone 712.364.3146, 401 Moorehead Street, Ida Grove, IA 51445, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Iowa Department of Corrections lists its inmates at doc.iowa.gov/inmate-family-services.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Ida County
Whether someone was arrested in Ida County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Iowa District Court for Ida County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at iowacourts.gov/iowa-courts/district-court/judicial-district-3/distr..., phone 712-364-2628); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at idacounty.iowa.gov/detail/ida-county-attorney, phone 712.364.3517).
Statewide, Iowa Courts Online is the Iowa Judicial Branch's free statewide case search.
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. 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 Ida 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 Iowa Open Records Law (Chapter 22) the agency must answer 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.
- An arrest by the Ida County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 712.364.3146.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 712.364.3517, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Iowa District Court for Ida County, through the court records page at iowacourts.gov, phone 712-364-2628.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Ida County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Ida 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 Iowa District Court for Ida County.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Ida County each year?
The Ida County Sheriff's Office reported 81 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Ida County?
Ask the Ida County Sheriff's Office at 712.364.3146; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at idacounty.iowa.gov/detail/ida-county-sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Ida County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Ida County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Ida County?
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).
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Ida County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Ida County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Iowa Open Records Law (Chapter 22) the answer is due without delay; the law sets no fixed number of days, and a delay past 20 days must be justified.
Is this the official Ida 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.