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 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Burley, Idaho, in Cassia County, has about 12,000 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 Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Cassia 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: Burley public records, Cassia County arrest records, Idaho arrest records and Idaho inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Burley
The FBI lists no arrest reporting agency under the name of Burley. In Cassia County the county agency that reports arrests is the Cassia County Sheriff's Office.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Burley Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Burley 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 2023 the jail held about 81 people, up from about 80 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 91 beds, and it ran at 89 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 Cassia County Sheriff's Office at cassia.gov/departments/COUNTYSHERIFF/WhoHasBeenBooked (page title: Cassia County Idaho | Who Has Been Booked), phone 208-878-2251, 129 East 14th Street Burley, ID 83318, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Idaho Department of Correction lists its inmates at idoc.idaho.gov/content/prisons/resident-client-search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Burley
An arrest in Burley can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Cassia County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at cassia.gov/court-records, phone (208) 878-7351); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at cassia.gov/prosecuting-attorney, phone (208) 878-0419).
Statewide, iCourt Portal is the Idaho courts' free statewide case search.
Idaho is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: name-based conviction checks are open to the public, through the Idaho State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification. 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 Burley
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 Idaho Public Records Act the agency must answer within 3 working days, or 10 when more time is needed, and it may charge copying after the first 100 pages and labor after the first two hours.
- An arrest by the Burley police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at burleyidaho.org/DocumentCenter/View/157/2025-Public-Records-Request... (page title: City of Burley PO Box 1090 Burley, Idaho 83318 208-878-2224 As of 09/04/2025), phone 208-878-2224, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Cassia County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 208-878-2251.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (208) 878-0419, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Cassia County District Court, through the court records page at cassia.gov/court-records, phone (208) 878-7351.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
The Cassia County guide covers every agency in the county: Cassia County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Burley?
Ask the Cassia County Sheriff's Office at 208-878-2251; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at cassia.gov.
Where are people arrested in Burley booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Cassia County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Burley?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Idaho State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification: name-based conviction checks are open to the public. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Idaho Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Burley?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Cassia County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Idaho Public Records Act the answer is due within 3 working days, or 10 when more time is needed.
Is this the official Burley 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.