Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime 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.
Lewiston, Idaho, in Nez Perce County, has about 35,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Idaho the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Clerk of the District Court; the statewide criminal history kept by the Idaho State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification is open to anyone who asks. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Lewiston is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests, directory links and common questions.
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Criminal Cases in the Nez Perce County District Court
In Idaho the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Lewiston are heard by the Nez Perce County District Court, which hears felonies, civil cases over $10,000 and appeals from the magistrate division; the Magistrate Division takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims, probate and divorces, and the file of each case is kept by the Clerk of the District Court.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at co.nezperce.id.us/Elected-Officials/Clerk-Auditor/District-Court/Ci... (page title: Civil Court, District Court, Nez Perce County Clerk Auditor), phone 208-743-1535, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Statewide, iCourt Portal is the Idaho courts' free statewide case search.
The Idaho Criminal History and Your Own Copy
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. 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.
To see your own record, the route is a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification. The state page SearchSystems verified for it is at isp.idaho.gov/bci/criminal-history.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Lewiston
The Nez Perce County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Lewiston (filed by the FBI as Lewiston Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Lewiston: 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.
Together, the two agencies in Nez Perce County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,120 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 Lewiston arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Lewiston in 2025
The agency that reports for Lewiston had 61 violent and 469 property crimes reported for 2025; each one is a report on file with it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The Prosecuting Attorney for Nez Perce County
The Prosecuting Attorney decides which arrests in Nez Perce County become charges and files them in the Nez Perce County District Court or the Magistrate Division; the office answers questions about pending prosecutions, and the case files themselves are court records.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at co.nezperce.id.us/Elected-Officials/Prosecutor (page title: Prosecutor, Nez Perce County), phone 208-799-3195, 1230 Main Street Lewiston, ID 83501, Monday-Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Lewiston
Registered sex offenders living in Lewiston are listed on the Idaho Sex Offender Registry, run by the Idaho State Police at apps.isp.idaho.gov/sor_id/search_regnam.html. The registry is public and can be searched online.
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 Nez Perce 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 Idaho Public Records Act a county office must answer a request 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.
More Official Criminal Records Pages for Nez Perce County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Nez Perce County and Idaho. These criminal records pages from its Nez Perce County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Nez Perce County Most Wanted (co.nezperce.id.us)
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Lewiston?
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.
Can I search Lewiston criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at co.nezperce.id.us (page title: Civil Court, District Court, Nez Perce County Clerk Auditor). Statewide, iCourt Portal is the Idaho courts' free statewide case search.
How do I get my own Idaho criminal history?
Through a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Who prosecutes crimes in Lewiston?
The Prosecuting Attorney, reached at 208-799-3195, which files its cases in the Nez Perce County District Court or the Magistrate Division.
Is this the official Lewiston 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.