Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. 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 October 4, 2026.
Weiser, Idaho, in Washington County, has about 6,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. 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 Washington County District Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Weiser public records, Washington County arrest records, Idaho arrest records and Idaho inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Weiser
The FBI lists Weiser with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Weiser Police Department. It reported 113 arrests for 2025. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Washington County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 205 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Weiser 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.
- Weiser: 113 for 2025, 106 for 2024, 122 for 2023, 185 for 2022, 260 for 2021 and 185 for 2020.
Weiser's 113 arrests in 2025 were up 6.6 percent from 106 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Weiser reported 63 arrests, against 88 in the same months of 2025.
Across Washington County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 318 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Weiser Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Weiser 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 39 people, up from about 38 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 49 beds, and it ran at 78 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 Washington County Sheriff's Office at co.washington.id.us/255/County-Jail (page title: WASHINGTON County Jail | Washington County, ID), phone 208-414-2124, 262 E Court Street Weiser, ID 83672, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 Weiser
Whether someone was arrested in Weiser, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Washington County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.washington.id.us/157/District-Court, phone (208) 414-2092); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.washington.id.us/217/Prosecuting-Attorney, phone 208-414-2034).
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 Weiser
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 Weiser police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at cityofweiser.net/police-department (page title: Police Department), phone 208-414-2244, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Washington County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 208-414-2124.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 208-414-2034, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Washington County District Court, through the court records page at co.washington.id.us/157/District-Court, phone (208) 414-2092.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.washington.id.us (page title: REQUEST FOR PUBLIC RECORDS | Washington County, ID).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
The Washington County guide covers every agency in the county: Washington County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Weiser each year?
Weiser reported 113 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Weiser?
Ask the Washington County Sheriff's Office at 208-414-2124; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.washington.id.us/255/County-Jail.
Where are people arrested in Weiser booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Washington County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Weiser?
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 Weiser?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Weiser police for its own arrests, the Washington County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Idaho Public Records Act the answer is due within 3 working days, or 10 when more time is needed; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.washington.id.us.
Is this the official Weiser 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.