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.
Adams County, Idaho, has about 5,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Adams 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 Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Adams County District Court. 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: Adams County public records, Idaho arrest records, Idaho inmate search and Idaho criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Adams County
The Adams County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Adams County. It reported 93 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Adams 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.
- Adams County Sheriff's Office: 93 for 2025, 77 for 2024, 77 for 2023, 143 for 2022, 112 for 2021 and 68 for 2020.
The Adams County Sheriff's Office's 93 arrests in 2025 were up 21 percent from 77 in 2024.
Through March 2026, Adams County Sheriff's Office reported 30 arrests, against 8 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Adams County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Adams 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 2019 the jail held about 29 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 30 beds, and it ran at 97 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Adams County
An arrest in Adams County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Adams County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.adams.id.us//department/judicial/legal-resources, phone (208) 253-4561); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at adacounty.id.gov/prosecutor/about-us/meet-the-prosecutor, phone 208 287-7700).
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 Adams County
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 Adams County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 208 287-7700, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Adams County District Court, through the court records page at co.adams.id.us, phone (208) 253-4561.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at adacounty.id.gov (page title: Public Records Request | Ada County).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Cities in Adams County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Adams 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 Adams County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Adams County each year?
The Adams County Sheriff's Office reported 93 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Adams County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Adams County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Adams County?
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 Adams County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Adams 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at adacounty.id.gov.
Is this the official Adams 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.