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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Camas County, Idaho, has about 1,200 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Camas 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 Camas 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: Camas County public records, Idaho arrest records, Idaho inmate search and Idaho criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Camas County
The Camas County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Camas County. It reported 2 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Camas 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.
- Camas County Sheriff's Office: 2 for 2025, 1 for 2023, 0 for 2022, 0 for 2021, 4 for 2020 and 7 for 2019; 2024 is missing months.
Through August 2026, Camas County Sheriff's Office reported 2 arrests, against 1 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Camas County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Camas County 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.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Camas County Sheriff's Office at camascounty.id.gov/camas-county-sheriffs-office (page title: Sheriff’s Office | Camas County, Idaho), phone 208-764-2261, 119 Willow Ave West - PO Box 220 Fairfield, ID 83327, Monday-Wednesday: 8am-6pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 Camas County
An arrest in Camas County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Camas County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at camascounty.id.gov/county-clerk, phone 208-764-2242); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at camascounty.id.gov/camas-county-courthouse/prosecuting-attorney, phone 208-764-2251).
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 Camas 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 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 Camas County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 208-764-2261.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 208-764-2251, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Camas County District Court, through the court records page at camascounty.id.gov/county-clerk, phone 208-764-2242.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Cities in Camas County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Camas 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 Camas County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Camas County each year?
The Camas County Sheriff's Office reported 2 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Camas County?
Ask the Camas County Sheriff's Office at 208-764-2261; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at camascounty.id.gov.
Where are people arrested in Camas County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Camas County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Camas 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 Camas County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Camas 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 Camas 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.