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 30, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Idaho County, Idaho, has about 18,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Idaho County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. 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 Idaho 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: Idaho County public records, Idaho arrest records, Idaho inmate search and Idaho criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Idaho County
The Idaho County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Idaho County. It reported 305 arrests for 2025.
One city in Idaho County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Grangeville, 3,627 residents: 44 arrests reported for 2024.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Idaho County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Idaho County Sheriff's Office: 305 for 2025, 313 for 2024, 422 for 2023, 403 for 2022, 166 for 2020 and 355 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Grangeville: 44 for 2024, 28 for 2023, 34 for 2022, 14 for 2020 and 71 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 357 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 357 in 2024 against 450 in 2023, down 21 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Idaho County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Idaho 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 12 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 11 beds, and it ran at 109 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Idaho County Sheriff's Office at idahocounty.org/planb/sheriffs-office/jail-division/current-inmate-... (page title: Current Inmate List | Official Idaho County Site), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
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 Idaho County
An arrest in Idaho County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Idaho County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Idaho County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at isc.idaho.gov); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at idahocounty.org/prosecutor, phone (208) 983-0166).
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 Idaho 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 Idaho County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Grangeville: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (208) 983-0166, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Idaho County District Court, through the court records page at isc.idaho.gov.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at mccall.id.us (page title: Form Center, Public Records Request Form).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
The other Idaho County guides go further: warrants, inmate search and police reports.
Cities in Idaho County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the seven cities in Idaho County: Grangeville. Cottonwood, Kooskia, Riggins, Stites, Ferdinand and White Bird have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Idaho County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Idaho County each year?
The Idaho County Sheriff's Office reported 305 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2024, the latest year most of the agencies in Idaho County sent in full, the two with every month on file reported 357 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Idaho County?
Look on the custody page of the Idaho County Sheriff's Office at idahocounty.org. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Idaho County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Idaho County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Idaho 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 Idaho County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Idaho 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 mccall.id.us.
Is this the official Idaho 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.