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 on September 24, 2026.
Payette County, Idaho, has about 28,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Payette County is held at the county jail, run by the Payette County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Payette County public records, Payette County arrest records, Payette County warrants, Payette County criminal records, Payette County court records, Idaho arrest records and Idaho inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Payette County
The county jail, run by the Payette County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Payette County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Payette County Sheriff's Office at payettecounty.org/sheriff-s-department-contacts/22-jail-inmate-records (page title: Jail/Inmate Records), phone (208) 642-6006, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at (208) 642-6006.
The Payette County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 72 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 72 beds, and it ran at 100 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Payette County has about 28,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 26 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Payette County Jail
The Payette County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Payette and Fruitland make the arrests that end in a booking in Payette County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Payette County Sheriff's Office's 462 for 2025, Payette's 394 for 2025 and Fruitland's 302 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Payette County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,158 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Payette County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Idaho Department of Correction lists its inmates at idoc.idaho.gov/content/prisons/resident-client-search.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Payette County?
Ask the Payette County Sheriff's Office at (208) 642-6006; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at payettecounty.org.
How many people are in the Payette County jail?
About 72 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 72 beds.
What is the phone number for the Payette County jail?
(208) 642-6006, the number on the page of the Payette County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Payette County go?
To a facility of the Idaho Department of Correction; its inmate locator is at idoc.idaho.gov.
Is this the official Payette 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.