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 October 4, 2026.
Washington County, Idaho, has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Washington 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 Washington 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: Washington County public records, Idaho arrest records, Idaho inmate search and Idaho criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Washington County
The Washington County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Washington County. It reported 205 arrests for 2025.
One city in Washington County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Weiser, 6,112 residents: 113 arrests reported for 2025.
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 Washington 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.
- Washington County Sheriff's Office: 205 for 2025, 239 for 2024, 272 for 2023, 203 for 2022, 200 for 2020 and 274 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Weiser: 113 for 2025, 106 for 2024, 122 for 2023, 185 for 2022, 260 for 2021 and 185 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 318 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 318 in 2025 against 345 in 2024, down 7.8 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Washington County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Washington 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 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 person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Idaho Department of Correction, whose inmate locator is at idoc.idaho.gov/content/prisons/resident-client-search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Washington County
An arrest in Washington County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: 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 Washington 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 Washington County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 208-414-2124.
- An arrest in Weiser: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- 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.
Cities in Washington County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the three cities in Washington County: Weiser. Cambridge and Midvale 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 Washington County District Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Washington County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Weiser (6,112)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Washington County each year?
The Washington County Sheriff's Office reported 205 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 318 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Washington County?
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 Washington County 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 Washington 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 Washington County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Washington 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 co.washington.id.us.
Is this the official Washington 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.