Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime 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 26, 2026.
Dodge City, Kansas, in Ford County, has about 28,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Kansas the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Clerk of the District Court; the statewide criminal history kept by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation is open to anyone who asks. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Dodge City is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
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Criminal Cases in the Ford County District Court
In Kansas the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Dodge City are heard by the Ford County District Court, which hears every civil, criminal, family, probate and juvenile case, and the file of each case is kept by the Clerk of the District Court.
For Ford County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at fordcounty.net/quicklinks.aspx?CID=24 (page title: Quick Links, District Court), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Statewide, Kansas District Court Public Access Portal is the Kansas courts' statewide case search.
The Kansas Criminal History and Your Own Copy
Kansas is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: anyone can order a name-based criminal history record check online, through the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. The result is the repository record, what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Dodge City
The Ford County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Dodge City (filed by the FBI as Dodge City Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Dodge City: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Ford County: the Boothill Casino Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission (state agency); it keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the four agencies in Ford County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 1,606 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Dodge City arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Dodge City in 2024
The agency that reports for Dodge City had 72 violent and 306 property crimes reported for 2024; each one is a report on file with it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The County Attorney for Ford County
The County Attorney decides which arrests in Ford County become charges and files them in the Ford County District Court; the office answers questions about pending prosecutions, and the case files themselves are court records.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at fordcounty.net/193/Ford-County-Attorneys-Office (page title: FORD County Attorney'S OFFICE | Ford County, KS), phone 620-227-4510, 100 Gunsmoke Street Dodge City, KS 67801, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Dodge City
Registered sex offenders living in Dodge City are listed on the Kansas Offender Registry, run by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation at kansas.gov/kbi/ro.shtml. Sex, violent and drug offenders are all listed.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Ford County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Kansas Open Records Act a county office must answer a request within 3 business days, and it may charge staff time and copying. The county records request page SearchSystems verified is at fordcounty.net/593/Data-Requests (page title: Data Requests | Ford County, KS).
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Dodge City?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation: anyone can order a name-based criminal history record check online. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Kansas Open Records Act.
Can I search Dodge City criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at fordcounty.net/quicklinks.aspx?CID=24 (page title: Quick Links, District Court). Statewide, Kansas District Court Public Access Portal is the Kansas courts' statewide case search.
How do I get my own Kansas criminal history?
Through the same record check, run on yourself.
Who prosecutes crimes in Dodge City?
The County Attorney, reached at 620-227-4510, which files its cases in the Ford County District Court.
Is this the official Dodge City website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.