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 2, 2026.
Garden City, Kansas, in Finney County, has about 28,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A DUI arrest in Garden City starts two cases, a criminal case in the Finney County District Court and a license case before the Division of Vehicles, and leaves three records. This guide follows the arrest from the roadside to the court file and the driving record.
This guide covers the law, the arrest, booking, the court case, the license case, the records and common questions.
Related guides: Garden City public records, Finney County DUI, Garden City arrest records, Garden City warrants, Garden City inmate search, Garden City criminal records, Kansas arrest records and Kansas inmate search.
The DUI Law in Kansas
Drunk driving is charged as DUI in Kansas, at a blood alcohol level of 0.08 or more.
Driving in Kansas is consent to a breath or blood test when an officer has cause to suspect DUI; the license case that follows a refusal or a failed test is run by the Division of Vehicles, separately from the criminal case.
Who Makes DUI Arrests in Garden City
The Finney County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Garden City (filed by the FBI as Garden City Police Department) make the DUI arrests in and around Garden City.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Finney County: Garden City Community College (campus police).
Together, the three agencies in Finney County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,125 arrests to the FBI that year, all offenses together; the FBI's count for Finney County does not break DUI out.
Booking After a DUI Arrest in Garden City
A driver arrested for DUI and kept in custody goes to the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest. The jail, run by the Finney County Sheriff's Office, held about 97 people on an average day in 2022 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at finneycountysheriffks.gov/jail-division/inmate-search. The Garden City inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
The Court Case
A DUI charge from Garden City is brought by the County Attorney in the Finney County District Court.
The County Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at finneycountyks.gov/66/Attorney, phone (620) 272-3568.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at casesearch.kscourts.gov.
Statewide, Kansas District Court Public Access Portal is the Kansas courts' statewide case search.
The License Case
The court case is only half the record. The Division of Vehicles runs a separate administrative case over the license, which can suspend it before the criminal case is decided, and the Kansas Department of Revenue Division of Vehicles keeps the driving record the conviction goes on.
The Records a DUI Leaves
- The arrest report: from the agency that made the arrest, under the Kansas Open Records Act.
- The court file: from the Finney County District Court, kept by the Clerk of the District Court.
- The driving record: from the Kansas Department of Revenue Division of Vehicles.
More on each: Garden City arrest records, Garden City police reports and Garden City court records.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the DUI limit in Kansas?
0.08 percent blood alcohol.
Where is a DUI case from Garden City heard?
In the Finney County District Court, brought by the County Attorney.
Where is a person arrested for DUI in Garden City held?
At the county jail, run by the Finney County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
Who handles the license after a DUI arrest in Kansas?
The Division of Vehicles, in an administrative case separate from the court case.
Is this the official Garden 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.