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.
Chase County, Kansas, has about 2,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Chase County Sheriff's Office. 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 County Attorney files charges, a case in the Chase 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: Chase County public records, Kansas arrest records, Kansas inmate search and Kansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Chase County
The Chase County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Chase County. It reported 46 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Chase County Sheriff's Office Reports
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Chase County Sheriff's Office: 46 for 2025, 68 for 2024 and 61 for 2023.
The Chase County Sheriff's Office's 46 arrests in 2025 were down 32 percent from 68 in 2024.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Chase County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Chase County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 140 people, up from about 140 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 150 beds, and it ran at 93 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 Chase County Sheriff's Office at chasecountyks.com/index.php/health-emergency-services/sheriff-911 (page title: Sheriff | 911 | Chase County Kansas), phone 620-273-6313, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 2, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Kansas Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at doc.ks.gov/@@search?SearchableText=inmate+search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Chase County
An arrest in Chase County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: Kansas District Court Public Access Portal, the Kansas courts' statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed; the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at chasecountyks.com/index.php/courthouse/attorney, phone 620-273-6359).
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. 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 Chase 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 Kansas Open Records Act the agency must answer within 3 business days, and it may charge staff time and copying.
- An arrest by the Chase County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 620-273-6313.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 620-273-6359, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Chase County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Chase County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Chase County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Chase County each year?
The Chase County Sheriff's Office reported 46 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Chase County?
Ask the Chase County Sheriff's Office at 620-273-6313; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at chasecountyks.com.
Where are people arrested in Chase County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Chase County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Chase County?
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.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Chase County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Chase County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Kansas Open Records Act the answer is due within 3 business days.
Is this the official Chase 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.