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 September 30, 2026.
Cloud County, Kansas, has about 8,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Cloud 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 County Attorney files charges, a case in the Cloud 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: Cloud County public records, Kansas arrest records, Kansas inmate search and Kansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Cloud County
The Cloud County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Cloud County. It reported 78 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Cloud County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Concordia, 4,926 residents: 50 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 Cloud County
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.
- Cloud County Sheriff's Office: 78 for 2025, 55 for 2023, 64 for 2022, 63 for 2020 and 131 for 2019; 2021 and 2024 are missing months.
- Concordia: 50 for 2025, 78 for 2024, 84 for 2022, 145 for 2021, 141 for 2020 and 129 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 128 arrests that year. The one of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 50 in 2025 against 78 in 2024, down 36 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Cloud County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Cloud 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 2019 the jail held about 97 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 80 beds, and it ran at 121 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 Cloud County Sheriff's Office at cloudcountyks.org/elected/sheriff/index.php (page title: Cloud County, KS), phone 785-243-3636, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Kansas Department of Corrections lists its inmates at doc.ks.gov/@@search?SearchableText=inmate+search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Cloud County
An arrest in Cloud County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Cloud County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at cloudcountyks.org/elected/clerk/index.php, phone 785-243-8110); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at cloudcountyks.org/elected/county_attorney.php, phone 785-243-8175).
Statewide, Kansas District Court Public Access Portal is the Kansas courts' statewide case search.
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 Cloud 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 Kansas Open Records Act the agency must answer within 3 business days, and it may charge staff time and copying.
- An arrest by the Cloud County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 785-243-3636.
- An arrest in Concordia: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 785-243-8175, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Cloud County District Court, through the court records page at cloudcountyks.org/elected/clerk/index.php, phone 785-243-8110.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Cloud County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the six cities in Cloud County: Concordia. Clyde, Glasco, Miltonvale, Jamestown and Aurora 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 Cloud County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Cloud County each year?
The Cloud County Sheriff's Office reported 78 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 128 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Cloud County?
Ask the Cloud County Sheriff's Office at 785-243-3636; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at cloudcountyks.org/elected/sheriff/index.php.
Where are people arrested in Cloud County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Cloud County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Cloud 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 Cloud County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Cloud 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 Cloud 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.