Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Graham County, Kansas, has about 2,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Graham 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 Graham County District Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it.
This guide covers who makes arrests, arrest counts, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Graham County public records, Kansas arrest records, Kansas inmate search and Kansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Graham County
The Graham County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Graham County.
One city in Graham County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Hill City, 1,374 residents.
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.
Arrest Counts on File for Graham County
The FBI publishes monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. For Graham County the counts on file are partial: Graham County Sheriff's Office and Hill City have sent some months but no full year since 2019, so no annual total is given here.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Graham County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Graham 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 6 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 14 beds, and it ran at 43 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 Graham County Sheriff's Office at grahamcountyks.com/sheriffs-department (page title: Sheriff's Department | Graham County, KS), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
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 Graham County
For Graham County the place to look is Kansas District Court Public Access Portal, the Kansas courts' statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed.
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 Graham 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 Graham County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Hill City: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Graham County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the three cities in Graham County: Hill City. Bogue and Morland 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 Graham County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where are people arrested in Graham County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Graham County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Graham 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 Graham County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Graham 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 Graham 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.