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.
Harper County, Kansas, has about 5,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Harper County Sheriff's Office and two city agencies. 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 Harper 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: Harper County public records, Kansas arrest records, Kansas inmate search and Kansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Harper County
The Harper County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Harper County. It reported 54 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Harper County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Anthony, 2,052 residents: 47 arrests reported for 2025.
- Attica, 506 residents: 3 arrests reported for 2019.
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 Harper County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Harper County Sheriff's Office: 54 for 2025, 25 for 2024, 58 for 2023, 79 for 2022, 50 for 2021 and 32 for 2020.
- Anthony: 47 for 2025, 38 for 2024, 30 for 2022, 41 for 2021, 51 for 2020 and 64 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
- Attica: 3 for 2019.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 101 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 101 in 2025 against 63 in 2024, up 60 percent.
Through June 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 28 arrests, against 61 in the same months of 2025.
Attica reported only part of 2025 (9 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Harper County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Harper 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 19 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 28 beds, and it ran at 68 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 Harper County Sheriff's Office at harpercountyks.gov/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Harper County Kansas), phone (620) 842-5135, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 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 Harper County
An arrest in Harper 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 harpercountyks.gov/attorney-info, phone 620-842-6070).
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 Harper 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 Harper County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (620) 842-5135.
- An arrest in Anthony or Attica: 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, 620-842-6070, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Harper County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the six cities in Harper County: Anthony and Attica. Harper, Bluff City, Danville and Waldron 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 Harper County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Harper County each year?
The Harper County Sheriff's Office reported 54 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 101 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Harper County?
Ask the Harper County Sheriff's Office at (620) 842-5135; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at harpercountyks.gov/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Harper County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Harper County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Harper 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 Harper County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Harper 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 Harper 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.