Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and October 4, 2026.
Washington County, Maine, has about 31,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Maine the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the clerk of each court; the statewide criminal history kept by the Maine State Police State Bureau of Identification is open to anyone who asks. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Washington County is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: Washington County public records, Washington County arrest records, Washington County warrants, Washington County inmate search, Washington County court records, Maine arrest records and Maine inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Washington County Superior Court
In Maine the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Washington County are heard by the Washington County Superior Court, which hears felonies with jury trials and civil cases; the District Court takes misdemeanors, traffic violations, small claims, divorces and family matters, and the file of each case is kept by the clerk of each court.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courts.maine.gov/ecourts/access.html (page title: Accessing Electronic Court Records: State of Maine Judicial Branch), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Maine has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The Maine Criminal History and Your Own Copy
Maine is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: conviction records are public and can be requested on anyone by name, through the Maine State Police State Bureau of Identification. The result is the repository record, what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Washington County
The Washington County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Calais and Eastport keep the arrest records in Washington County: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
Together, the six agencies in Washington County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 697 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Washington County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Washington County in 2025
The six agencies in Washington County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 24 violent and 138 property crimes to the FBI that year; the same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 162 crimes in 2025 against 179 in 2024. Each reported crime is a report on file with the agency that took it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The full crime section, agency by agency, is on the Washington County public records guide.
The District Attorney for Washington County
Charges in Washington County are filed by the District Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the Washington County Superior Court or the District Court.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at washingtoncountymaine.com/district-attorney (page title: District Attorney | Washington County Maine), phone 207-255-4425, 382 South Street Suite A Calais, ME 04619, Monday - Friday 8am-4pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Washington County
Registered sex offenders living in Washington County are listed on the Maine Sex Offender Registry, run by the Maine State Police at apps.web.maine.gov/cgi-bin/sor/index.pl. Registrants under the 1999 and 2013 laws are listed.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Washington County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Maine Freedom of Access Act a county office must answer a request within a reasonable time, after acknowledging the request within 5 working days, and it may charge staff time after the first two hours, plus copying.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Washington County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Maine State Police State Bureau of Identification: conviction records are public and can be requested on anyone by name. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Maine Freedom of Access Act.
Can I search Washington County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courts.maine.gov/ecourts/access.html (page title: Accessing Electronic Court Records: State of Maine Judicial Branch).
How do I get my own Maine criminal history?
Through the same record request, run on yourself.
Who prosecutes crimes in Washington County?
The District Attorney, reached at 207-255-4425, which files its cases in the Washington County Superior Court or the District Court.
Is this the official Washington 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.