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 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Bemidji, Minnesota, in Beltrami County, has about 16,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Bemidji is held at the county jail, run by the Beltrami County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Bemidji
The county jail, run by the Beltrami County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Bemidji, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Beltrami County Sheriff's Office at inmates.co.beltrami.mn.us (page title: Beltrami County | Inmate Locator), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Beltrami County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 97 people, down from about 110 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 132 beds, and it ran at 83 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Beltrami County has about 47,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 21 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Beltrami County Jail
The Beltrami County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Bemidji (filed by the FBI as Bemidji Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Bemidji.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Bemidji's 1,301 for 2025, the Beltrami County Sheriff's Office's 393 for 2025 and Blackduck's 17 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Beltrami County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,711 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Bemidji arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Bemidji?
Look on the custody page of the Beltrami County Sheriff's Office at inmates.co.beltrami.mn.us. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Beltrami County jail?
About 97 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 132 beds.
Is this the official Bemidji website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.