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.
Lake City, Minnesota, in Wabasha County, has about 5,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lake City is held at the county jail, run by the Wabasha 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 Lake City
The county jail, run by the Wabasha County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Lake City, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Wabasha County Sheriff's Office at roster.assurances.gov.gh/wabasha-county-jail-roster.html (page title: Wabasha County Jail Roster), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 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 Wabasha County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 10 people, down from about 20 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 72 beds, and it ran at 28 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Wabasha County has about 22,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 5 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Wabasha County Jail
The Wabasha County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Lake City (filed by the FBI as Lake City Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Lake City.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Lake City's 109 for 2025, Wabasha's 77 for 2025 and the Wabasha County Sheriff's Office's 50 for 2025.
Together, the four agencies in Wabasha County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 269 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 Lake City arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Lake City?
Look on the custody page of the Wabasha County Sheriff's Office at roster.assurances.gov.gh. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Wabasha County jail?
About 10 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 72 beds.
Is this the official Lake City 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.