Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. 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 25, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Marshall, Minnesota, in Lyon County, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city 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 Lyon County District Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Marshall public records, Lyon County arrest records, Minnesota arrest records and Minnesota inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Marshall
The FBI lists Marshall with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Marshall Police Department. It reported 266 arrests for 2025. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Lyon County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 84 arrests for 2024.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Lyon County: the State Patrol at Marshall (state police).
How Many Arrests Marshall Reports
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Marshall: 266 for 2025, 303 for 2024, 279 for 2023, 254 for 2022, 257 for 2021 and 244 for 2020.
Marshall's 266 arrests in 2025 were down 12 percent from 303 in 2024.
Through September 2026, Marshall reported 158 arrests, against 215 in the same months of 2025.
Across Lyon County, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 390 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Marshall Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Marshall and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 28 people, down from about 36 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 67 beds, and it ran at 53 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Marshall
For Marshall the place to look is Minnesota Court Records Online, the Minnesota Judicial Branch's free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed.
Minnesota is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the public criminal history search online is free and shows 15 years of convictions, through the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. 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 Marshall
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 Minnesota Government Data Practices Act the agency must answer promptly, within a reasonable time, and it may charge copying, and staff time for requests over 100 pages.
- An arrest by the Marshall police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at ci.marshall.mn.us/community_services/public_safety/police_departmen... (page title: Marshall, MN), phone (507) 537-7000, 611 West Main Street Marshall, MN 56258, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Lyon County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
The Lyon County guide covers every agency in the county: Lyon County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Marshall each year?
Marshall reported 266 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Marshall booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Lyon County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Marshall?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension: the public criminal history search online is free and shows 15 years of convictions. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Marshall?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Marshall police for its own arrests, the Lyon County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act the answer is due promptly, within a reasonable time.
Is this the official Marshall 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.