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.
Chisago County, Minnesota, has about 59,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Chisago County Sheriff's Office and three 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 Chisago 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: Chisago County public records, Minnesota arrest records, Minnesota inmate search and Minnesota criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Chisago County
The Chisago County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Chisago County. It reported 376 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside two of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- North Branch, 12,258 residents: 61 arrests reported for 2024.
- Wyoming, 8,173 residents: 58 arrests reported for 2025.
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 Chisago 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.
- Chisago County Sheriff's Office: 376 for 2025, 328 for 2024, 452 for 2023, 394 for 2022, 418 for 2021 and 339 for 2020.
- Lakes Area: 105 for 2025, 106 for 2024, 150 for 2023, 127 for 2022, 153 for 2021 and 158 for 2020.
- Wyoming: 58 for 2025, 30 for 2024, 51 for 2023, 66 for 2022, 46 for 2021 and 67 for 2020.
- North Branch: 61 for 2024, 78 for 2023, 137 for 2022, 110 for 2021, 158 for 2020 and 351 for 2019.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 539 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 539 in 2025 against 464 in 2024, up 16 percent.
Through August 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 338 arrests, against 355 in the same months of 2025.
North Branch reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Chisago County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Chisago County 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 33 people, down from about 60 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 80 beds, and it ran at 75 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Chisago County Sheriff's Office at inmatelocator.chisagocountymn.gov/inmatelocator (page title: Chisago County Inmate Locator), phone 600 182 5587, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was 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.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Chisago County
An arrest in Chisago County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Chisago County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; Minnesota Court Records Online, the Minnesota Judicial Branch's free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed; the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at chisagocountymn.gov/159/County-Attorney, phone 651-213-8400).
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 Chisago County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Chisago County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 600 182 5587.
- An arrest in North Branch or Wyoming: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 651-213-8400, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Cities in Chisago County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the ten cities in Chisago County: North Branch and Wyoming. Chisago City, Lindstrom, Stacy, Rush City, Shafer, Harris, Taylors Falls and Center City have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list. The FBI's list also carries the Lakes Area Police Department as a city agency in Chisago County; Lakes Area is not among the cities above.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Chisago County District Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Chisago County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- North Branch (12,258)
- Wyoming (8,173)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Chisago County each year?
The Chisago County Sheriff's Office reported 376 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 539 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Chisago County?
Look on the custody page of the Chisago County Sheriff's Office at inmatelocator.chisagocountymn.gov, or call 600 182 5587. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Chisago County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Chisago County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Chisago County?
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 Chisago County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Chisago County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act the answer is due promptly, within a reasonable time.
Is this the official Chisago 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.