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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 4, 2026.
Grant County, Minnesota, has about 6,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Grant County Sheriff's Office. 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 Grant 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: Grant County public records, Minnesota arrest records, Minnesota inmate search and Minnesota criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Grant County
The Grant County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Grant County. It reported 64 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Grant County Sheriff's Office Reports
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.
- Grant County Sheriff's Office: 64 for 2025, 61 for 2024, 72 for 2022, 48 for 2021, 23 for 2020 and 9 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
The Grant County Sheriff's Office's 64 arrests in 2025 were up 4.9 percent from 61 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Grant County Sheriff's Office reported 40 arrests, against 41 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Grant County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Grant County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Grant County Sheriff's Office at grantcountymn.gov/178/Sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Grant County, MN), phone 218-685-8280, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Grant County
Whether someone was arrested in Grant County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Grant County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at publicaccess.courts.state.mn.us/CaseSearch, phone (651) 793-2400); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at grantcountymn.gov/m/directory/department?did=4, phone 218-685-5353).
Statewide, Minnesota Court Records Online is the Minnesota Judicial Branch's free statewide case search.
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 Grant County
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 Grant County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 218-685-8280.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 218-685-5353, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Grant County District Court, through the court records page at publicaccess.courts.state.mn.us/CaseSearch, phone (651) 793-2400.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at grantcountynm.nextrequest.com (page title: Inspection of Public RecordsNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Cities in Grant County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Grant County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Grant County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Grant County each year?
The Grant County Sheriff's Office reported 64 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Grant County?
Ask the Grant County Sheriff's Office at 218-685-8280; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at grantcountymn.gov/178/Sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Grant County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Grant County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Grant 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 Grant County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Grant 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at grantcountynm.nextrequest.com.
Is this the official Grant 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.