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.
Hubbard County, Minnesota, has about 22,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Hubbard County Sheriff's Office and two 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 Hubbard 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: Hubbard County public records, Minnesota arrest records, Minnesota inmate search and Minnesota criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Hubbard County
The Hubbard County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Hubbard County. It reported 706 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:
- Park Rapids, 4,381 residents: 171 arrests reported for 2025.
- Akeley, 418 residents: 2 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 Hubbard 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.
- Hubbard County Sheriff's Office: 706 for 2025, 711 for 2024, 1,029 for 2023, 1,343 for 2022, 1,379 for 2021 and 888 for 2020.
- Park Rapids: 171 for 2025, 177 for 2024, 201 for 2023, 264 for 2022, 291 for 2021 and 440 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Akeley: 2 for 2025, 1 for 2024, 5 for 2023, 5 for 2022, 12 for 2021 and 16 for 2020.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 879 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 879 in 2025 against 889 in 2024, down 1.1 percent.
Through August 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 472 arrests, against 609 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Hubbard County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Hubbard 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 2023 the jail held about 62 people, up from about 50 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2022, the last year with a capacity figure, was 92 beds, and it ran at 78 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 Hubbard County Sheriff's Office at prophoenix.co.hubbard.mn.us/InmateLocator (page title: Hubbard County | Inmate Locator), 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 Hubbard County
An arrest in Hubbard County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Hubbard 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 hubbardcounty.gov/?SEC=2992400C-08A0-405C-ABAD-FF71E77D52F9, phone (218)732-3331).
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 Hubbard 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 Hubbard County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Park Rapids or Akeley: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, (218)732-3331, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Cities in Hubbard County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the four cities in Hubbard County: Park Rapids and Akeley. Nevis and Laporte have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Hubbard County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Hubbard County each year?
The Hubbard County Sheriff's Office reported 706 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 879 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Hubbard County?
Look on the custody page of the Hubbard County Sheriff's Office at prophoenix.co.hubbard.mn.us/InmateLocator. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Hubbard County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Hubbard County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Hubbard 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 Hubbard County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Hubbard 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 Hubbard 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.