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.
Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, has about 6,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Lac qui Parle County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. 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 Lac qui Parle 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: Lac qui Parle County public records, Minnesota arrest records, Minnesota inmate search and Minnesota criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Lac qui Parle County
The Lac qui Parle County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Lac qui Parle County. It reported 27 arrests for 2025.
One city in Lac qui Parle County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Dawson, 1,431 residents: 10 arrests reported for 2024.
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 Lac qui Parle 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.
- Lac qui Parle County Sheriff's Office: 27 for 2025, 34 for 2024, 33 for 2023, 22 for 2022, 37 for 2021 and 43 for 2020.
- Dawson: 10 for 2024, 10 for 2023, 12 for 2020 and 9 for 2019; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 44 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 44 in 2024 against 43 in 2023, up 2.3 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Lac qui Parle County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Lac qui Parle 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 5 people, up from about 4 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 5 beds, and it ran at 80 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Lac qui Parle County Sheriff's Office at lqpcomn.gov/193/Sheriffs-Office (page title: Sheriff's Office | Lac qui Parle County, MN), phone 320-598-3720, 56256 Mailing Address 911 8th Ave, Ste. 1 Madison, MN 56256, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Lac qui Parle County
Whether someone was arrested in Lac qui Parle County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: 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 lqpcomn.gov/188/Attorneys-Office, phone 320-598-7578).
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 Lac qui Parle 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 Lac qui Parle County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 320-598-3720.
- An arrest in Dawson: 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, 320-598-7578, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Cities in Lac qui Parle County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the seven cities in Lac qui Parle County: Dawson. Madison, Bellingham, Boyd, Marietta, Nassau and Louisburg 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 Lac qui Parle County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Lac qui Parle County each year?
The Lac qui Parle County Sheriff's Office reported 27 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2024, the latest year most of the agencies in Lac qui Parle County sent in full, the two with every month on file reported 44 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Lac qui Parle County?
Ask the Lac qui Parle County Sheriff's Office at 320-598-3720; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at lqpcomn.gov/193/Sheriffs-Office.
Where are people arrested in Lac qui Parle County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Lac qui Parle County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Lac qui Parle 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 Lac qui Parle County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Lac qui Parle 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 Lac qui Parle 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.