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 4, 2026.
Lake County, Minnesota, has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lake County is held at the county jail, run by the Lake County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people and common questions.
Related guides: Lake County public records, Lake County arrest records, Lake County warrants, Lake County criminal records, Lake County court records, Minnesota arrest records and Minnesota inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Lake County
The county jail, run by the Lake County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Lake County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Lake County Sheriff's Office at co.lake.mn.us/sheriff/lake-county-jail (page title: Lake County Jail | Lake County, MN), phone 800-896-3201, Wednesday 6:30PM-9:30PM., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 800-896-3201.
The Lake County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 8 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 27 beds, and it ran at 30 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Lake County has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 7 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Lake County Jail
The Lake County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Two Harbors and Silver Bay make the arrests that end in a booking in Lake County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Two Harbors's 31 for 2025, the Lake County Sheriff's Office's 22 for 2025 and Silver Bay's 10 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Lake County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 63 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Lake County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Lake County?
Ask the Lake County Sheriff's Office at 800-896-3201; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.lake.mn.us/sheriff/lake-county-jail.
How many people are in the Lake County jail?
About 8 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 27 beds.
What is the phone number for the Lake County jail?
800-896-3201, the number on the page of the Lake County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Is this the official Lake 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.