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.
Pine County, Minnesota, has about 30,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Pine 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 Pine 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: Pine County public records, Minnesota arrest records, Minnesota inmate search and Minnesota criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Pine County
The Pine County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Pine County. It reported 269 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Pine 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.
- Pine County Sheriff's Office: 269 for 2025, 305 for 2024, 375 for 2023, 399 for 2022, 421 for 2021 and 501 for 2020.
The Pine County Sheriff's Office's 269 arrests in 2025 were down 12 percent from 305 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Pine County Sheriff's Office reported 196 arrests, against 177 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Pine County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Pine 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 47 people, down from about 81 in 2019. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Pine County Sheriff's Office at pinecountymn.gov/departments/jail/jail_roster.php (page title: Welcome to Pine County, MN), phone (320) 629-8400, 635 Northridge Dr. NW Suite 130 Pine City, MN 55063, Tuesday 1:00pm-5:00pm, 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 Pine County
Whether someone was arrested in Pine County, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Pine 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 pinecountymn.gov/departments/attorney/index.php, phone (800) 450-7463).
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 Pine 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 Pine County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (320) 629-8400.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, (800) 450-7463, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Cities in Pine County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Pine 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 Pine County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Pine County each year?
The Pine County Sheriff's Office reported 269 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Pine County?
Look on the custody page of the Pine County Sheriff's Office at pinecountymn.gov, or call (320) 629-8400. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Pine County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Pine County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Pine 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 Pine County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Pine 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 Pine 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.