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.
Red Lake County, Minnesota, has about 3,900 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Red Lake 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 Red Lake 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: Red Lake County public records, Minnesota arrest records, Minnesota inmate search and Minnesota criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Red Lake County
The Red Lake County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Red Lake County. It reported 38 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Red Lake County Sheriff's Office Reports
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Red Lake County Sheriff's Office: 38 for 2025, 62 for 2024, 63 for 2023, 82 for 2022, 72 for 2020 and 78 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
The Red Lake County Sheriff's Office's 38 arrests in 2025 were down 39 percent from 62 in 2024.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Red Lake County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Red Lake 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.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 16 people, up from about 14 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 18 beds, and it ran at 89 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Red Lake County
Whether someone was arrested in Red Lake 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 redlakecounty.gov/departments/attorney/index.php, phone (218) 253-2780).
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 Red Lake 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 Red Lake County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, (218) 253-2780, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at redlakecounty.gov/how_do_i/request/index.php (page title: Red Lake County MN).
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Cities in Red Lake County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Red Lake 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 Red Lake County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Red Lake County each year?
The Red Lake County Sheriff's Office reported 38 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Red Lake County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Red Lake County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Red Lake 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 Red Lake County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Red Lake 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 redlakecounty.gov/how_do_i/request/index.php.
Is this the official Red 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.