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.
Traverse County, Minnesota, has about 3,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Traverse 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 Traverse 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: Traverse County public records, Minnesota arrest records, Minnesota inmate search and Minnesota criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Traverse County
The Traverse County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Traverse County. It reported 6 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Traverse 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.
- Traverse County Sheriff's Office: 6 for 2025, 10 for 2024, 24 for 2023, 40 for 2022, 16 for 2021 and 42 for 2020.
Through March 2026, Traverse County Sheriff's Office reported 1 arrests, against 1 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Traverse County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Traverse 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 2021 the jail held about 1 people, down from about 1 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1 beds, and it ran at 100 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 Traverse County Sheriff's Office at co.traverse.mn.us/departments/departments/sheriff/inmate-roster (page title: Inmate Roster | Traverse County, Minnesota), 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 Traverse County
Whether someone was arrested in Traverse County, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Traverse 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 co.traverse.mn.us/departments/departments/attorney, phone 320-422-7795).
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 Traverse 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 Traverse County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 320-422-7795, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Cities in Traverse County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Traverse 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 Traverse County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Traverse County each year?
The Traverse County Sheriff's Office reported 6 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Traverse County?
Look on the custody page of the Traverse County Sheriff's Office at co.traverse.mn.us. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Traverse County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Traverse County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Traverse 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 Traverse County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Traverse 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 Traverse 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.