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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Golden Valley County, Montana, has 863 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Golden Valley 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 Golden Valley 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: Golden Valley County public records, Montana arrest records, Montana inmate search and Montana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Golden Valley County
The Golden Valley County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Golden Valley County. It reported 1 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Golden Valley 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.
- Golden Valley County Sheriff's Office: 1 for 2025, 1 for 2024, 1 for 2023, 1 for 2022, 7 for 2021 and 1 for 2020.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Golden Valley County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Golden Valley 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.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Golden Valley County Sheriff's Office at goldenvalleycountymt.org/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Golden Valley County), phone 406-568-2321, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Montana Department of Corrections lists its inmates at offendersearch.mt.gov/conweb.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Golden Valley County
Whether someone was arrested in Golden Valley County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Golden Valley County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at courts.mt.gov); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at goldenvalleycountymt.org/county-attorney, phone 406-323-2230).
Montana is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the CHOPRS service lets anyone search public criminal history online by name, through the Montana Department of Justice. 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 Golden Valley 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 Montana Public Records Act the agency must answer in a timely manner; the statute sets no number of days, and it may charge the actual cost of fulfilling the request.
- An arrest by the Golden Valley County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 406-568-2321.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 406-323-2230, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Golden Valley County District Court, through the court records page at courts.mt.gov.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Golden Valley County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Golden Valley 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 Golden Valley County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Golden Valley County each year?
The Golden Valley County Sheriff's Office reported 1 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Golden Valley County?
Ask the Golden Valley County Sheriff's Office at 406-568-2321; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at goldenvalleycountymt.org/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Golden Valley County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Golden Valley County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Golden Valley County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Montana Department of Justice: the CHOPRS service lets anyone search public criminal history online by name. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Montana Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Golden Valley County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Golden Valley County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Montana Public Records Act the answer is due in a timely manner; the statute sets no number of days.
Is this the official Golden Valley 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.