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 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Madison County, Montana, has about 9,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Madison 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 Madison 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: Madison County public records, Montana arrest records, Montana inmate search and Montana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Madison County
The Madison County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Madison County. It reported 112 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Madison 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.
- Madison County Sheriff's Office: 112 for 2025, 94 for 2024, 82 for 2023, 73 for 2022, 194 for 2020 and 87 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
The Madison County Sheriff's Office's 112 arrests in 2025 were up 19 percent from 94 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Madison County Sheriff's Office reported 54 arrests, against 81 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Madison County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Madison 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 2019 the jail held about 8 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 10 beds, and it ran at 81 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Madison County Sheriff's Office at sheriffrandytucker.com/madison-county-detention-center (page title: Madison County Detention Center | Madison County Sheriff's Department), 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 Madison County
An arrest in Madison County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Madison County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at madisoncountymt.gov/165/Clerk-of-the-District-Court, phone 406-582-2158); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at madisoncountymt.gov/153/County-Attorney, phone (406) 898-5176).
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 Madison County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. 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 Madison County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, (406) 898-5176, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Madison County District Court, through the court records page at madisoncountymt.gov, phone 406-582-2158.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at madisoncountymt.gov (page title: PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Madison County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Madison 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 Madison County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Madison County each year?
The Madison County Sheriff's Office reported 112 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Madison County?
Ask the Madison County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sheriffrandytucker.com.
Where are people arrested in Madison County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Madison County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Madison 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 Madison County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Madison 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at madisoncountymt.gov.
Is this the official Madison 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.