Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime 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 on September 24, 2026.
Meagher County, Montana, has about 2,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Meagher County depends on where the incident happened: the Meagher County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Montana Public Records Act requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, cities, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
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Which Agency Holds a Report from Meagher County
A crime, incident or collision report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court, the jail or the prosecutor.
In Meagher County that is the Meagher County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
Reports from the Meagher County Sheriff's Office
The Meagher County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 2 violent and 6 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 10 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at 406-547-3397. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at meagherco.com/sheriff-s-office (page title: Sheriff's Office | Meagher County, MT), phone 406-547-3397, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Cities in Meagher County
The FBI lists no city in Meagher County with a reporting agency of its own.
The one city in the county is White Sulphur Springs.
How Many Reports: Meagher County in 2025
The one agency in Meagher County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2 violent and 6 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
The Meagher County Sheriff's Office reported 10 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Montana Public Records Act Requires
The Montana Public Records Act sets the rules: an answer in a timely manner; the statute sets no number of days, at a charge of the actual cost of fulfilling the request, from the agency that holds the report.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Meagher County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Meagher 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.
How long does an agency in Meagher County have to answer?
Under the Montana Public Records Act, in a timely manner; the statute sets no number of days. It may charge the actual cost of fulfilling the request.
How do I get a report from the Meagher County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at 406-547-3397. 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 Meagher 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.