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.
Musselshell County, Montana, has about 5,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Musselshell County depends on where the incident happened: the Musselshell 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 Musselshell 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 Musselshell County that is the Musselshell 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 Musselshell County Sheriff's Office
The Musselshell County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 14 violent and 17 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 46 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at 406-323-1402. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at musselshellcounty.gov/sheriffs-office (page title: Sheriff’s Office | MUSSELSHELL COUNTY), phone 406-323-1402, 820 Main Street Roundup, MT 59072, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Cities in Musselshell County
The FBI lists no city in Musselshell County with a reporting agency of its own.
The cities and towns in the county are Roundup and Melstone.
How Many Reports: Musselshell County in 2025
The one agency in Musselshell County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 14 violent and 17 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
The Musselshell County Sheriff's Office reported 46 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 Musselshell County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Musselshell 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 Musselshell 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 Musselshell County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at 406-323-1402. 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 Musselshell 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.