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.
Teton County, Montana, has about 6,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Teton 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 Teton 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: Teton County public records, Montana arrest records, Montana inmate search and Montana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Teton County
The Teton County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Teton County. It reported 8 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Teton 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.
- Teton County Sheriff's Office: 8 for 2025, 27 for 2024, 25 for 2023, 45 for 2022, 92 for 2021 and 71 for 2020.
Through August 2026, Teton County Sheriff's Office reported 6 arrests, against 6 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Teton County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Teton 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.
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 Teton County
Whether someone was arrested in Teton County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Teton County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at tetoncountymt.gov/clerk-of-district-court, phone (406) 466-2909); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at tetoncountymt.gov/attorney, phone (406) 466-2860).
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 Teton 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 Teton County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, (406) 466-2860, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Teton County District Court, through the court records page at tetoncountymt.gov/clerk-of-district-court, phone (406) 466-2909.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Teton County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Teton 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 Teton County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Teton County each year?
The Teton County Sheriff's Office reported 8 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Teton County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Teton County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Teton 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 Teton County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Teton 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 Teton 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.