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 October 1, 2026.
Wibaux County, Montana, has 911 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Wibaux 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 Wibaux 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: Wibaux County public records, Montana arrest records, Montana inmate search and Montana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Wibaux County
The Wibaux County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Wibaux County. It reported 0 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Wibaux 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.
- Wibaux County Sheriff's Office: 0 for 2025, 1 for 2024, 1 for 2022, 2 for 2021 and 4 for 2020; 2023 is missing months.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Wibaux County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Wibaux County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 2 people, down from about 15 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 2 beds, and it ran at 91 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Wibaux County
An arrest in Wibaux County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Wibaux 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 government-county.org/company-wibaux-county-attorney-in-wibaux-mt-4486, phone (406) 796-2431).
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 Wibaux 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 Wibaux County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, (406) 796-2431, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Wibaux 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 Wibaux County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Wibaux 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 Wibaux County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Wibaux County each year?
The Wibaux County Sheriff's Office reported 0 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Wibaux County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Wibaux County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Wibaux 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 Wibaux County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Wibaux 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 Wibaux 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.