Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2024. 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 26, 2026.
Jamestown, North Dakota, in Stutsman County, has about 16,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the State's Attorney files charges, a case in the Stutsman County District Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Jamestown public records, Stutsman County arrest records, North Dakota arrest records and North Dakota inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Jamestown
The FBI lists Jamestown with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Jamestown Police Department. It reported 626 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Stutsman County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 95 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Jamestown 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.
- Jamestown: 626 for 2024, 624 for 2023, 617 for 2022, 757 for 2021, 499 for 2020 and 567 for 2019.
Jamestown's 626 arrests in 2024 were up 0.3 percent from 624 in 2023.
Across Stutsman County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 782 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Jamestown Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Jamestown 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 2021 the jail held about 41 people, down from about 68 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 96 beds, and it ran at 71 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Stutsman County Sheriff's Office at stutsmancounty.gov/departments/correctional-center/inmate-roster (page title: Inmate Roster | Stutsman County), phone (701) 252-7436, Monday-Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, whose inmate locator is at docr.nd.gov/resident-lookup.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Jamestown
An arrest in Jamestown can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Stutsman County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Stutsman County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at ndcourts.gov/court-locations/stutsman-county, phone 701-253-6243); the State's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at stutsmancounty.gov/departments/states-attorney, phone (701) 252-6688).
Statewide, North Dakota Courts Records Inquiry is the North Dakota courts' free statewide case search.
North Dakota is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: name-based criminal history records are open to anyone who asks, through the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation. 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 Jamestown
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 North Dakota Open Records Law the agency must answer within a reasonable time, and it may charge copying, and staff time after the first hour.
- An arrest by the Jamestown police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at jamestownnd.gov/m/directory/department?did=14 (page title: Staff Directory, Police), phone 701-252-2414, Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Stutsman County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (701) 252-7436.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the State's Attorney, (701) 252-6688, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Stutsman County District Court, through the court records page at ndcourts.gov/court-locations/stutsman-county, phone 701-253-6243.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
The Stutsman County guide covers every agency in the county: Stutsman County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Jamestown each year?
Jamestown reported 626 arrests to the FBI for 2024, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Jamestown?
Look on the custody page of the Stutsman County Sheriff's Office at stutsmancounty.gov, or call (701) 252-7436. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Jamestown booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Stutsman County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Jamestown?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation: name-based criminal history records are open to anyone who asks. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the North Dakota Open Records Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Jamestown?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Jamestown police for its own arrests, the Stutsman County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the North Dakota Open Records Law the answer is due within a reasonable time.
Is this the official Jamestown website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.