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 on September 24, 2026.
Griggs County, North Dakota, has about 2,200 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Griggs 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 State's Attorney files charges, a case in the Griggs 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: Griggs County public records, North Dakota arrest records, North Dakota inmate search and North Dakota criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Griggs County
The Griggs County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Griggs County. It reported 14 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
How Many Arrests The Griggs 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.
- Griggs County Sheriff's Office: 14 for 2024, 3 for 2023, 13 for 2022, 3 for 2021, 14 for 2020 and 22 for 2019.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Griggs County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Griggs 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.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Griggs County Sheriff's Office at griggscountynd.gov/departments/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Griggs County), phone 701.797.3911, 805 Odegard Ave SW Cooperstown, ND 58425, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
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 Griggs County
An arrest in Griggs County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: North Dakota Courts Records Inquiry, the North Dakota courts' free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed; the State's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at griggscountynd.gov/departments/states-attorney, phone 701.797.2413).
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 Griggs 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 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 Griggs County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 701.797.3911.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the State's Attorney, 701.797.2413, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
Cities in Griggs County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Griggs 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 Griggs County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Griggs County each year?
The Griggs County Sheriff's Office reported 14 arrests to the FBI for 2024, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Griggs County?
Ask the Griggs County Sheriff's Office at 701.797.3911; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at griggscountynd.gov/departments/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Griggs County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Griggs County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Griggs County?
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 Griggs County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Griggs County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the North Dakota Open Records Law the answer is due within a reasonable time.
Is this the official Griggs 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.