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.
Oliver County, North Dakota, has about 1,900 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Oliver 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 Oliver 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: Oliver County public records, North Dakota arrest records, North Dakota inmate search and North Dakota criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Oliver County
The Oliver County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Oliver County. It reported 25 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Oliver 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.
- Oliver County Sheriff's Office: 25 for 2025, 9 for 2024, 15 for 2023, 17 for 2022, 21 for 2021 and 25 for 2020.
Through August 2026, Oliver County Sheriff's Office reported 14 arrests, against 17 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Oliver County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Oliver 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.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Oliver County Sheriff's Office at olivercountynd.org/sheriffdepartment (page title: Sheriff Department | Official Website of Oliver County, ND), phone 701-301-7563, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation lists its inmates at docr.nd.gov/resident-lookup.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Oliver County
An arrest in Oliver County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Oliver County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at ndcourts.gov/public-access); the State's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at ndcourts.gov/news/north-dakota/counties/job-announcement-state-s-at..., phone (701) 794-8780).
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 Oliver 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 Oliver County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 701-301-7563.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the State's Attorney, (701) 794-8780, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Oliver County District Court, through the court records page at ndcourts.gov/public-access.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
Cities in Oliver County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Oliver 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 Oliver County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Oliver County each year?
The Oliver County Sheriff's Office reported 25 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Oliver County?
Ask the Oliver County Sheriff's Office at 701-301-7563; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at olivercountynd.org/sheriffdepartment.
Where are people arrested in Oliver County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Oliver County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Oliver 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 Oliver County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Oliver 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 Oliver 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.