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 on September 24, 2026.
Pembina County, North Dakota, has about 6,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pembina County is held at the county jail, run by the Pembina County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Pembina County public records, Pembina County arrest records, Pembina County warrants, Pembina County criminal records, Pembina County court records, North Dakota arrest records and North Dakota inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Pembina County
The county jail, run by the Pembina County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Pembina County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Pembina County Sheriff's Office at pembinacountynd.gov/county/departments/sheriff (page title: Pembina County, ND | Departments), phone (701) 265-4122, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at (701) 265-4122.
The Pembina County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 10 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 16 beds, and it ran at 62 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Pembina County has about 6,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 15 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Pembina County Jail
The Pembina County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Cavalier and Drayton make the arrests that end in a booking in Pembina County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Pembina County Sheriff's Office's 60 for 2025, Cavalier's 9 for 2025 and Drayton's 1 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Pembina County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 70 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Pembina County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Pembina County 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Pembina County?
Ask the Pembina County Sheriff's Office at (701) 265-4122; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at pembinacountynd.gov.
How many people are in the Pembina County jail?
About 10 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 16 beds.
What is the phone number for the Pembina County jail?
(701) 265-4122, the number on the page of the Pembina County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Pembina County go?
To a facility of the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; its inmate locator is at docr.nd.gov/resident-lookup.
Is this the official Pembina 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.