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.
Sargent County, North Dakota, has about 3,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Sargent 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 Sargent 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: Sargent County public records, North Dakota arrest records, North Dakota inmate search and North Dakota criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Sargent County
The Sargent County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Sargent County. It reported 40 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Sargent 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.
- Sargent County Sheriff's Office: 40 for 2025, 31 for 2024, 34 for 2023, 41 for 2022, 40 for 2021 and 40 for 2020.
Through July 2026, Sargent County Sheriff's Office reported 13 arrests, against 23 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Sargent County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Sargent 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 Sargent County Sheriff's Office at sargentnd.com/dept_sheriff.php (page title: Sargent County Sheriff), phone 800-472-2121, 355 Main St. So.,Suite 6 Forman, ND 58032, 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 Sargent County
Whether someone was arrested in Sargent County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Sargent County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at sargentnd.com/dept_clerk_courts.php, phone 701-724-6241); the State's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at sargentnd.com/dept_states_attorney.php, phone (701) 724-3888).
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 Sargent County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Sargent County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 800-472-2121.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the State's Attorney, (701) 724-3888, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Sargent County District Court, through the court records page at sargentnd.com/dept_clerk_courts.php, phone 701-724-6241.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
Cities in Sargent County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Sargent 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 Sargent County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Sargent County each year?
The Sargent County Sheriff's Office reported 40 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Sargent County?
Ask the Sargent County Sheriff's Office at 800-472-2121; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sargentnd.com/dept_sheriff.php.
Where are people arrested in Sargent County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Sargent County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Sargent 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 Sargent County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Sargent 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 Sargent 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.