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 between September 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Stark County, North Dakota, has about 34,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Stark County is held at the county jail, run by the Stark 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: Stark County public records, Stark County arrest records, Stark County warrants, Stark County police reports, Stark County property records, North Dakota arrest records and North Dakota inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Stark County
The county jail, run by the Stark County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Stark County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Stark County Sheriff's Office at vintoncountysheriff.com/stark-county (page title: Stark County Sheriff, OH, Jail Inmate Search, Recent Arrests), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
That page is the place to look for someone 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.
The Stark County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 59 people, up from about 39 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 91 beds, and it ran at 64 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Stark County has about 34,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 17 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Stark County Jail
The Stark County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Dickinson make the arrests that end in a booking in Stark County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Dickinson's 1,588 for 2025 and the Stark County Sheriff's Office's 188 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Stark County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,776 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 Stark 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 Stark 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 Stark County?
Look on the custody page of the Stark County Sheriff's Office at vintoncountysheriff.com/stark-county. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Stark County jail?
About 59 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 91 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Stark 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 Stark 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.