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.
Towner County, North Dakota, has about 2,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Towner 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 Towner 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: Towner County public records, North Dakota arrest records, North Dakota inmate search and North Dakota criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Towner County
The Towner County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Towner County. It reported 19 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Towner 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.
- Towner County Sheriff's Office: 19 for 2025, 11 for 2024, 28 for 2023, 26 for 2022, 58 for 2021 and 110 for 2020.
Through July 2026, Towner County Sheriff's Office reported 10 arrests, against 15 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Towner County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Towner 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.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 10 people, down from about 14 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 19 beds, and it ran at 54 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Towner County Sheriff's Office at tccounty.com/sheriff (page title: Towner County Courthouse | Sheriff), phone 701.968.4350, 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 Towner County
For Towner County the place to look is North Dakota Courts Records Inquiry, the North Dakota courts' free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed.
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 Towner 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 Towner County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 701.968.4350.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
Cities in Towner County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Towner 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 Towner County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Towner County each year?
The Towner County Sheriff's Office reported 19 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Towner County?
Ask the Towner County Sheriff's Office at 701.968.4350; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at tccounty.com/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Towner County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Towner County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Towner 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 Towner County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Towner 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 Towner 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.