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 September 30, 2026.
Cedar County, Nebraska, has about 8,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Cedar County is held at the county jail, run by the Cedar 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: Cedar County public records, Cedar County arrest records, Cedar County warrants, Cedar County criminal records, Cedar County court records, Nebraska arrest records and Nebraska inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Cedar County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Cedar County is held at the county jail, run by the Cedar County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Cedar County Sheriff's Office at cedarcountyne.gov/sheriff-office (page title: Sheriff Office | Cedar County), phone 402-254-6884, 68739, 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 402-254-6884.
The Cedar County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 7 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 20 beds, and it ran at 35 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Cedar County has about 8,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 8 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Cedar County Jail
The Cedar County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Laurel and Randolph make the arrests that end in a booking in Cedar County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Cedar County: the State Patrol in Cedar County (state police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Cedar County Sheriff's Office's 50 for 2025, Randolph's 7 for 2025 and Laurel's 0 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Cedar County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 57 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 Cedar County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services lists its inmates at dcs-inmatesearch.ne.gov/Corrections/COR_input.jsp.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Cedar County?
Ask the Cedar County Sheriff's Office at 402-254-6884; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at cedarcountyne.gov/sheriff-office.
How many people are in the Cedar County jail?
About 7 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 20 beds.
What is the phone number for the Cedar County jail?
402-254-6884, the number on the page of the Cedar County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Cedar County go?
To a facility of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services; its inmate locator is at dcs-inmatesearch.ne.gov.
Is this the official Cedar 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.