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 October 1, 2026.
Dodge County, Nebraska, has about 38,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Dodge County is held at the county jail, run by the Dodge 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, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Dodge County public records, Dodge County arrest records, Dodge County warrants, Dodge County criminal records, Dodge County court records, Nebraska arrest records and Nebraska inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Dodge County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Dodge County is held at the county jail, run by the Dodge County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Dodge County Sheriff's Office at dodgecountysheriff.org/jail-population (page title: Jail Population | Dodge Co. Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 1, 2026.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
Who Books People Into the Dodge County Jail
The Dodge County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Fremont, Scribner and Hooper make the arrests that end in a booking in Dodge County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Dodge County: the State Patrol in Dodge County (state police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Fremont's 658 for 2025, the Dodge County Sheriff's Office's 355 for 2025 and Scribner's 1 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Dodge County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,014 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 Dodge 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 Dodge County?
Look on the custody page of the Dodge County Sheriff's Office at dodgecountysheriff.org/jail-population. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Dodge 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 Dodge 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.