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.
Kimball County, Nebraska, has about 3,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Kimball County is held at the county jail, run by the Kimball 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: Kimball County public records, Kimball County arrest records, Kimball County warrants, Kimball County criminal records, Kimball County court records, Nebraska arrest records and Nebraska inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Kimball County
The county jail, run by the Kimball County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Kimball County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Kimball County Sheriff's Office at kimballcountyne.gov/sheriff (page title: Sheriff), phone (308) 235-3615, 114 East 3rd St, Kimball, NE 69145, Monday's and Thursday's from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., 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 (308) 235-3615.
The Kimball County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 7 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 9 beds, and it ran at 78 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Kimball County has about 3,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 21 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Kimball County Jail
The Kimball County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Kimball make the arrests that end in a booking in Kimball County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Kimball County: the State Patrol in Kimball County (state police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Kimball's 26 for 2025 and the Kimball County Sheriff's Office's 2 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Kimball County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 28 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 Kimball 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 Kimball County?
Ask the Kimball County Sheriff's Office at (308) 235-3615; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at kimballcountyne.gov/sheriff.
How many people are in the Kimball 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 9 beds.
What is the phone number for the Kimball County jail?
(308) 235-3615, the number on the page of the Kimball County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Kimball 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 Kimball 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.