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 September 30, 2026.
Nuckolls County, Nebraska, has about 4,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Nuckolls County Sheriff's Office, one city agency and one state agency. 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 County Attorney files charges, a case in the Nuckolls 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: Nuckolls County public records, Nebraska arrest records, Nebraska inmate search and Nebraska criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Nuckolls County
The Nuckolls County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Nuckolls County. It reported 0 arrests for 2025.
One city in Nuckolls County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Superior, 1,829 residents: 7 arrests reported for 2023.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Nuckolls County: the State Patrol in Nuckolls County (state police).
How Many Arrests Superior Reports
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Superior: 7 for 2023 and 33 for 2019; 2020, 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
- Nuckolls County Sheriff's Office: 0 for 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Nuckolls County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Nuckolls County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Nuckolls County Sheriff's Office at nuckollscountyne.gov/sheriff-office (page title: Sheriff Office | Nuckolls County), phone 402-225-2831, 175 E. 4th St PO Box 392 Nelson, NE 68961, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services lists its inmates at dcs-inmatesearch.ne.gov/Corrections/COR_input.jsp.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Nuckolls County
Whether someone was arrested in Nuckolls County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Nuckolls County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at nebraska.gov/justicecc/ccname.cgi); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at nuckollscountyne.gov/attorney-county, phone 402-225-3311).
Statewide, Nebraska Trial Court Case Search is the Nebraska Judicial Branch's statewide case search, with a fee per search.
Nebraska is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the Patrol sells name-based criminal history checks to anyone online, through the Nebraska State Patrol. 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 Nuckolls 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 Nebraska Public Records Statutes the agency must answer within 4 business days, and it may charge copying, and staff time after the first four hours.
- An arrest by the Nuckolls County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 402-225-2831.
- An arrest in Superior: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the State Patrol in Nuckolls County: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 402-225-3311, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Nuckolls County District Court, through the court records page at nebraska.gov/justicecc/ccname.cgi.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Nuckolls County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the seven cities in Nuckolls County: Superior. Nelson, Lawrence, Ruskin, Hardy, Oak and Nora have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Nuckolls County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Nuckolls County each year?
Superior reported 7 arrests to the FBI for 2023.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Nuckolls County?
Ask the Nuckolls County Sheriff's Office at 402-225-2831; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at nuckollscountyne.gov/sheriff-office.
Where are people arrested in Nuckolls County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Nuckolls County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Nuckolls County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Nebraska State Patrol: the Patrol sells name-based criminal history checks to anyone online. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Nebraska Public Records Statutes.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Nuckolls County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Nuckolls County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Nebraska Public Records Statutes the answer is due within 4 business days.
Is this the official Nuckolls 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.