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). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Nuckolls County is held at the county jail, run by the Nuckolls 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: Nuckolls County public records, Nuckolls County arrest records, Nuckolls County warrants, Nuckolls County criminal records, Nuckolls County court records, Nebraska arrest records and Nebraska inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Nuckolls County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Nuckolls County is held at the county jail, run by the Nuckolls County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
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.
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 402-225-2831.
Who Books People Into the Nuckolls County Jail
The Nuckolls County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Superior make the arrests that end in a booking in Nuckolls County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Nuckolls County: the State Patrol in Nuckolls County (state police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Superior's 7 for 2023 and the Nuckolls County Sheriff's Office's 0 for 2025.
Superior reported 33 arrests to the FBI for 2019. 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 Nuckolls 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 Nuckolls County?
Ask the Nuckolls County Sheriff's Office at 402-225-2831; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at nuckollscountyne.gov/sheriff-office.
What is the phone number for the Nuckolls County jail?
402-225-2831, the number on the page of the Nuckolls County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Nuckolls 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 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.