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.
Stanton County, Nebraska, has about 5,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Stanton County Sheriff's Office 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 Stanton 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: Stanton County public records, Nebraska arrest records, Nebraska inmate search and Nebraska criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Stanton County
The Stanton County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Stanton County. It reported 100 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Stanton County: the State Patrol in Stanton County (state police).
How Many Arrests The Stanton County Sheriff's Office 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.
- Stanton County Sheriff's Office: 100 for 2025, 102 for 2024, 216 for 2023, 196 for 2022, 222 for 2021 and 468 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
The Stanton County Sheriff's Office's 100 arrests in 2025 were down 2 percent from 102 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Stanton County Sheriff's Office reported 78 arrests, against 74 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Stanton County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Stanton 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.
On an average day in 2017 the jail held about 4 people. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Stanton County Sheriff's Office at stantoncountysheriff.com/weekly-bookings-citations (page title: WEEKLY BOOKINGS | Stanton County Sheriff), phone (402) 439-2212, 804 Ivy St PO Box 635 Stanton, NE 68779, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
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 Stanton County
An arrest in Stanton County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Stanton County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Stanton County District Court, kept by the Clerk of the District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date; the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at stantoncounty.nebraska.gov/about/attorney, phone (402)439-5200).
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at nebraskajudicial.gov/courts/stanton-county-court (page title: Stanton County Court | Nebraska Judicial Branch), phone 402-439-2221, belongs to a lower court, not to the Stanton County District Court.
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 Stanton County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Stanton County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (402) 439-2212.
- An arrest by the State Patrol in Stanton County: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, (402)439-5200, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: in the Stanton County District Court it is kept by the Clerk of the District Court. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at nebraskajudicial.gov, phone 402-439-2221, is a lower court's.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Stanton County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Stanton County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Stanton County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Stanton County each year?
The Stanton County Sheriff's Office reported 100 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Stanton County?
Look on the custody page of the Stanton County Sheriff's Office at stantoncountysheriff.com, or call (402) 439-2212. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Stanton County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Stanton County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Stanton 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 Stanton County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Stanton 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 Stanton 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.