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 on September 24, 2026.
Carson City, Nevada, has about 58,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Carson City County Sheriff's Office and two state agencies. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the city jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the District Court for Carson City. 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 and common questions.
Related guides: Carson City public records, Nevada arrest records, Nevada inmate search and Nevada criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Carson City
The Carson City County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Carson City. It reported 1,885 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Carson City: Nevada Gaming Control Board in Carson City County and the Capitol Police (state agency).
How Many Arrests The Carson City County Sheriff's Office Reports
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Carson City County Sheriff's Office: 1,885 for 2025, 1,883 for 2024, 2,020 for 2023, 2,112 for 2022, 2,060 for 2021 and 1,484 for 2020.
The Carson City County Sheriff's Office's 1,885 arrests in 2025 were up 0.1 percent from 1,883 in 2024.
Through May 2026, Carson City County Sheriff's Office reported 769 arrests, against 823 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Carson City Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Carson City is held at the city jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 190 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 274 beds, and it ran at 70 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Carson City County Sheriff's Office at carsoncity.gov/government/departments-g-z/sheriff-s-office (page title: Sheriff's Office | Carson City), phone (775) 283-4777, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Nevada Department of Corrections lists its inmates at doc.nv.gov/offender-info.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Carson City
For Carson City the place to look is the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at carsoncity.gov/government/departments-a-f/district-attorney-s-office, phone 775-887-2072).
Nevada does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Nevada Department of Public Safety Records, Communications and Compliance Division goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Carson City
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 Nevada Public Records Act the agency must answer within 5 business days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying; staff time only for extraordinary requests.
- An arrest by the Carson City County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (775) 283-4777.
- An arrest by Nevada Gaming Control Board in Carson City County or the Capitol Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 775-887-2072, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any city record that is not posted: the city records request page SearchSystems verified is at carsoncity.gov (page title: Public Records | Carson City).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Records Bureau.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Carson City each year?
The Carson City County Sheriff's Office reported 1,885 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Carson City?
Ask the Carson City County Sheriff's Office at (775) 283-4777; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at carsoncity.gov.
Where are people arrested in Carson City booked?
Those kept in custody go to the city jail, run by the Carson City County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Carson City?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Carson City are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Nevada Department of Public Safety Records, Communications and Compliance Division is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Nevada Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Carson City?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Carson City County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Nevada Public Records Act the answer is due within 5 business days; the city records request page SearchSystems verified is at carsoncity.gov.
Is this the official Carson City website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.