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.
Eureka County, Nevada, has about 1,900 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Eureka County Sheriff's Office. 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 District Attorney files charges, a case in the District Court for Eureka County. 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: Eureka County public records, Nevada arrest records, Nevada inmate search and Nevada criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Eureka County
The Eureka County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Eureka County. It reported 30 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Eureka 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.
- Eureka County Sheriff's Office: 30 for 2025, 30 for 2024, 35 for 2023, 27 for 2022, 28 for 2021 and 42 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
Through March 2026, Eureka County Sheriff's Office reported 14 arrests, against 8 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Eureka County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Eureka County is held at the county 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 5 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 22 beds, and it ran at 23 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 Eureka County Sheriff's Office at eurekacountynv.gov/departments/sheriff/detentions-division (page title: Detentions Division | Eureka County), phone 775-237-5330, Monday through Thursday 7:00 am until 5:30 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Nevada Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at doc.nv.gov/offender-info.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Eureka County
An arrest in Eureka County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the District Court for Eureka County, kept by the County Clerk, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date; the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at eurekacountynv.gov/departments/district-attorney, phone (775) 753-1187).
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at eurekacountynv.gov/departments/justice-court (page title: Justice Court | Eureka County), phone 775.237.5540, belongs to a lower court, not to the District Court for Eureka County.
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 Eureka 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 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 Eureka County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 775-237-5330.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (775) 753-1187, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: in the District Court for Eureka County it is kept by the County Clerk. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at eurekacountynv.gov/departments/justice-court, phone 775.237.5540, is a lower court's.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Records Bureau.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Eureka County each year?
The Eureka County Sheriff's Office reported 30 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Eureka County?
Ask the Eureka County Sheriff's Office at 775-237-5330; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at eurekacountynv.gov.
Where are people arrested in Eureka County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Eureka County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Eureka County?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Eureka County 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 Eureka County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Eureka 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.
Is this the official Eureka 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.