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.
Lander County, Nevada, has about 5,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Lander 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 Lander 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: Lander County public records, Nevada arrest records, Nevada inmate search and Nevada criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Lander County
The Lander County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Lander County. It reported 122 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Lander 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.
- Lander County Sheriff's Office: 122 for 2025, 112 for 2024, 169 for 2023, 148 for 2022, 146 for 2021 and 201 for 2020.
The Lander County Sheriff's Office's 122 arrests in 2025 were up 8.9 percent from 112 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Lander County Sheriff's Office reported 67 arrests, against 64 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Lander County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lander 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 16 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 67 beds, and it ran at 24 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 Lander County Sheriff's Office at landerso.gov (page title: Lander County Sheriff's Office, Nevada | Lander County Sheriff's Office, Nevada), phone 775-635-5161, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 Lander County
An arrest in Lander County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the District Court for Lander 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 landercountynv.org/government/district_attorney/index.php, phone (775) 635-5195).
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at landercountynv.org/government/justice_court/index.php (page title: Justice Court), phone (775) 635-5151, belongs to a lower court, not to the District Court for Lander 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 Lander 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 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 Lander County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 775-635-5161.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (775) 635-5195, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: in the District Court for Lander County it is kept by the County Clerk. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at landercountynv.org, phone (775) 635-5151, 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 Lander County each year?
The Lander County Sheriff's Office reported 122 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Lander County?
Ask the Lander County Sheriff's Office at 775-635-5161; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at landerso.gov.
Where are people arrested in Lander County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Lander County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Lander County?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Lander 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 Lander County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Lander 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 Lander 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.