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 30, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Mineral County, Nevada, has about 4,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Mineral 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 Mineral 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: Mineral County public records, Nevada arrest records, Nevada inmate search and Nevada criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Mineral County
The Mineral County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Mineral County. It reported 165 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Mineral 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.
- Mineral County Sheriff's Office: 165 for 2025, 154 for 2024, 147 for 2023, 172 for 2022, 258 for 2020 and 368 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
The Mineral County Sheriff's Office's 165 arrests in 2025 were up 7.1 percent from 154 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Mineral County Sheriff's Office reported 90 arrests, against 90 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Mineral County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Mineral 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 2019 the jail held about 26 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 48 beds, and it ran at 54 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 Mineral County Sheriff's Office at mineralcountynv.us/government/sheriff/index.php (page title: Mineral County, NV), phone (775) 945-2434, 105 S. A Street Suite 4 P.O. Box 2290 Hawthorne, NV 89415, Monday - Thursday 6:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M., 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 Mineral 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 Mineral 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 Mineral County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (775) 945-2434.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Records Bureau.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Mineral County each year?
The Mineral County Sheriff's Office reported 165 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Mineral County?
Ask the Mineral County Sheriff's Office at (775) 945-2434; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at mineralcountynv.us.
Where are people arrested in Mineral County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Mineral County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Mineral County?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Mineral 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 Mineral County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Mineral 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 Mineral 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.