Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 24, 2026.
Pershing County, Nevada, has about 6,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Nevada the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the County Clerk; the statewide criminal history kept by the Nevada Department of Public Safety Records, Communications and Compliance Division is released only to its subject and to the employers and agencies the law allows. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Pershing County is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Pershing County public records, Pershing County arrest records, Pershing County warrants, Pershing County inmate search, Pershing County court records, Nevada arrest records and Nevada inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the District Court for Pershing County
In Nevada the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Pershing County are heard by the District Court for Pershing County, which hears felonies, civil cases over $15,000, divorces, probate and juvenile matters; the Justice Court takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, evictions and civil cases up to $15,000, and the file of each case is kept by the County Clerk.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at pershingcountynv.gov/government/11th_judicial_district_court/index.php, phone (775) 623-6371, 400 Main Street in Lovelock, Nevada. The mailing address is PO Box 820, Lovelock, NV 89419, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Nevada has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The Nevada Criminal History and Your Own Copy
The statewide criminal history kept by the Nevada Department of Public Safety Records, Communications and Compliance Division is closed to the public in Nevada: it is released to its subject and to authorized employers and licensing agencies, and a member of the public uses the court's own case index instead.
To see your own record, the route is a fingerprint-based request to the Records Bureau. The state page SearchSystems verified for it is at rccd.nv.gov/fees-forms/fees-information-fingerprints/frequently-ask....
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Pershing County
The Pershing County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Lovelock keep the arrest records in Pershing County: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
Lovelock reported 61 arrests to the FBI for 2023; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Pershing County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Pershing County in 2023
The one agency in Pershing County with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 5 violent and 18 property crimes to the FBI that year. Each reported crime is a report on file with the agency that took it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The full crime section, agency by agency, is on the Pershing County public records guide.
The District Attorney for Pershing County
Charges in Pershing County are filed by the District Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the District Court for Pershing County or the Justice Court.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at pershingcountynv.gov/government/district_attorney/index.php, phone (775) 273-2613, 400 Main Street Lovelock, NV 89419, Monday through Friday (except Holidays) 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Pershing County
Registered sex offenders living in Pershing County are listed on the Nevada Sex Offender Registry, run by the Nevada Department of Public Safety at sexoffenders.nv.gov/ConditionsOfUse.Aspx. Tier 2 and Tier 3 offenders are listed online.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Pershing County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Nevada Public Records Act a county office must answer a request within 5 business days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying; staff time only for extraordinary requests.
More Official Criminal Records Pages for Pershing County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Pershing County and Nevada. These criminal records pages from its Pershing County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Nevada Sex Offender Registry (sexoffenders.nv.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Pershing County?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Pershing 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.
Can I search Pershing County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at pershingcountynv.gov (page title: pershingcountynv).
How do I get my own Nevada criminal history?
Through a fingerprint-based request to the Records Bureau.
Who prosecutes crimes in Pershing County?
The District Attorney, reached at (775) 273-2613, which files its cases in the District Court for Pershing County or the Justice Court.
Is this the official Pershing 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.