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 October 2, 2026.
Storey County, Nevada, has about 4,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Storey 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 Storey 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: Storey County public records, Nevada arrest records, Nevada inmate search and Nevada criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Storey County
The Storey County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Storey County. It reported 217 arrests for 2022, its latest complete year.
How Many Arrests The Storey 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.
- Storey County Sheriff's Office: 217 for 2022, 176 for 2021, 216 for 2020 and 291 for 2019.
The Storey County Sheriff's Office's 217 arrests in 2022 were up 23 percent from 176 in 2021.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Storey County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Storey 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 13 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 25 beds, and it ran at 52 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 Storey County Sheriff's Office at storeycounty.org/313/Sheriff (page title: Storey County Sheriff's Office | Storey County, NV), phone 775-847-0959, 205 S. C St. P.O. Box 498 Virginia City, NV 89440, Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., 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 Storey County
For Storey County the place to look is the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at storeycounty.org/260/District-Attorney, phone 775-684-7200).
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 Storey 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 Storey County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 775-847-0959.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 775-684-7200, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at storeycounty.org/635/Public-Records-Requests (page title: Public Records Requests | Storey County, NV).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Records Bureau.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Storey County each year?
The Storey County Sheriff's Office reported 217 arrests to the FBI for 2022, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Storey County?
Ask the Storey County Sheriff's Office at 775-847-0959; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at storeycounty.org/313/Sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Storey County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Storey County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Storey County?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Storey 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 Storey County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Storey 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 county records request page SearchSystems verified is at storeycounty.org/635/Public-Records-Requests.
Is this the official Storey 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.