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.
White Pine County, Nevada, has about 8,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the White Pine 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 White Pine 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, cities and common questions.
Related guides: White Pine County public records, Nevada arrest records, Nevada inmate search and Nevada criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in White Pine County
The White Pine County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for White Pine County. It reported 216 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The White Pine 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.
- White Pine County Sheriff's Office: 216 for 2025, 271 for 2024, 271 for 2023, 306 for 2022 and 187 for 2021.
The White Pine County Sheriff's Office's 216 arrests in 2025 were down 20 percent from 271 in 2024.
Through July 2026, White Pine County Sheriff's Office reported 120 arrests, against 126 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in White Pine County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in White Pine 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 23 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 40 beds, and it ran at 58 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 White Pine County Sheriff's Office at whitepinecounty.net/312/Jail-Information (page title: Jail Information | White Pine County, NV), 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 White Pine County
For White Pine County the place to look is the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at whitepinecounty.net/220/District-Attorney, phone 775-293-6565).
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 White Pine 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 White Pine County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 775-293-6565, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Records Bureau.
Cities in White Pine County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in White Pine County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the District Court for White Pine County.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in White Pine County each year?
The White Pine County Sheriff's Office reported 216 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in White Pine County?
Ask the White Pine County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at whitepinecounty.net/312/Jail-Information.
Where are people arrested in White Pine County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the White Pine County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in White Pine County?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for White Pine 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 White Pine County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the White Pine 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 White Pine 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.