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 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Hamilton County, New York, has about 5,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. 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 Hamilton County Supreme and County Courts. 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: Hamilton County public records, New York arrest records, New York inmate search and New York criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Hamilton County
The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Hamilton County. It reported 0 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Hamilton County
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.
- Hamilton County Sheriff's Office: 0 for 2025, 12 for 2024, 7 for 2022, 34 for 2020 and 36 for 2019; 2021 and 2023 are missing months.
- Inlet Town: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 0 for 2022, 1 for 2020 and 9 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 0 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 0 in 2025 against 12 in 2024.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Hamilton County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Hamilton 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.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 1 people on an average day, down from about 2 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 6 beds, and it ran at 29 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office at inmate.hamiltonsheriff.com/smartwebclient/jail.aspx (page title: JAIL View), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 1, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision lists its inmates at nysdoccslookup.doccs.ny.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Hamilton County
An arrest in Hamilton County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; eCourts, the Unified Court System's free online case search (WebCivil, WebCrims and WebFamily), which shows whether charges were filed; the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at hamiltoncountyny.gov/da, phone (518) 648-5113).
New York is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the Office of Court Administration sells a statewide search of criminal court records by name and date of birth, for $95 a search, through the New York State Office of Court Administration. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Hamilton 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 Freedom of Information Law the agency must answer within 5 business days, at least with an acknowledgment and a date for the full answer, and it may charge copying at 25 cents a page.
- An arrest by the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (518) 648-5113, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at hcso.org/public-records-requests (page title: Hamilton County Sheriff's Office | Public Records Request).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based Record Review through the Division of Criminal Justice Services.
Cities in Hamilton County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Hamilton County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'. The FBI's list also carries the Inlet Town Police Department as a city agency in Hamilton County; Inlet Town is not among the cities above.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Hamilton County Supreme and County Courts.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Hamilton County each year?
The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office reported 0 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 0 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Hamilton County?
Look on the custody page of the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office at inmate.hamiltonsheriff.com. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Hamilton County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Hamilton County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the New York State Office of Court Administration: the Office of Court Administration sells a statewide search of criminal court records by name and date of birth, for $95. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Freedom of Information Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Hamilton County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Freedom of Information Law the answer is due within 5 business days, at least with an acknowledgment and a date for the full answer; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at hcso.org/public-records-requests.
Is this the official Hamilton 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.