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 on September 23, 2026.
Livingston County, New York, has about 62,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Livingston County is held at the county jail, run by the Livingston County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Livingston County public records, Livingston County arrest records, Livingston County warrants, Livingston County police reports, Livingston County property records, New York arrest records and New York inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Livingston County
The county jail, run by the Livingston County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Livingston County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Livingston County Sheriff's Office at livcoso.org/inmate-roster/filters/current/booking_time=desc/1 (page title: Inmate Roster | Livingston County Sheriff's Office | Sort Booking Time | Descending | Page 1), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone 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.
The Livingston County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 120 people on an average day, down from about 130 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 194 beds, and it ran at 67 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Livingston County has about 62,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 19 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Livingston County Jail
The Livingston County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Geneseo, Dansville, Mount Morris and Caledonia make the arrests that end in a booking in Livingston County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Livingston County: the Geneseo State University of New York Police (campus police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Nunda Town and Village's 1,152 for 2025, the Livingston County Sheriff's Office's 664 for 2025 and Dansville's 222 for 2024.
Together, the four agencies in Livingston County with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 2,458 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Livingston County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision lists its inmates at nysdoccslookup.doccs.ny.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Livingston County?
Look on the custody page of the Livingston County Sheriff's Office at livcoso.org. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Livingston County jail?
About 120 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 194 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Livingston County go?
To a facility of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision; its inmate locator is at nysdoccslookup.doccs.ny.gov.
Is this the official Livingston 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.