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 4, 2026.
Schuyler County, New York, has about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Schuyler 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 Schuyler 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: Schuyler County public records, New York arrest records, New York inmate search and New York criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Schuyler County
The Schuyler County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Schuyler County. It reported 248 arrests for 2025.
One city in Schuyler County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Watkins Glen, 1,746 residents.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Arrests The Schuyler 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.
- Schuyler County Sheriff's Office: 248 for 2025, 272 for 2022 and 159 for 2020; 2021, 2023 and 2024 are missing months.
Through June 2026, Schuyler County Sheriff's Office reported 130 arrests, against 124 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Schuyler County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Schuyler 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 11 people on an average day, down from about 13 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 30 beds, and it ran at 44 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 Schuyler County Sheriff's Office at schuylercountyny.gov/288/Corrections (page title: Corrections | Schuyler County, NY), phone (607) 535-8228, Monday - Friday from 7:00 am - 3:00 pm., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, whose inmate locator is at nysdoccslookup.doccs.ny.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Schuyler County
Whether someone was arrested in Schuyler County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Schuyler County Supreme and County Courts, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at schuylercountyny.gov/124/County-Clerk, phone (607) 535-8133); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at schuylercountyny.gov/127/District-Attorney, phone (607) 535-8383).
Statewide, eCourts is the Unified Court System's free online case search (WebCivil, WebCrims and WebFamily).
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 Schuyler 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 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 Schuyler County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (607) 535-8228.
- An arrest in Watkins Glen: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (607) 535-8383, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Schuyler County Supreme and County Courts, through the court records page at schuylercountyny.gov/124/County-Clerk, phone (607) 535-8133.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based Record Review through the Division of Criminal Justice Services.
Cities in Schuyler County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the four cities in Schuyler County: Watkins Glen. Montour Falls, Odessa and Burdett have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Schuyler County Supreme and County Courts.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Schuyler County each year?
The Schuyler County Sheriff's Office reported 248 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Schuyler County?
Ask the Schuyler County Sheriff's Office at (607) 535-8228; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at schuylercountyny.gov/288/Corrections.
Where are people arrested in Schuyler County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Schuyler County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Schuyler 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 Schuyler County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Schuyler 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.
Is this the official Schuyler 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.