Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. 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.
Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, has about 5,900 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by five campus, state or other agencies. 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 Sullivan County Court of Common Pleas. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it.
This guide covers who makes arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Sullivan County public records, Pennsylvania arrest records, Pennsylvania inmate search and Pennsylvania criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Sullivan County
The Sheriff's Office - Sullivan County, Pennsylvania is the county law enforcement agency of Sullivan County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Sullivan County: the Office of Attorney General Region 1 in Sullivan County, the Bureau of Forestry in Sullivan County, Forest Rangers's Loyalsock State Forest District 20 and the State Park Rangers at Worlds End (state agency); the Sullivan County State Police (state police).
Booking: Where People Arrested in Sullivan County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sullivan 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 2023 the jail held about 12 people, down from about 17 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 17 beds, and it ran at 71 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 Sheriff's Office - Sullivan County, Pennsylvania at sullivancountypa.gov/offices/sheriff (page title: Sheriff's Office | Sullivan County, Pennsylvania), phone 570-946-5201, 245 Muncy Street P.O. Box 157 Laporte, PA 18626, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections lists its inmates at inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Sullivan County
Whether someone was arrested in Sullivan County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: UJS Web Portal, the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search, which shows whether charges were filed; the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at sullivancountypa.gov/offices/district-attorney, phone 570-946-4053).
Pennsylvania is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: PATCH lets anyone request a criminal record check by name online, for $22 a search, through the Pennsylvania State Police. 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 Sullivan 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 Right-to-Know Law the agency must answer within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension, and it may charge copying at 25 cents a page.
- An arrest by the Sheriff's Office - Sullivan County, Pennsylvania: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 570-946-5201.
- An arrest by the Office of Attorney General Region 1 in Sullivan County, the Bureau of Forestry in Sullivan County or Forest Rangers's Loyalsock State Forest District 20: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 570-946-4053, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at sullivancountypa.gov (page title: Open Records Office | Sullivan County, Pennsylvania).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Sullivan County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Sullivan County with an arrest reporting agency of its own.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Sullivan County Court of Common Pleas.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Sullivan County?
Ask the Sheriff's Office - Sullivan County, Pennsylvania at 570-946-5201; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sullivancountypa.gov/offices/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Sullivan County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Sheriff's Office - Sullivan County, Pennsylvania; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Sullivan County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Pennsylvania State Police: PATCH lets anyone request a criminal record check by name online, for $22. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Right-to-Know Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Sullivan County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Sheriff's Office - Sullivan County, Pennsylvania for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Right-to-Know Law the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at sullivancountypa.gov.
Is this the official Sullivan 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.