Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in Minnehaha County, has about 209,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In South Dakota the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Clerk of Courts; the statewide criminal history kept by the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation is released only to its subject and to the employers and agencies the law allows. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Sioux Falls is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Sioux Falls public records, Minnehaha County criminal records, Sioux Falls arrest records, Sioux Falls warrants, Sioux Falls inmate search, Sioux Falls court records, South Dakota arrest records and South Dakota inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Circuit Court for Minnehaha County
A criminal case from Sioux Falls is filed in the Circuit Court for Minnehaha County, and the court file, kept by the Clerk of Courts, is the record of it that the public may see.
For Minnehaha County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at minnehahacounty.gov/search/search.php?q=court+records (page title: Search Results | Minnehaha County, SD Official Website), 415 N. Dakota Ave. Sioux Falls, SD 57104, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Statewide, UJS Public Access Record Search is the South Dakota courts' statewide search, with a fee per name.
The South Dakota Criminal History and Your Own Copy
South Dakota does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court file in the Circuit Court for Minnehaha County is the public record.
To see your own record, the route is a fingerprint-based request to the Division of Criminal Investigation. The state page SearchSystems verified for it is at atg.sd.gov/LawEnforcement/Identification/criminalHistory.aspx.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Sioux Falls
The Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Sioux Falls (filed by the FBI as Sioux Falls Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Sioux Falls: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
Together, the three agencies in Minnehaha County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 9,316 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Sioux Falls arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Sioux Falls in 2025
The agency that reports for Sioux Falls had 777 violent and 4,691 property crimes reported for 2025; each one is a report on file with it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The State's Attorney for Minnehaha County
The State's Attorney decides which arrests in Minnehaha County become charges and files them in the Circuit Court for Minnehaha County; the office answers questions about pending prosecutions, and the case files themselves are court records.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at minnehahacounty.gov/dept/sa/sa.php (page title: State's Attorney | Minnehaha County, SD Official Website), phone (605) 367-4226, 415 N. Dakota Ave. Sioux Falls, SD 57104, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Sioux Falls
Registered sex offenders living in Sioux Falls are listed on the South Dakota Sex Offender Registry, run by the South Dakota Attorney General at sor.sd.gov/Home/Search?d=t. The registry is public and can be searched online.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Minnehaha County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the South Dakota Open Records Law a county office must answer a request within 10 business days, and it may charge copying and staff time.
More Official Criminal Records Pages for Minnehaha County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Minnehaha County and South Dakota. These criminal records pages from its Minnehaha County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Minnehaha County Most Wanted (minnehahacounty.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Sioux Falls?
The court files of criminal cases in the Circuit Court for Minnehaha County are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the South Dakota Open Records Law.
Can I search Sioux Falls criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at minnehahacounty.gov (page title: Search Results | Minnehaha County, SD Official Website). Statewide, UJS Public Access Record Search is the South Dakota courts' statewide search, with a fee per name.
How do I get my own South Dakota criminal history?
Through a fingerprint-based request to the Division of Criminal Investigation.
Who prosecutes crimes in Sioux Falls?
The State's Attorney, reached at (605) 367-4226, which files its cases in the Circuit Court for Minnehaha County.
Is this the official Sioux Falls website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.