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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Sully County, South Dakota, has about 1,500 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 Sully County is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: Sully County public records, Sully County arrest records, Sully County warrants, Sully County inmate search, Sully County court records, South Dakota arrest records and South Dakota inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Circuit Court for Sully County
A criminal case from Sully County is filed in the Circuit Court for Sully County, and the court file, kept by the Clerk of Courts, is the record of it that the public may see.
For Sully County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at ujs.sd.gov/cases-and-records (page title: South Dakota Court Records Access | South Dakota Unified Judicial System | SD UJS), 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 Sully 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 Sully County
The Sully County Sheriff's Office keeps the arrest records in Sully County: 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.
The Sully County Sheriff's Office reported 8 arrests to the FBI for 2020; 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 Sully County arrest records.
The State's Attorney for Sully County
The State's Attorney decides which arrests in Sully County become charges and files them in the Circuit Court for Sully County; the office answers questions about pending prosecutions, and the case files themselves are court records.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at sully.sdcounty.gov/offices/statesattorney (page title: States Attorney | Sully County SD), phone (605) 258-2546, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Sully County
Registered sex offenders living in Sully County 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 Sully 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Sully County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Circuit Court for Sully 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 Sully County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at ujs.sd.gov/cases-and-records (page title: South Dakota Court Records Access | South Dakota Unified Judicial System | SD UJS). 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 Sully County?
The State's Attorney, reached at (605) 258-2546, which files its cases in the Circuit Court for Sully County.
Is this the official Sully 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.