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 September 24, 2026.
Asotin County, Washington, has about 23,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Asotin County Sheriff's Office and two city 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 Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Asotin County Superior Court. 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: Asotin County public records, Washington arrest records, Washington inmate search and Washington criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Asotin County
The Asotin County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Asotin County. It reported 457 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Asotin County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Clarkston, 7,138 residents: 889 arrests reported for 2025.
- Asotin, 1,192 residents: 10 arrests reported for 2023.
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 Each Agency Reports in Asotin County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Clarkston: 889 for 2025, 965 for 2024, 725 for 2023, 621 for 2022 and 434 for 2021.
- Asotin County Sheriff's Office: 457 for 2025, 499 for 2024, 352 for 2023, 355 for 2022, 304 for 2021 and 393 for 2020.
- Asotin: 10 for 2023 and 25 for 2019; 2020, 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,346 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,346 in 2025 against 1,464 in 2024, down 8.1 percent.
Asotin reported only part of 2025 (8 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Asotin County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Asotin County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 47 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 65 beds, and it ran at 72 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 Asotin County Sheriff's Office at asotincountywa.gov/235/Jail (page title: Jail | Asotin County, WA), phone 509-758-1668, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Washington State Department of Corrections lists its inmates at doc.wa.gov/records/incarcerated-data-search/incarcerated-search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Asotin County
An arrest in Asotin County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: Washington Courts Search Case Records, the Administrative Office of the Courts' free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed; the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at asotincountywa.gov/264/Prosecuting-Attorney-Coroner, phone 509-243-2061).
Washington is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: WATCH lets anyone search conviction records by name online, for $12 a search, through the Washington State Patrol. 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 Asotin County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Public Records Act (RCW 42.56) the agency must answer within 5 business days, and it may charge for copies at 15 cents a page, and set fees for electronic records.
- An arrest by the Asotin County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 509-758-1668.
- An arrest in Clarkston or Asotin: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 509-243-2061, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at asotincountywa.gov/168/Public-Records-Request (page title: Public Records Request | Asotin County, WA).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Asotin County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the two cities in Asotin County: Clarkston and Asotin.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Asotin County Superior Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Asotin County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Clarkston (7,138)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Asotin County each year?
Clarkston reported 889 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,346 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Asotin County?
Ask the Asotin County Sheriff's Office at 509-758-1668; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at asotincountywa.gov/235/Jail.
Where are people arrested in Asotin County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Asotin County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Asotin County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Washington State Patrol: WATCH lets anyone search conviction records by name online, for $12. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Public Records Act (RCW 42.56).
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Asotin County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Asotin County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Public Records Act (RCW 42.56) the answer is due within 5 business days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at asotincountywa.gov/168/Public-Records-Request.
Is this the official Asotin 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.