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.
Ferry County, Washington, has about 7,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Ferry County Sheriff's Office. 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 Ferry 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: Ferry County public records, Washington arrest records, Washington inmate search and Washington criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Ferry County
The Ferry County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Ferry County. It reported 36 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Ferry County Sheriff's Office Reports
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.
- Ferry County Sheriff's Office: 36 for 2025, 22 for 2023, 36 for 2022, 34 for 2021, 68 for 2020 and 31 for 2019; 2024 is missing months.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Ferry County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Ferry 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 2019 the jail held about 26 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 45 beds, and it ran at 58 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Ferry County Sheriff's Office at ferry-county.com/law_and_justice/sheriff/jail/inmate_roster.php (page title: Ferry County Government), phone (866) 345-1884, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Washington State Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at doc.wa.gov/records/incarcerated-data-search/incarcerated-search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Ferry County
Whether someone was arrested in Ferry County, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Ferry County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Ferry County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at courts.wa.gov/court_dir/orgs/270.html, phone 509-684-7527); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at ferry-county.com/law_and_justice/prosecutor.php, phone (509) 775-5225).
Statewide, Washington Courts Search Case Records is the Administrative Office of the Courts' free statewide case search.
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 Ferry 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 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 Ferry County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (866) 345-1884.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (509) 775-5225, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Ferry County Superior Court, through the court records page at courts.wa.gov/court_dir/orgs/270.html, phone 509-684-7527.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Ferry County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Ferry County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Ferry County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Ferry County each year?
The Ferry County Sheriff's Office reported 36 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Ferry County?
Look on the custody page of the Ferry County Sheriff's Office at ferry-county.com, or call (866) 345-1884. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Ferry County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Ferry County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Ferry 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 Ferry County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Ferry 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.
Is this the official Ferry 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.