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 October 4, 2026.
Garfield County, Washington, has about 2,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Garfield 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 Garfield 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: Garfield County public records, Washington arrest records, Washington inmate search and Washington criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Garfield County
The Garfield County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Garfield County. It reported 59 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
How Many Arrests The Garfield 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.
- Garfield County Sheriff's Office: 59 for 2024, 88 for 2022, 108 for 2021 and 126 for 2020; 2023 is missing months.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Garfield County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Garfield 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 14 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 20 beds, and it ran at 70 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 Garfield County Sheriff's Office at garfieldcountywa.gov/sheriff (page title: Sheriff's Office | Garfield County, WA), phone (509) 843-3494, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
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 Garfield County
For Garfield County the place to look is the case index of the Garfield 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/272.html, phone 509-843-3731).
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 Garfield 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 Garfield County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (509) 843-3494.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Garfield County Superior Court, through the court records page at courts.wa.gov/court_dir/orgs/272.html, phone 509-843-3731.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Garfield County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Garfield 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 Garfield County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Garfield County each year?
The Garfield County Sheriff's Office reported 59 arrests to the FBI for 2024, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Garfield County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Garfield County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Garfield 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 Garfield County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Garfield 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 Garfield 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.