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 23, 2026 and October 4, 2026.
Garfield County, Washington, has about 2,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Washington the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the County Clerk; the statewide criminal history kept by the Washington State Patrol is open to anyone who asks. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Garfield County 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 and common questions.
Related guides: Garfield County public records, Garfield County arrest records, Garfield County warrants, Garfield County inmate search, Garfield County court records, Washington arrest records and Washington inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Garfield County Superior Court
In Washington the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Garfield County are heard by the Garfield County Superior Court, which hears felonies, civil cases over $100,000, divorces, probate and juvenile matters; the District Court takes misdemeanors, traffic infractions, small claims and civil cases up to $100,000, and the file of each case is kept by the County Clerk.
For Garfield County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at courts.wa.gov/court_dir/orgs/272.html (page title: Washington State Courts | Court Directory), phone 509-843-3731, 789 Main Street Pomeroy, WA 99347, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Statewide, Washington Courts Search Case Records is the Administrative Office of the Courts' free statewide case search.
The Washington Criminal History and Your Own Copy
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. The result is the repository record, what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it. The search is on the Washington State Patrol site.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Garfield County
The Garfield County Sheriff's Office keeps the arrest records in Garfield 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 Garfield County Sheriff's Office reported 59 arrests to the FBI for 2024; 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 Garfield County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Garfield County in 2025
The one agency in Garfield County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 29 violent and 23 property crimes to the FBI that year; the same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 52 crimes in 2025 against 74 in 2024. Each reported crime is a report on file with the agency that took it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The full crime section, agency by agency, is on the Garfield County public records guide.
The Prosecuting Attorney for Garfield County
The Prosecuting Attorney decides which arrests in Garfield County become charges and files them in the Garfield County Superior Court or the District Court; the office answers questions about pending prosecutions, and the case files themselves are court records.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at garfieldcountywa.gov/prosecutor (page title: Prosecutor's Office | Garfield County, WA), phone (509) 843-3082, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
The Sex Offender Registry for Garfield County
Registered sex offenders living in Garfield County are listed on the Washington Sex Offender Registry, run by the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs. Level 2 and Level 3 offenders are listed online; Level 1 offenders are not.
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 Garfield 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 Public Records Act (RCW 42.56) a county office must answer a request within 5 business days, and it may charge for copies at 15 cents a page, and set fees for electronic records.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal 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).
Can I search Garfield County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courts.wa.gov/court_dir/orgs/272.html (page title: Washington State Courts | Court Directory). Statewide, Washington Courts Search Case Records is the Administrative Office of the Courts' free statewide case search.
How do I get my own Washington criminal history?
Through the same WATCH search, run on yourself.
Who prosecutes crimes in Garfield County?
The Prosecuting Attorney, reached at (509) 843-3082, which files its cases in the Garfield County Superior Court or the District Court.
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.