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.
Klickitat County, Washington, has about 24,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Klickitat County Sheriff's Office and three 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 Klickitat 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: Klickitat County public records, Washington arrest records, Washington inmate search and Washington criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Klickitat County
The Klickitat County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Klickitat County. It reported 83 arrests for 2021, its latest complete year.
The FBI lists three cities in Klickitat County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Goldendale, 3,525 residents: 154 arrests reported for 2025.
- White Salmon, 2,605 residents: 59 arrests reported for 2025.
- Bingen, 942 residents: 23 arrests reported for 2025.
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 Klickitat County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Goldendale: 154 for 2025, 130 for 2024, 111 for 2023, 141 for 2022, 99 for 2021 and 98 for 2020.
- White Salmon: 59 for 2025, 40 for 2024, 31 for 2022, 30 for 2021, 35 for 2020 and 33 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
- Bingen: 23 for 2025, 24 for 2024, 9 for 2023, 13 for 2022, 11 for 2021 and 18 for 2020.
- Klickitat County Sheriff's Office: 83 for 2021, 106 for 2020 and 163 for 2019.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 236 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 236 in 2025 against 194 in 2024, up 22 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 133 arrests, against 143 in the same months of 2025.
Klickitat County Sheriff's Office reported only part of 2025 (3 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Klickitat County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Klickitat 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 33 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 49 beds, and it ran at 67 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 Klickitat County Sheriff's Office at klickitatcounty.gov/1578/Inmate-Lookup (page title: Inmate Lookup | Klickitat County, WA), 205 S Columbus Ave. Goldendale WA 98620, 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 Klickitat County
Whether someone was arrested in Klickitat County, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Klickitat County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Klickitat 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/279.html, phone 509-773-5755); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at klickitatcounty.gov/287/Prosecuting-Attorney, phone 509-773-5838).
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 Klickitat 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 Klickitat County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Goldendale, White Salmon or Bingen: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 509-773-5838, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Klickitat County Superior Court, through the court records page at courts.wa.gov/court_dir/orgs/279.html, phone 509-773-5755.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at klickitatcounty.gov (page title: Public Records Requests | Klickitat County, WA).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Klickitat County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the three cities in Klickitat County: Goldendale, White Salmon and Bingen.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Klickitat County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Klickitat County each year?
Goldendale reported 154 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 236 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Klickitat County?
Look on the custody page of the Klickitat County Sheriff's Office at klickitatcounty.gov/1578/Inmate-Lookup. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Klickitat County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Klickitat County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Klickitat 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 Klickitat County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Klickitat 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 klickitatcounty.gov.
Is this the official Klickitat 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.