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.
Pend Oreille County, Washington, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. 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 Pend Oreille 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: Pend Oreille County public records, Washington arrest records, Washington inmate search and Washington criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Pend Oreille County
The Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Pend Oreille County. It reported 107 arrests for 2025.
One city in Pend Oreille County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Newport, 2,235 residents: 59 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 Pend Oreille 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.
- Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office: 107 for 2025, 133 for 2024, 123 for 2023, 99 for 2022, 95 for 2021 and 101 for 2020.
- Newport: 59 for 2025, 44 for 2024, 51 for 2022, 46 for 2021, 46 for 2020 and 47 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 166 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 166 in 2025 against 177 in 2024, down 6.2 percent.
Through June 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 66 arrests, against 73 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Pend Oreille County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Pend Oreille 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 20 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 28 beds, and it ran at 71 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 Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office at pendoreille.gov/sheriff/page/pend-oreille-county-corrections (page title: Pend Oreille County Corrections | Pend Oreille County WA), phone (509) 447-3151, 3151 Address 331 S. Garden Ave PO Box 5075 Newport, WA 99156, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
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 Pend Oreille County
An arrest in Pend Oreille County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Pend Oreille County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at pendoreille.gov/superior-court-clerk/page/court-records-forms-and-f..., phone (509) 447-2435); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at pendoreille.gov/prosecutors-office, phone (509) 447-4414).
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 Pend Oreille 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 Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (509) 447-3151.
- An arrest in Newport: 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) 447-4414, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Pend Oreille County Superior Court, through the court records page at pendoreille.gov, phone (509) 447-2435.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at pendoreille.gov/public-records-request (page title: Public Records Request | Pend Oreille County WA).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Pend Oreille County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the five cities in Pend Oreille County: Newport. Ione, Metaline Falls, Cusick and Metaline have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Pend Oreille County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Pend Oreille County each year?
The Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office reported 107 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 166 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Pend Oreille County?
Ask the Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office at (509) 447-3151; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at pendoreille.gov.
Where are people arrested in Pend Oreille County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Pend Oreille 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 Pend Oreille County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Pend Oreille 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 pendoreille.gov/public-records-request.
Is this the official Pend Oreille 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.