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 2, 2026.
Stevens County, Washington, has about 49,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Stevens 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 Stevens 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: Stevens County public records, Washington arrest records, Washington inmate search and Washington criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Stevens County
The Stevens County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Stevens County. It reported 380 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Colville, 5,009 residents: 4 arrests reported for 2025.
- Chewelah, 2,687 residents: 12 arrests reported for 2021.
- Kettle Falls, 1,649 residents: 14 arrests reported for 2024.
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 Stevens 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.
- Stevens County Sheriff's Office: 380 for 2025, 406 for 2024, 344 for 2023, 231 for 2022, 320 for 2021 and 447 for 2020.
- Colville: 4 for 2025, 24 for 2024, 12 for 2023, 27 for 2022, 49 for 2021 and 81 for 2020.
- Kettle Falls: 14 for 2024, 11 for 2023, 19 for 2022, 15 for 2021 and 23 for 2020.
- Chewelah: 12 for 2021, 21 for 2020 and 27 for 2019.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 384 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 384 in 2025 against 430 in 2024, down 11 percent.
Through March 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 96 arrests, against 87 in the same months of 2025.
Kettle Falls reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Stevens County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Stevens 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 50 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 52 beds, and it ran at 96 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 Stevens County Sheriff's Office at stephenssheriff-ok.gov/inmate-search (page title: Inmate Search | Stephens County Sheriff's Office), phone 877-654-8463, 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 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 Stevens County
Whether someone was arrested in Stevens County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the custody page of the Stevens County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Stevens 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/292.html, phone 509-684-7527).
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 Stevens 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 Stevens County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 877-654-8463.
- An arrest in Colville, Chewelah or Kettle Falls: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Stevens County Superior Court, through the court records page at courts.wa.gov/court_dir/orgs/292.html, phone 509-684-7527.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Stevens County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the six cities in Stevens County: Colville, Chewelah and Kettle Falls. Springdale, Northport and Marcus 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 Stevens County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Stevens County each year?
The Stevens County Sheriff's Office reported 380 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 384 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Stevens County?
Look on the custody page of the Stevens County Sheriff's Office at stephenssheriff-ok.gov/inmate-search, or call 877-654-8463. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Stevens County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Stevens County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Stevens 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 Stevens County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Stevens 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 Stevens 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.