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.
Wahkiakum County, Washington, has about 4,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Wahkiakum 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 Wahkiakum 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: Wahkiakum County public records, Washington arrest records, Washington inmate search and Washington criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Wahkiakum County
The Wahkiakum County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Wahkiakum County. It reported 26 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Wahkiakum County Sheriff's Office Reports
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.
- Wahkiakum County Sheriff's Office: 26 for 2025, 16 for 2024, 17 for 2023, 22 for 2022, 25 for 2020 and 29 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Through June 2026, Wahkiakum County Sheriff's Office reported 2 arrests, against 17 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Wahkiakum County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Wahkiakum 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 11 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 14 beds, and it ran at 79 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 Wahkiakum County Sheriff's Office at jailviewer.co.wahkiakum.wa.us (page title: Web Jail Viewer), phone 360-795-3242, 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 Wahkiakum County
An arrest in Wahkiakum County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Wahkiakum County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Wahkiakum County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at dw.courts.wa.gov); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.wahkiakum.wa.us/m/directory/department?did=40, phone 360-795-3652).
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 Wahkiakum 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 Wahkiakum County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 360-795-3242.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 360-795-3652, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Wahkiakum County Superior Court, through the court records page at dw.courts.wa.gov.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.wahkiakum.wa.us (page title: Wahkiakum County Public Records Request | Wahkiakum County, WA).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Wahkiakum County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Wahkiakum 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 Wahkiakum County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Wahkiakum County each year?
The Wahkiakum County Sheriff's Office reported 26 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Wahkiakum County?
Look on the custody page of the Wahkiakum County Sheriff's Office at jailviewer.co.wahkiakum.wa.us, or call 360-795-3242. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Wahkiakum County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Wahkiakum County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Wahkiakum 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 Wahkiakum County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Wahkiakum 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 co.wahkiakum.wa.us.
Is this the official Wahkiakum 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.