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 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Fremont County, Wyoming, has about 40,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Wyoming the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Clerk of District Court; the statewide criminal history kept by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation is released only to its subject and to the employers and agencies the law allows. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Fremont 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, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
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Criminal Cases in the District Court for Fremont County
In Wyoming the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Fremont County are heard by the District Court for Fremont County, which hears felonies, civil cases over $50,000, divorces, probate and juvenile matters; the Circuit Court takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims and civil cases up to $50,000, and the file of each case is kept by the Clerk of District Court.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at wyocomet.wyo.gov/repositories/2/resources/1192 (page title: Collection: Guide to the Fremont County District Court Records | ArchivesSpace Public Interface), phone (307) 777-7826, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Wyoming has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The Wyoming Criminal History and Your Own Copy
Wyoming does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court file in the District Court for Fremont County is the public record.
To see your own record, the route is a fingerprint-based request to the Division of Criminal Investigation. The state page SearchSystems verified for it is at wyomingdci.wyo.gov/criminal-justice-information-services-cjis/crimi....
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Fremont County
The Fremont County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Riverton, Lander and Shoshoni keep the arrest records in Fremont 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.
Together, the two agencies in Fremont County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,283 arrests to the FBI that year; 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 Fremont County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Fremont County in 2025
The two agencies in Fremont County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 90 violent and 342 property crimes to the FBI that year. 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 Fremont County public records guide.
The Sex Offender Registry for Fremont County
Registered sex offenders living in Fremont County are listed on the Wyoming Sex Offender Registry, run by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation at wyomingdci.wyo.gov. The registry is public and can be searched online; the county sheriff registers them.
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 Fremont 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 Wyoming Public Records Act a county office must answer a request within 30 days at most, and it may charge the actual cost of copying. The county records request page SearchSystems verified is at fremontcountywy.org/how_do_i/request_records/index.php (page title: Welcome to Fremont County, WY).
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Fremont County?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Fremont County are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Wyoming Public Records Act.
Can I search Fremont County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at wyocomet.wyo.gov (page title: Collection: Guide to the Fremont County District Court Records | ArchivesSpace Public Interface).
How do I get my own Wyoming criminal history?
Through a fingerprint-based request to the Division of Criminal Investigation.
Is this the official Fremont 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.