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 on September 24, 2026.
Niobrara County, Wyoming, has about 2,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Niobrara 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 County Attorney files charges, a case in the District Court for Niobrara County. 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: Niobrara County public records, Wyoming arrest records, Wyoming inmate search and Wyoming criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Niobrara County
The Niobrara County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Niobrara County.
One city in Niobrara County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Lusk, 1,401 residents: 40 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 Lusk Reports
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Lusk: 40 for 2025, 26 for 2024, 35 for 2023, 24 for 2022, 48 for 2021 and 10 for 2020.
Through July 2026, Lusk reported 26 arrests, against 29 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Niobrara County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Niobrara 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 2022 the jail held about 5 people, down from about 11 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 18 beds, and it ran at 61 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 Niobrara County Sheriff's Office at niobrarasheriff.org/detention (page title: Detention | Niobrara Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Wyoming Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at wdoc-loc.wyo.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Niobrara County
An arrest in Niobrara County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the District Court for Niobrara County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at niobraracounty.org/_departments/_clerk_of_the_district_court/index.asp, phone 307-334-2736); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at niobraracounty.org/_departments/_county_attorney/index.asp, phone 307-334-9994).
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's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Niobrara 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 Wyoming Public Records Act the agency must answer within 30 days at most, and it may charge the actual cost of copying.
- An arrest by the Niobrara County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Lusk: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 307-334-9994, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Niobrara County, through the court records page at niobraracounty.org, phone 307-334-2736.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Division of Criminal Investigation.
Cities in Niobrara County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the three cities in Niobrara County: Lusk. Manville and Van Tassell 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 District Court for Niobrara County.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Niobrara County each year?
Lusk reported 40 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Niobrara County?
Ask the Niobrara County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at niobrarasheriff.org/detention.
Where are people arrested in Niobrara County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Niobrara County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Niobrara County?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Niobrara 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.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Niobrara County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Niobrara County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Wyoming Public Records Act the answer is due within 30 days at most.
Is this the official Niobrara 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.