Lyon County Arrest History
The Lyon County Sheriff's Office makes arrests across unincorporated communities and provides law enforcement for Fernley. Yerington operates its own Police Department. Nevada State Police and tribal law enforcement can also make arrests within their authority. The agency that made the arrest owns the incident report, even when the Lyon County Detention Facility later holds the person.
One arrest may create four records. The arresting agency writes the report. Jail staff create the booking and custody entry. A clerk opens a criminal case only if a charge reaches court. Nevada State Police may add a qualifying fingerprint-supported arrest cycle to the Central Repository. A useful Lyon County arrest search names the specific record needed before choosing the office.
Lyon Arrests in the App Roster
The official LCSO Inmate Search page does not offer a conventional browser roster. It directs users to the free Lyon County Sheriff's Office mobile app, launched in 2023 for iOS and Android. Inmate Search is an app-only feature on the county's documented public channels. The app also advertises agency contacts, news, alerts, tips, and other services.
The official app-landing source supplied this screenshot for Lyon County arrest lookup access.
The landing page confirms the route but does not display the live app's complete search fields. Do not assume a profile contains a birth date, bond type, release date, or other field until the current app shows it.
Looking Up Lyon County Arrests
No single search covers every Lyon County arrest record. Use the channel that matches the question, then check a second official source when identity or outcome matters.
- For recent county custody, use the LCSO mobile app. If the app has no result, call the jail at (775) 463-6600 with a full legal name and approximate arrest time.
- For custody changes and release notices, use Nevada SAVe online or call (866) 393-5445. Use NDOC Offender Search only for sentenced state prisoners, not recent Lyon County bookings.
- Identify the arresting agency. Request an LCSO report through its records process, contact Yerington Police for a city arrest, or use the originating state or tribal agency when it made the arrest.
- Check the proper municipal or justice clerk for the first court matter and Third Judicial District for a filed felony. The Lyon County criminal court case file shows the filed charge and outcome.
- For a person's own statewide Nevada history, submit fingerprints and DPS-006 through the Nevada State Police Records Bureau request page. For broader public records, submit a narrow Nevada Public Records Act request to the record's custodian.
Nonemergency dispatch at (775) 463-6620 is an added telephone fallback. An empty app search only means no matching result appeared in that channel at that moment.
Lyon Arrest Report Request Routes
The ordinary LCSO Records Request serves an involved person who seeks a criminal report. The form asks for the request date, report number when known, the involved person's birth date, the requester's role, incident address and type, contact details, and an electronic signature. If the report number is unknown, give the incident date and named persons. After filing, the requester appears at the main office or a substation with photo identification.
The official request interface provided the image below.
The form is only the first step. The ordinary report costs $5, photographs add $5 when releasable, and LCSO warns that processing can take up to 30 working days.
A pending prosecution changes the route. LCSO sends that report request to the Lyon County District Attorney. Juvenile prosecution material goes through Juvenile Probation. For broader qualifying records, the separate Nevada Public Records Act form charges $45 per hour with a $45 minimum, provides an estimate, and requires prepayment. Active-investigation, sealed, juvenile, victim-identifying, and other confidential material can still be withheld.
Inside a Lyon County Arrest Record
An agency report and a booking entry overlap but are not identical. The report can include probable cause, the event narrative, legal basis, evidence references, transport, and related people subject to redaction. Jail data focuses on intake and current or recent custody. Because the live LCSO app fields were not visible during research, the inventory below describes documented arrest and booking categories without promising that each one appears in the app.
| Incident or Booking Number | Links the request to an agency event or jail intake record. |
|---|---|
| Date, Time, and Location | Places the reported arrest and booking in sequence. |
| Arresting Agency | Identifies the office that owns the incident report. |
| Initial Charges | Shows allegations recorded at arrest or intake, which may change later. |
| Bond Information | May state a bond amount or status when supplied by the official custody source. |
| Booking Photograph | Release is not assumed; privacy and disclosure rules control access. |
| Custody or Release Status | Shows detention or release information when the current source provides it. |
Housing, medical, security, victim, minor, and protected personal data are not ordinary public fields. Ask for segregable, nonconfidential portions rather than expecting the full operational record.
Lyon Arrests During the First 72 Hours
After a Lyon County arrest, detention staff establish identity, inventory property, photograph and fingerprint the person, record the arresting agency and initial charges, screen for medical and security needs, and assign a unit. The arrest fingerprint can support identity matching at Nevada's Central Repository. That intake record still does not establish a conviction.
The county says video court appearances are arranged within 72 hours, excluding weekends and holidays. Times vary by judge. Treat that as a local scheduling limit for an initial appearance, not as a promise of release or final case resolution. The justice or municipal court may keep the first filing, while a felony later moves to Third Judicial District Court.
Note: The prosecutor-filed charge can differ from the intake charge, so use the court docket to confirm what was actually filed.
Booking Logs and Recent Arrests
LCSO does not publish an official daily arrest blotter on its public website. Recent Lyon County booking access begins with the sheriff's mobile app. If no record appears, call the detention facility and then identify the arresting agency. Nevada SAVe offers custody and release information plus notifications, but it is not the police narrative or a full arrest-history report.
A current-custody list naturally changes as people enter and leave the jail. Absence from a roster proves neither that an arrest never happened nor that a past case was cleared. The app also does not replace the Nevada State Police fingerprint process for reviewing one's own statewide history. RCCD says Nevada coverage is generally from 1987 forward, so older events may require the originating agency and court.
Who Holds Lyon Arrest Reports
Agency ownership changes across Lyon County. Fernley has no city police department, so LCSO makes city arrests under an interlocal arrangement. An involved person can use the Fernley Substation at 555 East Main Street after submitting the sheriff's web form. Yerington Police Department is at 227 South Main Street, (775) 463-2332. No dedicated Yerington online copy form was found, so call the department or use the city's formal records route.
LCSO Records Division
911 Harvey Way
Yerington, NV 89447
(775) 463-6600
Fax: (775) 463-7141
LCSO Fernley Substation
555 East Main Street
Fernley, NV
(775) 575-3350
Weekday counter; closes for lunch
Nevada State Police Highway Patrol and Walker River Paiute Tribe law enforcement keep their own reports when they are the arresting bodies. County custody does not transfer ownership of the officer's narrative to LCSO Records.
Lyon Booking and Bail Records
The county's official bail page states that bonds are handled at the 911 Harvey Way lobby, with an intercom available after hours. Bail agents may deliver surety or currency bonds at any hour. The lobby accepts cash or an exact cashier's check or money order, requires identification, and cannot make change. Online credit or debit posting uses Lyon location code 4211 and carries fees.
The county bail source supplied this image of the Lyon County bail information channel.
The bond page helps explain the custody record after payment. A transaction often takes about an hour, while actual release can take up to five hours after posting. Those estimates do not guarantee a release time, and bond information does not state the final result of the criminal case.
When a Lyon Arrest Is Missing
Start by checking spelling, prior names, and the approximate arrest time. Call the Lyon County jail if the app has no match. Then ask which agency made the arrest. A Yerington Police event will not be found through an LCSO incident-report request merely because the person was booked at the county jail.
Next, check the correct court. Municipal and justice clerks handle initial or limited matters, while Third Judicial District holds filed felony cases. If the person is reviewing their own Nevada record, DPS-006 supplies the fingerprint-linked state history. A missing disposition can be challenged through DPS-008-X after obtaining the certified final court record. This sequence avoids treating one silent source as proof that no Lyon County arrest occurred.
Arrests Are Not Convictions
A Lyon County arrest record documents the act of taking a person into custody and the allegation recorded at that stage. A conviction record comes from a court after a guilty plea or finding. A release, dismissal, acquittal, or changed charge can leave the arrest entry factually real while producing no conviction on the original allegation.
| Point | Arrest record | Conviction record |
|---|---|---|
| Creator | Arresting agency and jail | The court |
| What it shows | An arrest or booking occurred | A guilty plea or finding was entered |
| Where it lives | Agency report and custody system | Clerk file and reported state history |
| Possible end | Release, no filing, or later court action | Sentence, appeal, or record sealing |
Note: An arrest is not proof of guilt, and the certified court disposition is the sound source for the final result.