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Questions about official Dawes County criminal records must go to the office that created or keeps the requested item. Court clerks handle filed cases, the sheriff holds local agency and jail records, and the Nebraska State Patrol maintains the state history repository. This private resource cannot accept a request or issue a record. The contacts below identify the correct government route.

This Is Not a Government Office. This private resource cannot retrieve records, perform an official check, correct a history, or accept a Nebraska set-aside filing. Contact the record custodian directly.

Need an Official Record?

Dawes County routes common record requests as follows:

  • Court files: call County Court at 308-432-0116 for misdemeanors and initial felony matters, or District Court at 308-432-0109 for felony trial files
  • Arrest, booking, jail, and sheriff reports: contact the Dawes County Sheriff at 308-432-3025 or 308-432-0113
  • State criminal histories: order the Patrol Criminal History report through the Nebraska State Patrol Criminal Identification Division
  • Police and accident reports: contact the agency that created the report, including Chadron Police for its city incidents
  • Registry records: use the Nebraska State Patrol Sex Offender Registry Division
  • Set-aside or sealing matters: contact the court that handled the case or a licensed Nebraska attorney

The Dawes County Sheriff and jail are at 451 Main Street, Chadron, NE 69337; phone 308-432-3025 or 308-432-0113, fax 308-432-0115. County Court is in Suite D at the same address and is open Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. District Court is in Suite B; its published phone is 308-432-0109. The research did not identify separate sheriff records-counter hours, a direct records email, or a county copy-fee schedule, so confirm those details by phone.