Arrest Records in Pepin County
Pepin County arrest records can begin with the Pepin County Sheriff's Office, Durand Police Department, Village of Pepin Police Department, Wisconsin State Patrol, or a Wisconsin DNR warden. Stockholm has no village police department and relies on the sheriff. Each arresting agency keeps its own incident or arrest report. The Pepin County Jail creates the custody record, fingerprints help create a state CIB arrest cycle, and the clerk opens a court file only if the District Attorney files charges.
Those records answer different questions. An agency report explains alleged probable cause and recommended charges. A booking record documents intake, custody, holds, and release. The Wisconsin Department of Justice Crime Information Bureau maintains reported Wisconsin criminal-history events. A Pepin County circuit case shows the charges actually filed and their outcomes. Dates and labels may not match because the records are created at different stages.
Pepin County Arrest Agency Records
Find the arresting custodian before requesting a Pepin County report. The sheriff handles its own patrol arrests and county service in Stockholm. Durand Police uses its city records route. Village of Pepin Police accepts contact by email, phone, or at its counter. State Patrol and DNR arrests remain agency records even when a person is booked in the county jail.
- Pepin County Sheriff
- Use mail, counter, phone, or a Wisconsin public-records request. The office is at 740 7th Avenue West in Durand, 715-672-5944.
- Durand Police
- Use the official online records form or business contact at 104 East Main Street, 715-672-5948.
- Village of Pepin Police
- Use email, phone, or the counter: PepinPD@PepinWisconsin.org or 715-442-2461.
- Wisconsin State Patrol
- Use the Wisconsin DOT or State Patrol request channel, including the state crash portal when relevant.
- Wisconsin DNR Warden
- Use the DNR public-records channel. The Pepin County directory lists 715-672-6047.
Give the custodian an approximate date and time, location, event type, involved agency, and incident or citation number when known. This narrows the search and reduces the chance of receiving a different Pepin County arrest record.
Pepin County Arrest Lookups
No single Pepin County portal holds current custody, agency narratives, filed charges, and statewide history. The correct fallback chain begins with the record closest to the event and then moves forward through the justice system.
- Call the Pepin County Jail at 715-672-5945 or use Wisconsin VINE to check current county custody and possible status changes.
- Identify the arresting agency and request its incident or arrest report by date, place, incident number, and preferred format.
- Search WCCA with Pepin County selected to find a filed circuit case, then compare each charge and disposition.
- Call the Pepin County Clerk at 715-672-8861 if a new case is not yet clear online or a certified court document is needed.
- Use WORCS only when the actual need is a Wisconsin DOJ CIB name-based criminal-history response, not current custody.
- Check the Wisconsin DOC locator for state prison or public supervision status after a qualifying sentence.
The Pepin County Sheriff's Office page identifies the jail, dispatch, VINE, policy, and records links used in that chain.
The county page points to official custody help but does not supply a live Pepin County booking database.
Pepin County VINE Custody Search
Wisconsin VINE is the public route the sheriff identifies for county-jail custody searches and status notices. Anyone may search around the clock, use the telephone line at 1-888-944-8463, reach a live operator, or register for phone and email notifications. VINE is best for present custody and changes such as release or transfer. It is not a historic Pepin County arrest report, a full booking file, or a court disposition source.
The official VINE interface shows the custody-search and notification entry point.
A person may leave the Pepin County result after release, transfer, or movement to state custody, so absence does not erase the earlier arrest.
Cross-county housing also occurs. Pepin County Criminal Justice Collaborating Council packets have documented people held outside the county. Verify the actual facility through the jail or VINE before sending mail, money, or planning a visit. The county publishes no current visitation vendor, deposit vendor, inmate-phone vendor, or mail format, so call the jail for live rules.
Arrest Records: What They Contain
An inspected Pepin County administrative inmate-list format supplies a concrete field inventory, but it is a meeting attachment rather than a live roster. Its data can identify admission, detention reason, arresting agency, next court date, release date, Huber eligibility, education level, and electronic-monitoring status. It did not show a mugshot, booking number, full booking time, birth date, bond amount, housing unit, or medical and security flags.
| Admission and Custody | Date admitted, current detention reason, and release date when entered. |
|---|---|
| Arresting Agency | The sheriff, city police, or other public agency tied to the detention. |
| Reason Detained | May state an alleged offense, judgment, supervision hold, or extradition warrant. |
| Court Schedule | The next court date when the list carries one. |
| Custody Conditions | Huber eligibility and whether the person is out on electronic monitoring. |
| Booking Photo | No photo appeared in the inspected administrative list; photos are not republished here. |
| Fields Not Shown | Booking number, bond, physical description, housing, and private safety or health data were not displayed. |
“JOC” commonly means judgment of conviction. “Out on EM” means electronic monitoring rather than presence in a jail cell. A probation hold can exist without a new charge. Confirm each label against the custodial agency and any Pepin County court case.
Pepin County Arrest Report Requests
The sheriff does not advertise a separately named records division or online submission portal. Address a written request to Pepin County Sheriff's Office, 740 7th Avenue West, P.O. Box 39, Durand, WI 54736, or call 715-672-5944. Support staff are the practical records contact during sheriff administration hours, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Under the Wisconsin Public Records Law access rules, a request need not use special words. State the Pepin County arrest event, record type, approximate date and time, location, agency, number if known, and desired electronic or paper format. Wisconsin requires access as soon as practicable and without delay, not within a fixed ten-day period. Redaction or withholding may protect an active investigation, a juvenile, medical data, victim information, security details, or another confidential category.
Pepin County Sheriff's Office
740 7th Avenue West
P.O. Box 39
Durand, WI 54736
715-672-5944
Jail: 715-672-5945
Ask for native electronic format when practicable and request a cost estimate before staff begin a broad Pepin County arrest-record search.
Recent Pepin County Bookings
Pepin County publishes no official daily booking log, arrest blotter, interactive roster, or sheriff app. The administrative inmate lists attached to public meetings are dated snapshots, not a current search tool. They show how the county tracks custody fields, but they should never be used as proof that someone remains detained today.
For a recent Pepin County booking, call the jail or use VINE first. Then request the arresting agency's report. Search WCCA after the District Attorney has had time to decide whether to file a case. If WCCA shows no case, that can mean the filing has not occurred, a name search missed the match, the referral did not become a charge, or the matter is not public. The clerk can resolve a doubtful court match, while the agency remains custodian of the arrest narrative.
Note: No official Pepin County law-enforcement mobile app or app-only booking feature was advertised during the 2026 research sweep.
Pepin County Fingerprint Arrest Cycle
A qualifying Pepin County arrest creates a state record path when the booking agency submits fingerprints and arrest data to the Wisconsin DOJ Crime Information Bureau. The later prosecutor or court disposition must be matched to that arrest cycle. A missing link can leave a CIB response without the final court outcome, even though the Pepin County clerk has entered the disposition in WCCA.
Record flow: Arresting Agency › Jail Booking and Fingerprints › Wisconsin DOJ CIB › Prosecutor and Court Disposition
When a person reviewing their own Wisconsin history finds a missing disposition or false match, use DOJ's challenge instructions and attach the certified disposition or fingerprints the form requests. The official CIB record challenge form lays out that correction route.
The correction form reaches the state repository; it does not amend the Pepin County court docket or the arresting agency's report.
Pepin County Crash Arrest Records
A crash-related Pepin County arrest can create both a law-enforcement report and a separate crash-report route. The sheriff links Crashdocs/Carfax, while Wisconsin DOT operates a state crash-report search. The DOT search uses a document number or crash date paired with driver-license or DOT crash-number information. That state product is not a booking log and does not state the final result of a criminal traffic case.
The official Wisconsin crash report search shows the state access screen.
Match any crash report to the Pepin County CT court file when the event led to a filed criminal traffic charge.
The sheriff fee schedule lists a paper accident or incident report at $3 through page twelve, then $0.25 per added page plus postage. It lists large requests at $0.25 per page plus postage, CDs at $10, DVDs at $25, dispatch audio at a $40 minimum, and public fingerprinting at $15. Confirm the current schedule before ordering.
Pepin County Custody and Court Records
VINE and WCCA are complementary, not interchangeable. VINE asks whether a person is in participating county custody and can send status notices. WCCA asks whether the Pepin County prosecutor filed a circuit case and what the court did. The Wisconsin DOC locator covers state prison and public supervision information after a qualifying sentence. A sheriff request reaches the incident or booking source.
| Channel | Best Use | Main Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Jail telephone | Immediate custody check and current facility rules | Not a historic arrest search |
| Wisconsin VINE | County custody and change notices | Not a full report or disposition |
| Sheriff or police request | Incident, arrest, booking, dispatch, or media record | Fees, review, and redaction can apply |
| WCCA | Filed charges, hearings, outcomes, and sentence | Not live custody or warrant clearance |
| Wisconsin DOC locator | State prison and public supervision data | County detainees are separate |
A filed case can be followed in the Pepin County court case lookup, where each plea and disposition provides the legal outcome missing from a booking entry.
Arrest Records vs Conviction Records
An arrest establishes that an agency took a person into legal custody. It does not establish guilt. The Pepin County District Attorney may decline a referral, file different charges, or later dismiss or amend a count. A court may acquit. The booking label can remain part of an archived agency record even when the filed case ends in another way.
| Arrest Record | Conviction Record |
|---|---|
| Created by the arresting agency and jail | Created through the Pepin County court judgment |
| Shows alleged cause, intake, custody, and initial charge or hold | Shows a finding of guilt and the sentence imposed |
| Lives with the agency, jail, and reported CIB arrest cycle | Lives in the clerk's court file and reported disposition record |
| May end in release, no prosecution, dismissal, or acquittal | May be followed by sentence, appeal, or qualifying expungement |
Note: A Pepin County arrest is not proof of guilt, and the final result must be checked in the court record.