Sheridan County Information
Sheridan County is county-based in the state of Nebraska. Sheridan County had 5,127 inhabitants in 2020, based upon a local census. In Sheridan County, the current seat is Rushville.
It was formed in 1885.
It was named for General Philip H. Sheridan. He was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War.
Sheridan County Arrest Records
In Sheridan County, arrest records are also kept on each crime within the jurisdictional area.
Crimes are split up into two main categorizations in Sheridan County. Violent crime and property crime are the classes in question. Property crimes can include things such as burglary, vehicle theft, and larceny. Robbery, aggravated assault, murder, and forcible rape make up the four main violent crime categorizations. Sheridan County had 13 violent and 16 property crimes back in 2021. Sheridan County Sheriff’s Office can be contacted at:
Sheridan County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff: Jeff Brewer
303 East 2nd Street
Rushville, NE 69360
Phone: (308) 327-2161
Sheridan County Criminal Records
Local offenders are situated by citizens of Sheridan County by using online searches. Citizens give a zip code and decide the radius of their search. The website will then list all sex offenders found within a given radius of this pinpointed location in Sheridan County. Specific offenders can also be situated using search tools in Sheridan County. Non-compliant and incarcerated offenders are also shown in the results.
Sheridan County records their criminal activity in the form of criminal records. These records cover murders, rapes, burglaries, arson, motor vehicle theft, assaults, and crimes of a sexual nature. In Sheridan County and across the whole state of Nebraska, the police are necessary to keep an updated list of all arrest records. In order to get access to the records in question, Sheridan County citizens can use the search tool. Anyone on release or in jail can be searched for using the tool. The Sheridan County sex offender register is updated constantly. Each and every offender living, working, attending school, or jailed in the Sheridan County area must be on this list. This register is made available to all citizens of Sheridan County.
Sheridan County Court Records
Sheridan County criminal, civil, and family cases are all supervised by the county courthouse. The court clerk maintains all Sheridan County court records. The Court of Appeals has the power to oversee any lower court case in which one party appeals in Nebraska. These lower courts often refer to one of the 93 superior or trial courts found across Nebraska’s 93 counties, including Sheridan County. Court records in Sheridan County can be accessed at:
Sheridan County Courthouse
301 East 2nd Street
P.O. Box 430
Rushville, NE 69360
Phone: (308) 327-5656
Fax: (308) 327-5623
NOTE - Ordinary records can be delivered to the requester by fax, email, or mail. Sheridan County official records can only be sent via mail.
Sheridan County Public Records
Every Sheridan County resident, and Nebraska resident for that matter, has vital records kept on them. These reports hold a person's most important milestone life events. These milestone events include deaths, births, divorces, and marriages. These document files are sometimes gathered by individual counties, such as Sheridan County. Sheridan County may be put in charge of gathering and sending copies to the state.
Every last county clerk collects marriage records in Nebraska. Sheridan County records are held at the Nebraska Vital Records Office. The major vital records compiled by the state are birth certificates, death certificates, divorce decrees, marriage licenses, divorce certificates, marriage certificates, and more. All vital state records are located in one central registry. Statistical analysis can be carried out regarding the records.
In Sheridan County, residents can access and copy these vital records because they are found in the public domain. The Nebraska Public Records Law 1961 gives the general public in Sheridan County this fundamental right. The most recent amendment to this law came in the year 2013. Sheridan County public records can be obtained at:
Sheridan County Clerk’s Office
Clerk: Sindy L. Coburn
PO Box 39, Rushville, NE 69360
Office Hours:
Monday - Thursday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Friday 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
Phone: (308) 327-5650
NOTE - Sheridan County has a variety of rules that needs to be followed when it comes to obtaining records. The office is only open between 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. MST from Monday to Friday to get records in-person in Sheridan County. To obtain records in Sheridan County, photo identification is needed. Both driver's licenses and state IDs would suffice. In Sheridan County, a requester must also put their public record requests in writing.
