This Is Not a Government Office. This privately run reference site cannot retrieve criminal records, conduct official background checks, correct or remove a record, or receive sealing, set-aside, or expungement filings. Those services must come from the responsible government office.
Need an Official Record?
Use the custodian that created or maintains the Howard County record:
- Sheriff reports, booking, and local custody: contact the Howard County Sheriff's Office
- Filed criminal cases: use Howard County criminal court records or call the County or District Court clerk
- Nebraska criminal histories: order from the Nebraska State Patrol, Criminal Identification Division
- Police incident reports: request the record from the agency that created it
- Official state checks: follow the Nebraska State Patrol's name-based or purpose-specific fingerprint process
- Set-asides, sealing, or narrow expungement filings: contact the court that handled the original matter
The sheriff does not advertise a separately named records division. Report and custody requests go to the Howard County Sheriff's Office, 612 Indian Street, Suite 13, St. Paul, NE 68873, phone 308-754-5433. Its public counter hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
County Court and District Court share clerk Lisa Johnson's main number, 308-754-4192. County Court uses Suite 6 at 612 Indian Street, while the District Court page lists the same street address and PO Box 47, St. Paul, NE 68873. Both court offices publish hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and remain open over lunch except on holidays.