Jail Enforcement Signed April 13, 2026 View agreement →
- Public affairs contact: Detective Caleb Fry, 223 E . Broadway, ste 301, Williston , ND 58801
Williams County Sheriff's Office
County · Williams County · ND
#457 of 2306 agencies by officer count
- Agreement signed
- April 13, 2026
- Residential population
- 8,948FBI 2025
- Sworn officers
- 53FBI 2025
- Civilian staff
- 47FBI 2025
- Total personnel
- 100FBI 2025
- Memorandum of Agreement
- View agreement →
Elections
Sheriff
On the ballot on November 3, 2026.
Momcilo Babic
Nonpartisan
Verlan Kvande
Nonpartisan
Candidates: North Dakota Secretary of State, 2026 General Election Contest/Candidate List · archived copy
How Williams County voted for president in 2024
- Trump
- 82.7%
- 12,501
- Harris
- 15.1%
- 2,276
- Others
- 2.3%
- 345
Trump won the county by 67.6 points over Harris. 15,122 votes cast.
Sources: MIT Election Data and Science Lab · Bolts · North Dakota Secretary of State, 2026 General Election Contest/Candidate List (a County Sheriff contest in every county; nonpartisan)
Memorandum of Agreement
The full agreement between Williams County Sheriff's Office and ICE is available below.
View agreement →Agreements on file
3 of 3 models on file
MOAs are not available for every agreement.
Task Force Signed April 13, 2026 View agreement →
- Signed by Williams County Sheriff's Office: Verlan Kvande
- Public affairs contact: Del. Caleb Fry, 223 E. Broadway, ste 301 , Williston. nd. 58801 · calebf@co.williams
Warrant Service Signed April 13, 2026 View agreement →
- Signed by Williams County Sheriff's Office: Verlan Kvande
- Public affairs contact: Lt. Det. Caleb Fry, 223 E. Broadway, Ste 301, Williston, ND 58801 · calebf@co.williams.nd.us
Named in the signed 287(g) agreement
Contact
Agreement History
Dated by when each agreement was signed; where ICE's public data lagged more than two weeks behind, the first-seen date is noted too. Changes we can't tie to a signed document are dated by when they were detected.
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- + Jail Enforcement Model
- + Task Force Model
- + Warrant Service Officer
Data last updated October 16, 2026. ORI: ND0530000.
Dive deeper
The 287(g) participation data doesn't tell us anything about what happened after the agreement was signed. To learn more, the public will need to ask or formally request information. MuckRock is organizing public records requests about immigration enforcement nationwide: