diff --git a/chromadb/api/types.py b/chromadb/api/types.py
index 657726d00e9..e7d073ec859 100644
--- a/chromadb/api/types.py
+++ b/chromadb/api/types.py
@@ -536,10 +536,53 @@ def validate_batch_size(
         )
 
 
+def validate_record_set_consistency(record_set: RecordSet) -> None:
+    """
+    Validate the consistency of the record set, ensuring all values are non-empty lists and have the same length.
+    """
+    error_messages = []
+    field_record_counts = []
+    count = 0
+    consistentcy_error = False
+
+    for field, value in record_set.items():
+        if value is None:
+            continue
+
+        if not isinstance(value, list):
+            error_messages.append(
+                f"Expected field {field} to be a list, got {type(value).__name__}"
+            )
+            continue
+
+        if len(value) == 0:
+            error_messages.append(
+                f"Expected field {field} to be a non-empty list, got an empty list"
+            )
+            continue
+
+        n_items = len(value)
+        field_record_counts.append(f"{field}: ({n_items})")
+        if count == 0:
+            count = n_items
+        elif count != n_items:
+            consistentcy_error = True
+
+    if consistentcy_error:
+        error_messages.append(
+            f"Inconsistent number of records: {', '.join(field_record_counts)}"
+        )
+
+    if len(error_messages) > 0:
+        raise ValueError(", ".join(error_messages))
+
+
 def get_n_items_from_record_set(record_set: RecordSet) -> Tuple[str, int]:
     """
     Get the number of items in the record set.
     """
+    validate_record_set_consistency(record_set)
+
     for field, value in record_set.items():
         if isinstance(value, list) and len(value) > 0:
             return field, len(value)
@@ -548,6 +591,10 @@ def get_n_items_from_record_set(record_set: RecordSet) -> Tuple[str, int]:
 
 
 def validate_record_set(record_set: RecordSet) -> None:
+    """
+    Validate the record set, ensuring all values within a record set are non-empty lists, have the same length and are valid.
+    """
+
     embeddings = record_set["embeddings"]
     ids = record_set["ids"]
     metadatas = record_set["metadatas"]
@@ -556,21 +603,4 @@ def validate_record_set(record_set: RecordSet) -> None:
     validate_embeddings(embeddings) if embeddings is not None else None
     validate_metadatas(metadatas) if metadatas is not None else None
 
-    _, n_items = get_n_items_from_record_set(record_set)
-    if n_items == 0:
-        raise ValueError("No items in record set")
-
-    should_error = False
-    field_record_counts = []
-
-    for field, value in record_set.items():
-        if isinstance(value, list):
-            n = len(value)
-            field_record_counts.append(f"{field}: ({n})")
-            if n != n_items:
-                should_error = True
-
-    if should_error:
-        raise ValueError(
-            "Inconsistent number of records: " + ", ".join(field_record_counts)
-        )
+    validate_record_set_consistency(record_set)
diff --git a/chromadb/test/api/test_validations.py b/chromadb/test/api/test_validations.py
index c02ad354eb7..7fb4c0063dd 100644
--- a/chromadb/test/api/test_validations.py
+++ b/chromadb/test/api/test_validations.py
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 import pytest
 from typing import cast
 import chromadb.errors as errors
-from chromadb.api.types import validate_embeddings, Embeddings, IDs, validate_ids
+from chromadb.api.types import (
+    validate_embeddings,
+    Embeddings,
+    IDs,
+    RecordSet,
+    validate_ids,
+    validate_record_set_consistency,
+)
 
 
 def test_embeddings_validation() -> None:
@@ -67,3 +74,59 @@ def test_ids_validation() -> None:
     ] * 2
     with pytest.raises(errors.DuplicateIDError, match="found 15 duplicated IDs: "):
         validate_ids(ids)
+
+
+def test_validate_record_set_consistency() -> None:
+    # Test record set with inconsistent lengths
+    inconsistent_record_set: RecordSet = {
+        "ids": ["1", "2"],
+        "embeddings": [[1.0, 2.0], [3.0, 4.0], [5.0, 6.0]],
+        "metadatas": [{"key": "value1"}, {"key": "value2"}, {"key": "value3"}],
+        "documents": ["doc1", "doc2"],
+        "images": None,
+        "uris": None,
+    }
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Inconsistent number of records:"):
+        validate_record_set_consistency(inconsistent_record_set)
+
+    # Test record set with empty list
+    empty_list_record_set: RecordSet = {
+        "ids": ["1", "2", "3"],
+        "embeddings": [],
+        "metadatas": [{"key": "value1"}, {"key": "value2"}, {"key": "value3"}],
+        "documents": ["doc1", "doc2", "doc3"],
+        "images": None,
+        "uris": None,
+    }
+    with pytest.raises(
+        ValueError, match="Expected field embeddings to be a non-empty list"
+    ):
+        validate_record_set_consistency(empty_list_record_set)
+
+    # Test record set with non-list value
+    non_list_record_set: RecordSet = {
+        "ids": ["1", "2", "3"],
+        "embeddings": "not a list",  # type: ignore[typeddict-item]
+        "metadatas": [{"key": "value1"}, {"key": "value2"}, {"key": "value3"}],
+        "documents": ["doc1", "doc2", "doc3"],
+        "images": None,
+        "uris": None,
+    }
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Expected field embeddings to be a list"):
+        validate_record_set_consistency(non_list_record_set)
+
+    # Test record set with multiple errors
+    multiple_error_record_set: RecordSet = {
+        "ids": [],
+        "embeddings": "not a list",  # type: ignore[typeddict-item]
+        "metadatas": [{"key": "value1"}, {"key": "value2"}],
+        "documents": ["doc1"],
+        "images": None,
+        "uris": None,
+    }
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError) as exc_info:
+        validate_record_set_consistency(multiple_error_record_set)
+
+    assert "Expected field ids to be a non-empty list" in str(exc_info.value)
+    assert "Expected field embeddings to be a list" in str(exc_info.value)
+    assert "Inconsistent number of records:" in str(exc_info.value)