Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 23, 2026.
Archuleta County, Colorado, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Archuleta County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Archuleta County District Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Archuleta County public records, Colorado arrest records, Colorado inmate search and Colorado criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Archuleta County
The Archuleta County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Archuleta County. It reported 195 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
One city in Archuleta County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Pagosa Springs, 1,793 residents: 194 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Archuleta County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Pagosa Springs: 194 for 2025, 208 for 2024, 209 for 2023, 219 for 2021, 180 for 2020 and 144 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
- Archuleta County Sheriff's Office: 195 for 2024, 197 for 2022, 331 for 2021, 246 for 2020 and 326 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 403 arrests that year. The one of them with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 208 in 2024 against 209 in 2023, down 0.5 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Archuleta County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Archuleta County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 15 people, down from about 19 in 2018. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 60 beds, and it ran at 25 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Archuleta County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.archuletacounty.gov (page title: Archuleta County Sheriffs Office | Archuleta County Sheriffs Office), phone 970-398-5529, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Colorado Department of Corrections lists its inmates at cdoc.colorado.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Archuleta County
An arrest in Archuleta County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Archuleta County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at coloradojudicial.gov/courts/trial-courts/archuleta-county, phone (970) 264-8160); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at archuletacounty.gov/services/district-attorney).
Colorado is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the state runs an online name-based criminal history check open to the public, through the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Archuleta County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Colorado Open Records Act the agency must answer within 3 working days, extendable to 7 when there are extenuating circumstances, and it may charge research and retrieval time after the first hour, plus copying.
- An arrest by the Archuleta County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 970-398-5529.
- An arrest in Pagosa Springs: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Archuleta County District Court, through the court records page at coloradojudicial.gov, phone (970) 264-8160.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at archuletacounty.gov (page title: Colorado Open Records Request | Archuleta County).
- Your own statewide record: a name-based or fingerprint-based request to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
Cities in Archuleta County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Pagosa Springs, the one city in Archuleta County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Archuleta County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Archuleta County each year?
Pagosa Springs reported 194 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2024, the latest year most of the agencies in Archuleta County sent in full, the two with every month on file reported 403 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Archuleta County?
Ask the Archuleta County Sheriff's Office at 970-398-5529; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sheriff.archuletacounty.gov.
Where are people arrested in Archuleta County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Archuleta County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Archuleta County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation: the state runs an online name-based criminal history check open to the public. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Colorado Open Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Archuleta County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Archuleta County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Colorado Open Records Act the answer is due within 3 working days, extendable to 7 when there are extenuating circumstances; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at archuletacounty.gov.
Is this the official Archuleta County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.