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.
Huerfano County, Colorado, has about 7,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Huerfano 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 Huerfano 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: Huerfano County public records, Colorado arrest records, Colorado inmate search and Colorado criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Huerfano County
The Huerfano County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Huerfano County. It reported 79 arrests for 2020, its latest complete year.
The FBI lists one city in Huerfano County with a reporting agency of its own:
- La Veta, 869 residents: 1,185 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 La Veta Reports
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.
- La Veta: 1,185 for 2025, 1,186 for 2024, 1,183 for 2023, 1,186 for 2022, 1,187 for 2021 and 1,187 for 2020.
- Huerfano County Sheriff's Office: 79 for 2020 and 150 for 2019.
La Veta's 1,185 arrests in 2025 were down 0.1 percent from 1,186 in 2024.
Through September 2026, La Veta reported 780 arrests, against 889 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Huerfano County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Huerfano County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 19 people, down from about 34 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 45 beds, and it ran at 42 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 Huerfano County Sheriff's Office at huerfano.us/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Huerfano County Government), phone (719) 738-1044, 500 South Albert Street Walsenburg, CO 81089, Monday - Thursday, 7:30 am - 5:30 pm, 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 Huerfano County
For Huerfano County the place to look is the case index of the Huerfano 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/huerfano-county, phone 719-793-7100).
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 Huerfano 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 Huerfano County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (719) 738-1044.
- An arrest in La Veta: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Huerfano County District Court, through the court records page at coloradojudicial.gov, phone 719-793-7100.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at huerfano.us/cora (page title: Colorado Open Records Act | Huerfano County Government).
- Your own statewide record: a name-based or fingerprint-based request to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
Cities in Huerfano County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Huerfano County: La Veta. Walsenburg has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Huerfano County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Huerfano County each year?
La Veta reported 1,185 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Huerfano County?
Ask the Huerfano County Sheriff's Office at (719) 738-1044; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at huerfano.us/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Huerfano County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Huerfano County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Huerfano 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 Huerfano County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Huerfano 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 huerfano.us/cora.
Is this the official Huerfano 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.