Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 28, 2026.
Clovis, New Mexico, in Curry County, has about 38,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In New Mexico the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Clerk of the District Court; the statewide criminal history kept by the New Mexico Department of Public Safety is released only to its subject and to the employers and agencies the law allows. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Clovis is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: Clovis public records, Curry County criminal records, Clovis arrest records, Clovis warrants, Clovis inmate search, Clovis court records, New Mexico arrest records and New Mexico inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the District Court for Curry County
A criminal case from Clovis is filed in the District Court for Curry County or the Magistrate Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases and civil cases up to $10,000; Bernalillo County has the Metropolitan Court instead, and the court file, kept by the Clerk of the District Court, is the record of it that the public may see.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at ninthdistrict.nmcourts.gov/services-programs/records-requests (page title: Records Requests | Ninth Judicial District), 700 N. Main St., Clovis, NM 88101, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Statewide, New Mexico Courts Case Lookup is the New Mexico Judiciary's free statewide case search.
The New Mexico Criminal History and Your Own Copy
New Mexico does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the New Mexico Department of Public Safety goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court file in the District Court for Curry County is the public record.
To see your own record, the route is a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety. The state page SearchSystems verified for it is at dps.nm.gov/law-enforcement-records-bureau.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Clovis
The Curry County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Clovis (filed by the FBI as Clovis Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Clovis: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
Together, the two agencies in Curry County with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 681 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Clovis arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Clovis in 2023
The agency that reports for Clovis had 208 violent and 873 property crimes reported for 2023; each one is a report on file with it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The District Attorney for Curry County
Charges in Curry County are filed by the District Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the District Court for Curry County or the Magistrate Court.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at 9thda.com (page title: Ninth Judicial District Attorney), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Clovis
Registered sex offenders living in Clovis are listed on the New Mexico Sex Offender Registry, run by the New Mexico Department of Public Safety at offenderwatch.com/network/new-mexico. The registry is public and can be searched online; the county sheriff registers them.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Curry County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Inspection of Public Records Act a county office must answer a request within 15 calendar days, after acknowledging the request within 3 business days, and it may charge copying at no more than $1 a page.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Clovis?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Curry County are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the New Mexico Department of Public Safety is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Inspection of Public Records Act.
Can I search Clovis criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at ninthdistrict.nmcourts.gov (page title: Records Requests | Ninth Judicial District). Statewide, New Mexico Courts Case Lookup is the New Mexico Judiciary's free statewide case search.
How do I get my own New Mexico criminal history?
Through a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Who prosecutes crimes in Clovis?
The District Attorney, which files its cases in the District Court for Curry County or the Magistrate Court.
Is this the official Clovis website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.