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 24, 2026.
Catron County, New Mexico, has about 3,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Catron County Sheriff's Office. 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 District Court for Catron County. 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: Catron County public records, New Mexico arrest records, New Mexico inmate search and New Mexico criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Catron County
The Catron County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Catron County. It reported 2 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
How Many Arrests The Catron County Sheriff's Office Reports
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Catron County Sheriff's Office: 2 for 2024, 2 for 2023, 6 for 2022 and 3 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Catron County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Catron 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 2022 the jail held about 1 people, down from about 6 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 10 beds, and it ran at 60 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 Catron County Sheriff's Office at catroncounty.us/government/county_sheriff_s_office/detention_center... (page title: Welcome to Catron County, NM), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the New Mexico Corrections Department, whose inmate locator is at cd.nm.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Catron County
For Catron County the place to look is New Mexico Courts Case Lookup, the New Mexico Judiciary's free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed.
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's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Catron County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Inspection of Public Records Act the agency must answer within 15 calendar days, after acknowledging the request within 3 business days, and it may charge copying at no more than $1 a page.
- An arrest by the Catron County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Catron County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Catron County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the District Court for Catron County.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Catron County each year?
The Catron County Sheriff's Office reported 2 arrests to the FBI for 2024, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Catron County?
Ask the Catron County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at catroncounty.us.
Where are people arrested in Catron County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Catron County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Catron County?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Catron 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.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Catron County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Catron County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Inspection of Public Records Act the answer is due within 15 calendar days, after acknowledging the request within 3 business days.
Is this the official Catron 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.