Reviewed and updated October 11, 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 October 11, 2026.
Catron County, New Mexico, has about 3,800 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 Catron County is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: Catron County public records, Catron County arrest records, Catron County warrants, Catron County inmate search, Catron County court records, New Mexico arrest records and New Mexico inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the District Court for Catron County
A criminal case from Catron County is filed in the District Court for Catron 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.
For Catron County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at catroncounty.us/government/county_clerk_s_office/index.php (page title: About Us), phone (575) 533-6400, 197 Reserve NM 87830, Monday - Friday.8:00 am - 4:30 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 11, 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 Catron 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 Catron County
The Catron County Sheriff's Office keeps the arrest records in Catron County: 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.
The Catron County Sheriff's Office reported 2 arrests to the FBI for 2024; 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 Catron County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Catron County in 2024
The one agency in Catron County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 5 violent and 16 property crimes to the FBI that year; the same agencies with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 21 crimes in 2024 against 23 in 2023. Each reported crime is a report on file with the agency that took it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The full crime section, agency by agency, is on the Catron County public records guide.
The Sex Offender Registry for Catron County
Registered sex offenders living in Catron County 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 Catron 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. The county records request page SearchSystems verified is at catroncounty.us/citizen_request_center_/index.php (page title: Welcome to Catron County, NM).
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal 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.
Can I search Catron County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at catroncounty.us (page title: About Us). 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.
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.