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.
Cibola County, New Mexico, has about 27,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Cibola County is held at the county jail, run by the Cibola County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Cibola County public records, Cibola County arrest records, Cibola County warrants, Cibola County criminal records, Cibola County court records, New Mexico arrest records and New Mexico inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Cibola County
The county jail, run by the Cibola County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Cibola County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Cibola County Sheriff's Office at cibolacountynm.com/departments/detention_center/inmate_services.php (page title: Cibola County), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Cibola County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2017 the jail held about 200 people. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Cibola County has about 27,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 73 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Cibola County Jail
The Cibola County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Grants and Milan make the arrests that end in a booking in Cibola County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Grants's 400 for 2025, Milan's 168 for 2025 and the Cibola County Sheriff's Office's 61 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Cibola County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 629 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Cibola County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the New Mexico Corrections Department lists its inmates at cd.nm.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Cibola County?
Ask the Cibola County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at cibolacountynm.com.
How many people are in the Cibola County jail?
About 200 on an average day in 2017, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Cibola County go?
To a facility of the New Mexico Corrections Department; its inmate locator is at cd.nm.gov.
Is this the official Cibola 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.