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 between September 24, 2026 and September 25, 2026.
De Baca County, New Mexico, has about 1,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the De Baca 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 De Baca 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: De Baca County public records, New Mexico arrest records, New Mexico inmate search and New Mexico criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in De Baca County
The De Baca County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for De Baca County. It reported 0 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The De Baca County Sheriff's Office 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.
- De Baca County Sheriff's Office: 0 for 2025, 2 for 2024, 4 for 2023, 10 for 2022, 19 for 2021 and 16 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
Booking: Where People Arrested in De Baca County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in De Baca 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 2023 the jail held about 20 people, up from about 12 in 2019. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the De Baca County Sheriff's Office at nmsheriffs.org/new-mexico-county-sheriffs (page title: New Mexico County Sheriffs | New Mexico Sheriffs' Association), phone 505-468-7089, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 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 De Baca County
An arrest in De Baca County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the District Court for De Baca County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at tenthdistrict.nmcourts.gov/about-this-district/court-dockets/de-bac...); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at quaycounty-nm.gov/district-attorney, phone (575) 461-2075).
Statewide, New Mexico Courts Case Lookup is the New Mexico Judiciary's free statewide case search.
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 De Baca 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 De Baca County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 505-468-7089.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (575) 461-2075, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for De Baca County, through the court records page at tenthdistrict.nmcourts.gov.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at ipra.nmcourts.gov (page title: Inspect Public Records Request | IPRA).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in De Baca County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in De Baca 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 De Baca County.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in De Baca County each year?
The De Baca County Sheriff's Office reported 0 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in De Baca County?
Ask the De Baca County Sheriff's Office at 505-468-7089; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at nmsheriffs.org/new-mexico-county-sheriffs.
Where are people arrested in De Baca County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the De Baca County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in De Baca County?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for De Baca 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 De Baca County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the De Baca 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at ipra.nmcourts.gov.
Is this the official De Baca 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.