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 October 2, 2026.
De Baca County, New Mexico, has about 1,700 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 De Baca 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, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: De Baca County public records, De Baca County arrest records, De Baca County warrants, De Baca County inmate search, De Baca County court records, New Mexico arrest records and New Mexico inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the District Court for De Baca County
In New Mexico the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from De Baca County are heard by the District Court for De Baca County, which hears felonies, civil cases, divorces, probate and juvenile matters; the Magistrate Court takes misdemeanors, traffic cases and civil cases up to $10,000; Bernalillo County has the Metropolitan Court instead, and the file of each case is kept by the Clerk of the District Court.
For De Baca County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at tenthdistrict.nmcourts.gov/about-this-district/court-dockets/de-bac... (page title: De Baca County District Court Docket | Fort Sumner, NM | Tenth Judicial District), 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
The statewide criminal history kept by the New Mexico Department of Public Safety is closed to the public in New Mexico: it is released to its subject and to authorized employers and licensing agencies, and a member of the public uses the court's own case index instead.
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 De Baca County
The De Baca County Sheriff's Office keeps the arrest records in De Baca 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 De Baca County Sheriff's Office reported 0 arrests to the FBI for 2025; 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 De Baca County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: De Baca County in 2025
The one agency in De Baca County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3 violent and 10 property crimes to the FBI that year; the same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 13 crimes in 2025 against 31 in 2024. 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 De Baca County public records guide.
The District Attorney for De Baca County
The District Attorney decides which arrests in De Baca County become charges and files them in the District Court for De Baca County or the Magistrate Court; the office answers questions about pending prosecutions, and the case files themselves are court records.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at quaycounty-nm.gov/district-attorney (page title: District Attorney | Quay County), phone (575) 461-2075, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for De Baca County
Registered sex offenders living in De Baca 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 De Baca 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 ipra.nmcourts.gov (page title: Inspect Public Records Request | IPRA).
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal 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.
Can I search De Baca County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at tenthdistrict.nmcourts.gov (page title: De Baca County District Court Docket | Fort Sumner, NM | Tenth 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 De Baca County?
The District Attorney, reached at (575) 461-2075, which files its cases in the District Court for De Baca County or the Magistrate Court.
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.