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 September 28, 2026.
Guadalupe County, New Mexico, has about 4,400 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 Guadalupe 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: Guadalupe County public records, Guadalupe County arrest records, Guadalupe County warrants, Guadalupe County court records, Guadalupe County police reports, New Mexico arrest records and New Mexico inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the District Court for Guadalupe County
In New Mexico the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Guadalupe County are heard by the District Court for Guadalupe 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 Guadalupe County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at caselookup.nmcourts.gov/caselookup/app (page title: Caselookup | Disclaimer), 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 Guadalupe County
The Guadalupe County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Santa Rosa keep the arrest records in Guadalupe 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.
Together, the two agencies in Guadalupe County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 76 arrests to the FBI that year; 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 Guadalupe County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Guadalupe County in 2024
The two agencies in Guadalupe County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 13 violent and 33 property crimes to the FBI that year; the same agencies with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 46 crimes in 2024 against 46 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 Guadalupe County public records guide.
The District Attorney for Guadalupe County
Charges in Guadalupe County are filed by the District Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the District Court for Guadalupe County or the Magistrate Court.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at nmdas.com/judicial-districts/fourth-judicial-district (page title: FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT | New Mexico Administrative Office of the District Attorneys), phone (505) 425-6746, 87701, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Guadalupe County
Registered sex offenders living in Guadalupe 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 Guadalupe 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Guadalupe County?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Guadalupe 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 Guadalupe County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at caselookup.nmcourts.gov/caselookup/app (page title: Caselookup | Disclaimer). 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 Guadalupe County?
The District Attorney, reached at (505) 425-6746, which files its cases in the District Court for Guadalupe County or the Magistrate Court.
Is this the official Guadalupe 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.