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 October 2, 2026.
Mora County, New Mexico, has about 4,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Mora 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 Mora 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: Mora County public records, New Mexico arrest records, New Mexico inmate search and New Mexico criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Mora County
The Mora County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Mora County. It reported 81 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Mora County Sheriff's Office Reports
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Mora County Sheriff's Office: 81 for 2025, 90 for 2024, 79 for 2023, 55 for 2022 and 99 for 2021.
The Mora County Sheriff's Office's 81 arrests in 2025 were down 10 percent from 90 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Mora County Sheriff's Office reported 43 arrests, against 58 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Mora County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Mora 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 12 people, up from about 11 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 19 beds, and it ran at 58 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Mora County Sheriff's Office at countyofmora.com/county-sheriff (page title: County Sheriff | Mora County, New Mexico), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
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 Mora County
For Mora County the place to look is the case index of the District Court for Mora County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at caselookup.nmcourts.gov/caselookup/app).
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 Mora County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Mora County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Mora County, through the court records page at caselookup.nmcourts.gov/caselookup/app.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at countyofmoranm.nextrequest.com (page title: Open Public RecordsNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Mora County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Mora 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 Mora County.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Mora County each year?
The Mora County Sheriff's Office reported 81 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Mora County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Mora County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Mora County?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Mora 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 Mora County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Mora 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 countyofmoranm.nextrequest.com.
Is this the official Mora 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.