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.
Taos County, New Mexico, has about 34,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Taos County is held at the county jail, run by the Taos 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: Taos County public records, Taos County arrest records, Taos County warrants, Taos County criminal records, Taos County court records, New Mexico arrest records and New Mexico inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Taos County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Taos County is held at the county jail, run by the Taos County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Taos County Sheriff's Office at taoscounty.org/217/Sheriffs-Office (page title: Sheriff's Office | Taos County, NM), phone 575-737-6480, 226 Cruz Alta Rd Taos, NM 87571, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 575-737-6480.
The Taos County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 56 people, down from about 58 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 88 beds, and it ran at 66 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Taos County has about 34,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 16 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Taos County Jail
The Taos County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Taos, Questa, Red River and Taos Ski Valley make the arrests that end in a booking in Taos County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Taos's 185 for 2025, the Taos County Sheriff's Office's 108 for 2025 and Questa's 10 for 2024.
Together, the four agencies in Taos County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 293 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 Taos County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Taos County serves the sentence in a facility of the New Mexico Corrections Department, whose inmate locator is at cd.nm.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Taos County?
Ask the Taos County Sheriff's Office at 575-737-6480; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at taoscounty.org/217/Sheriffs-Office.
How many people are in the Taos County jail?
About 56 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 88 beds.
What is the phone number for the Taos County jail?
575-737-6480, the number on the page of the Taos County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Taos County go?
To a facility of the New Mexico Corrections Department; its inmate locator is at cd.nm.gov.
Is this the official Taos 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.