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 23, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Commerce, Texas, in Hunt County, has about 9,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Commerce is held at the county jail, run by the Hunt 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.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Commerce
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Commerce is held at the county jail, run by the Hunt County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Hunt County Sheriff's Office at apps.huntcounty.net/jail (page title: Hunt County Sheriff Booking), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Hunt County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 280 people on an average day, up from about 250 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 345 beds, and it is running at 82 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Hunt County has about 119,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 24 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Hunt County Jail
The Hunt County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Commerce (filed by the FBI as Commerce Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Commerce.
The FBI's agency list also places ten other agencies and one campus police department in Hunt County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The Josephine Police Department and the Royse City Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Hunt County, so their arrests are not broken out for Hunt County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Greenville's 950 for 2025, Commerce's 244 for 2025 and the Hunt County Sheriff's Office's 206 for 2025.
Together, the six agencies in Hunt County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,476 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 Commerce 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 Hunt County serves the sentence in a facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, whose inmate locator is at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Commerce?
Look on the custody page of the Hunt County Sheriff's Office at apps.huntcounty.net/jail. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Hunt County jail?
About 280 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 345 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Hunt County go?
To a facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; its inmate locator is at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
Is this the official Commerce website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.