Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. 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.
Providence Village, Texas, in Denton County, has about 10,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). An arrest in the city 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 Denton County District Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it.
This guide covers who makes arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Providence Village public records, Denton County arrest records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Providence Village
The FBI lists no arrest reporting agency under the name of Providence Village. In Denton County the county agency that reports arrests is the Denton County Sheriff's Office.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Denton County: the Denton County Constable's Precincts 4, 3, 6, 5 and 1, the Aubrey Independent School District, the Argyle Independent School District, Elm Ridge and four more (other); the University of North Texas at Denton and Texas Woman's University (campus police).
Booking: Where People Arrested in Providence Village Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Providence Village 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.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 1,220 people on an average day, up from about 1,180 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 1,788 beds, and it is running at 68 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, whose inmate locator is at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Providence Village
Whether someone was arrested in Providence Village, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Denton County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at dentoncounty.gov/920/Judicial-Law-Enforcement-Records-Search); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at dentoncounty.gov/223/District-Attorney, phone 940-349-2600).
Texas is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the Conviction Database search lets anyone look up convictions and deferred adjudications by name, for $3 a search, through the Texas Department of Public Safety. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Providence Village
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Texas Public Information Act the agency must answer within 10 business days, and it may charge the copy rates set by the Attorney General, plus labor for large requests.
- An arrest by the Providence Village police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at pvtx.gov/173/Law-Enforcement-Services (page title: Law Enforcement Services | Providence Village, TX), phone 940-349-1600, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Denton County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 940-349-2600, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Denton County District Court, through the court records page at dentoncounty.gov.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at dentoncounty.gov/1145/Records-Request (page title: Records Request | Denton County, TX).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
The Denton County guide covers every agency in the county: Denton County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where are people arrested in Providence Village booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Denton County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Providence Village?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Texas Department of Public Safety: the Conviction Database search lets anyone look up convictions and deferred adjudications by name, for $3. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Texas Public Information Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Providence Village?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Denton County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Texas Public Information Act the answer is due within 10 business days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at dentoncounty.gov/1145/Records-Request.
Is this the official Providence Village 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.