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 23, 2026.
Archer County, Texas, has about 9,200 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Archer County Sheriff's Office, two city agencies and one other agency. 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 Archer County District Court. 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: Archer County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Archer County
The Archer County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Archer County. It reported 155 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Archer County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Holliday, 1,712 residents: 1,188 arrests reported for 2025.
- Archer City, 1,642 residents: 16 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Archer County: the Archer County Constable's Precinct 3 (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Archer County
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.
- Holliday: 1,188 for 2025, 1,188 for 2024, 1,187 for 2023, 1,176 for 2022, 1,168 for 2021 and 1,185 for 2020.
- Archer County Sheriff's Office: 155 for 2025 and 86 for 2024.
- Archer City: 16 for 2025, 22 for 2024, 21 for 2023, 19 for 2022, 11 for 2021 and 15 for 2020.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,359 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,359 in 2025 against 1,296 in 2024, up 4.9 percent.
Through August 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 867 arrests, against 895 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Archer County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Archer County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 28 people on an average day, up from about 19 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 48 beds, and it is running at 58 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Archer County Sheriff's Office at co.archer.tx.us/page/archer.Sheriff (page title: Archer County, Texas), phone 940-574-2571, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice lists its inmates at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Archer County
An arrest in Archer County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Archer County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.archer.tx.us/page/archer.District.Clerk, phone 940-574-4615); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.archer.tx.us/page/archer.District.Attorney, phone (940) 894-6211).
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 Archer 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 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 Archer County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 940-574-2571.
- An arrest in Holliday or Archer City: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Archer County Constable's Precinct 3: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (940) 894-6211, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Archer County District Court, through the court records page at co.archer.tx.us/page/archer.District.Clerk, phone 940-574-4615.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Archer County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the six cities in Archer County: Holliday and Archer City. Lakeside City, Scotland, Windthorst and Megargel have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Archer County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Archer County each year?
Holliday reported 1,188 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,359 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Archer County?
Ask the Archer County Sheriff's Office at 940-574-2571; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.archer.tx.us/page/archer.Sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Archer County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Archer County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Archer County?
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 Archer County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Archer 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.
Is this the official Archer 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.