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.
Borden County, Texas, has 557 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Borden 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 Borden 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 and common questions.
Related guides: Borden County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Borden County
The Borden County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Borden County. It reported 5 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Borden County Sheriff's Office Reports
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Borden County Sheriff's Office: 5 for 2025, 4 for 2024, 9 for 2023, 8 for 2022, 30 for 2021 and 29 for 2020.
Through August 2026, Borden County Sheriff's Office reported 7 arrests, against 5 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Borden County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Borden 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.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 3 people, down from about 3 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 5 beds, and it ran at 52 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 Borden County Sheriff's Office at co.borden.tx.us/page/Sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Borden County, Texas), phone 806-756-4311, 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 Borden County
Whether someone was arrested in Borden County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Borden County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.borden.tx.us/page/District.Clerk, phone 806-756-4312); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.borden.tx.us/page/District.Attorney, phone 325-573-2462).
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 Borden 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 Borden County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 806-756-4311.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 325-573-2462, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Borden County District Court, through the court records page at co.borden.tx.us/page/District.Clerk, phone 806-756-4312.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Borden County each year?
The Borden County Sheriff's Office reported 5 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Borden County?
Ask the Borden County Sheriff's Office at 806-756-4311; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.borden.tx.us/page/Sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Borden County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Borden County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Borden 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 Borden County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Borden 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 Borden 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.