Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 30, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Bowie County, Texas, has about 92,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Bowie County depends on where the incident happened: the Bowie County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Texas Public Information Act requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: Bowie County public records, Bowie County arrest records, Bowie County warrants, Bowie County inmate search, Bowie County criminal records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Bowie County
A crime, incident or collision report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court, the jail or the prosecutor.
In Bowie County that is the Bowie County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
The FBI's agency list also places 14 other agencies and two campus police departments in Bowie County, each with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Bowie County Sheriff's Office
The Bowie County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 115 violent and 310 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 287 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at co.bowie.tx.us/page/bowie.Sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Bowie County, Texas), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 429), so open it in a browser.
Reports from the City Agencies in Bowie County
The six cities the FBI lists in Bowie County with a reporting agency of their own:
- Texarkana: 234 violent and 1,018 property crimes reported for 2025; 2,016 arrests reported for 2025.
- Wake Village: 12 violent and 56 property crimes reported for 2025; 104 arrests reported for 2025.
- New Boston: 25 violent and 143 property crimes reported for 2025; 247 arrests reported for 2025.
- Nash: 6 violent and 28 property crimes reported for 2025; 62 arrests reported for 2025.
- Hooks: 6 violent and 15 property crimes reported for 2025; 24 arrests reported for 2025.
- De Kalb: 2 violent and 6 property crimes reported for 2025; 56 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.
How Many Reports: Bowie County in 2025
The seven agencies in Bowie County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 400 violent and 1,576 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the seven agencies in Bowie County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,796 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Texas Public Information Act Requires
The Texas Public Information Act sets the rules: an answer within 10 business days, at a charge of the copy rates set by the Attorney General, plus labor for large requests, from the agency that holds the report.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at texarkanatexas.gov/253/Public-Records (page title: Public record requests | Texarkana, TX).
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Bowie County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Bowie 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.
How long does an agency in Bowie County have to answer?
Under the Texas Public Information Act, within 10 business days. It may charge the copy rates set by the Attorney General, plus labor for large requests.
How do I get a report from the Bowie County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. Under the Texas Public Information Act the answer is due within 10 business days.
Is this the official Bowie 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.