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 28, 2026.
Cass County, Texas, has about 29,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Cass County Sheriff's Office, four city agencies and seven other agencies. 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 Cass 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: Cass County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Cass County
The Cass County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Cass County. It reported 123 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists four cities in Cass County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Atlanta, 5,448 residents: 47 arrests reported for 2025.
- Linden, 1,812 residents: 16 arrests reported for 2025.
- Hughes Springs, 1,533 residents: 1 arrests reported for 2025.
- Queen City, 1,391 residents: 5 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 these agencies in Cass County: the Cass County Constable's Precincts 2, 4, 3 and 1, the Queen City Independent School District, the Hughes Springs Independent School District and the Atlanta Fire Department (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Cass 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.
- Cass County Sheriff's Office: 123 for 2025, 116 for 2023, 140 for 2022, 143 for 2021 and 93 for 2020; 2024 is missing months.
- Atlanta: 47 for 2025, 68 for 2024, 105 for 2023, 131 for 2022, 131 for 2021 and 237 for 2020.
- Linden: 16 for 2025, 6 for 2024, 5 for 2022, 8 for 2021, 14 for 2020 and 92 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
- Queen City: 5 for 2025, 7 for 2024, 7 for 2023, 12 for 2022, 4 for 2021 and 0 for 2020.
- Hughes Springs: 1 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 2 for 2023, 3 for 2022 and 4 for 2021.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 192 arrests that year. The four of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 69 in 2025 against 81 in 2024, down 15 percent.
Through July 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 89 arrests, against 123 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Cass County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Cass County 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 62 people on an average day, up from about 56 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 96 beds, and it is running at 65 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 Cass County Sheriff's Office at co.cass.tx.us/page/cass.Sheriff (page title: Cass County, Texas), phone 903-756-7511, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 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 Cass County
Whether someone was arrested in Cass County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Cass County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.cass.tx.us/page/cass.CourtatLawDockets, phone 903-756-7514); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.cass.tx.us/page/cass.District.Attorney, phone 903-756-7541).
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 Cass 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 Cass County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 903-756-7511.
- An arrest in Atlanta, Linden, Hughes Springs or Queen City: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Cass County Constable's Precincts 2, 4, 3 and 1, the Queen City Independent School District or the Hughes Springs Independent School District: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 903-756-7541, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Cass County District Court, through the court records page at co.cass.tx.us/page/cass.CourtatLawDockets, phone 903-756-7514.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.cass.tx.us/page/cass.OpenRecords (page title: Cass County, Texas).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Cass County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the nine cities in Cass County: Atlanta, Linden, Hughes Springs and Queen City. Avinger, Bloomburg, Douglassville, Marietta and Domino 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 Cass County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Cass County each year?
The Cass County Sheriff's Office reported 123 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the five agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 192 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Cass County?
Ask the Cass County Sheriff's Office at 903-756-7511; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.cass.tx.us/page/cass.Sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Cass County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Cass County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Cass 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 Cass County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Cass 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 co.cass.tx.us/page/cass.OpenRecords.
Is this the official Cass 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.