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.
Culberson County, Texas, has about 2,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Culberson 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 Culberson 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: Culberson County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Culberson County
The Culberson County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Culberson County. It reported 255 arrests for 2019, its latest complete year.
How Many Arrests The Culberson 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.
- Culberson County Sheriff's Office: 255 for 2019.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Culberson County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Culberson 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 6 people on an average day, up from about 5 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 17 beds, and it is running at 35 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 Culberson County Sheriff's Office at co.culberson.tx.us/page/Sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Culberson County, Texas), phone 432-283-2060, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
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 Culberson County
Whether someone was arrested in Culberson County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Culberson County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.culberson.tx.us/page/county.clerk, phone 432-283-2058); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.culberson.tx.us/page/District.Attorney, phone 915-546-2059).
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 Culberson County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. 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 Culberson County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 432-283-2060.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 915-546-2059, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Culberson County District Court, through the court records page at co.culberson.tx.us/page/county.clerk, phone 432-283-2058.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Culberson County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Culberson County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Culberson County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Culberson County each year?
The Culberson County Sheriff's Office reported 255 arrests to the FBI for 2019, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Culberson County?
Ask the Culberson County Sheriff's Office at 432-283-2060; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.culberson.tx.us/page/Sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Culberson County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Culberson County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Culberson 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 Culberson County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Culberson 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 Culberson 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.