Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. 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 30, 2026.
Dickens County, Texas, has about 1,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Dickens County Sheriff's Office and one city 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 Dickens County District Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it.
This guide covers who makes arrests, arrest counts, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Dickens County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Dickens County
The Dickens County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Dickens County.
The FBI lists one city in Dickens County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Spur, 843 residents.
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.
Arrest Counts on File for Dickens County
The FBI publishes monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. For Dickens County the counts on file are partial: Dickens County Sheriff's Office and Spur have sent some months but no full year since 2019, so no annual total is given here.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Dickens County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Dickens 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 2 people on an average day, down from about 6 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 8 beds, and it is running at 25 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 Dickens County Sheriff's Office at co.dickens.tx.us/page/dickens.Sheriff (page title: Dickens County, Texas), phone (806) 623-5533, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 Dickens County
Whether someone was arrested in Dickens County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Dickens County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at card.txcourts.gov/directorysearch.aspx); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.dickens.tx.us/page/dickens.District.Attorney, phone 806-983-2197).
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 Dickens 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 Dickens County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (806) 623-5533.
- An arrest in Spur: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 806-983-2197, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Dickens County District Court, through the court records page at card.txcourts.gov/directorysearch.aspx.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Dickens County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Dickens County: Spur. Dickens has 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 Dickens County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Dickens County?
Ask the Dickens County Sheriff's Office at (806) 623-5533; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.dickens.tx.us/page/dickens.Sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Dickens County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Dickens County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Dickens 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 Dickens County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Dickens 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 Dickens 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.