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.
Eastland County, Texas, has about 18,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Eastland County Sheriff's Office, three city agencies and four campus, state or 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 Eastland 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: Eastland County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Eastland County
The Eastland County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Eastland County. It reported 92 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Cisco, 4,029 residents: 72 arrests reported for 2025.
- Eastland, 3,772 residents: 120 arrests reported for 2025.
- Ranger, 2,343 residents: 27 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 Eastland County: the Eastland County Constable's Precincts 2 and 1 and the Gorman Independent School District (other); Cisco College (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Eastland County
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.
- Eastland: 120 for 2025, 82 for 2024, 110 for 2023, 135 for 2021 and 83 for 2019; 2020 and 2022 are missing months.
- Eastland County Sheriff's Office: 92 for 2025, 64 for 2024, 63 for 2023, 42 for 2022, 47 for 2021 and 16 for 2020.
- Cisco: 72 for 2025, 54 for 2024, 51 for 2023, 74 for 2022, 100 for 2021 and 56 for 2020.
- Ranger: 27 for 2025, 40 for 2024, 75 for 2023, 25 for 2022, 28 for 2021 and 11 for 2020.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 311 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 311 in 2025 against 240 in 2024, up 30 percent.
Through August 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 121 arrests, against 96 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Eastland County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Eastland 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 68 people on an average day, up from about 43 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 97 beds, and it is running at 70 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Eastland County
Whether someone was arrested in Eastland County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Eastland County District Court, kept by the District Clerk for district court cases and the County Clerk for county court cases, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date; the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at eastlandcounty.gov/1199/Criminal-District-Attorney, phone 254-629-2659).
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at eastlandtexas.gov/court (page title: City of Eastland | Municipal Court), phone (254) 629-8227, belongs to a lower court, not to the Eastland County District Court.
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 Eastland 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 Eastland County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Cisco, Eastland or Ranger: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Eastland County Constable's Precincts 2 and 1, Cisco College or the Gorman 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, 254-629-2659, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: in the Eastland County District Court it is kept by the District Clerk for district court cases and the County Clerk for county court cases. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at eastlandtexas.gov/court, phone (254) 629-8227, is a lower court's.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Eastland County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the six cities in Eastland County: Cisco, Eastland and Ranger. Gorman, Rising Star and Carbon 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 Eastland County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Eastland County each year?
Eastland reported 120 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 311 between them.
Where are people arrested in Eastland County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Eastland County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Eastland 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 Eastland County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Eastland 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 Eastland 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.