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 October 1, 2026.
Hansford County, Texas, has about 5,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Hansford 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 Hansford 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: Hansford County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Hansford County
The Hansford County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Hansford County. It reported 5 arrests for 2025.
One city in Hansford County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Spearman, 2,994 residents: 0 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 Arrests Each Agency Reports in Hansford 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.
- Hansford County Sheriff's Office: 5 for 2025, 8 for 2024, 2 for 2023, 4 for 2022, 5 for 2021 and 5 for 2020.
- Spearman: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 0 for 2022, 35 for 2020 and 29 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 5 in 2025 against 8 in 2024.
Through August 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 7 arrests, against 3 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Hansford County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Hansford 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 1 people on an average day, down from about 4 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 9 beds, and it is running at 11 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 Hansford County Sheriff's Office at co.hansford.tx.us/page/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Hansford County, TX), phone 806-659-4140, 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 Hansford County
An arrest in Hansford County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Hansford 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 co.hansford.tx.us/page/District.Attorney, phone 806-659-4150).
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at co.hansford.tx.us/page/Justice (page title: Justice of the Peace | Hansford County, TX), phone 806-659-4165, belongs to a lower court, not to the Hansford 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 Hansford 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 Hansford County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 806-659-4140.
- An arrest in Spearman: 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, 806-659-4150, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: in the Hansford 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 co.hansford.tx.us/page/Justice, phone 806-659-4165, is a lower court's.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Hansford County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Hansford County: Spearman. Gruver 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 Hansford County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Hansford County each year?
The Hansford County Sheriff's Office reported 5 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 5 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Hansford County?
Ask the Hansford County Sheriff's Office at 806-659-4140; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.hansford.tx.us/page/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Hansford County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Hansford County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Hansford 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 Hansford County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Hansford 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 Hansford 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.