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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Jeff Davis County, Texas, has about 1,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Jeff Davis 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 Jeff Davis 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: Jeff Davis County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Jeff Davis County
The Jeff Davis County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Jeff Davis County. It reported 0 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Jeff Davis County Sheriff's Office Reports
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.
- Jeff Davis County Sheriff's Office: 0 for 2025, 14 for 2023 and 5 for 2022; 2024 is missing months.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Jeff Davis County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Jeff Davis 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.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Jeff Davis County Sheriff's Office at jeffdaviscounty.texas.gov/page/jeffdavis.Sheriff (page title: Jeff Davis County, Texas), phone 432-426-3213, 105 Court Avenue P. O. Box 1061 Fort Davis, TX 79734, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 Jeff Davis County
An arrest in Jeff Davis County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Jeff Davis County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at jeffdaviscounty.texas.gov/page/jeffdavis.County.Clerk, phone 432-426-3251); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at jeffdaviscounty.texas.gov/page/jeffdavis.County.Attorney, phone 432-426-4434).
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 Jeff Davis 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 Jeff Davis County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 432-426-3213.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 432-426-4434, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Jeff Davis County District Court, through the court records page at jeffdaviscounty.texas.gov, phone 432-426-3251.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Jeff Davis County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Jeff Davis 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 Jeff Davis County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Jeff Davis County each year?
The Jeff Davis County Sheriff's Office reported 0 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Jeff Davis County?
Ask the Jeff Davis County Sheriff's Office at 432-426-3213; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at jeffdaviscounty.texas.gov.
Where are people arrested in Jeff Davis County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Jeff Davis County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Jeff Davis 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 Jeff Davis County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Jeff Davis 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 Jeff Davis 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.