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 September 30, 2026.
Jim Hogg County, Texas, has about 4,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Jim Hogg 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 Jim Hogg 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 and common questions.
Related guides: Jim Hogg County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Jim Hogg County
The Jim Hogg County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Jim Hogg County. It reported 46 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Jim Hogg 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.
- Jim Hogg County Sheriff's Office: 46 for 2025, 24 for 2024, 37 for 2023, 39 for 2022, 55 for 2021 and 63 for 2020.
Through August 2026, Jim Hogg County Sheriff's Office reported 32 arrests, against 37 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Jim Hogg County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Jim Hogg 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 46 people on an average day, up from about 31 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 64 beds, and it is running at 72 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 Jim Hogg County Sheriff's Office at co.jim-hogg.tx.us/page/jim-hogg.Sheriff (page title: Jim Hogg County, Texas), phone (361) 527-4140, 211 E Galbraith St. Hebbronville, TX 78361, 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 Jim Hogg County
Whether someone was arrested in Jim Hogg County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Jim Hogg County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.jim-hogg.tx.us/page/jim-hogg.Judicial.District.Court, phone 956-716-4800); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.jim-hogg.tx.us/page/jim-hogg.District.Attorney, phone (361) 527-4056).
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 Jim Hogg 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 Jim Hogg County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (361) 527-4140.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (361) 527-4056, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Jim Hogg County District Court, through the court records page at co.jim-hogg.tx.us, phone 956-716-4800.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Jim Hogg County each year?
The Jim Hogg County Sheriff's Office reported 46 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Jim Hogg County?
Ask the Jim Hogg County Sheriff's Office at (361) 527-4140; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.jim-hogg.tx.us/page/jim-hogg.Sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Jim Hogg County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Jim Hogg County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Jim Hogg 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 Jim Hogg County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Jim Hogg 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 Jim Hogg 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.