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.
Kinney County, Texas, has about 3,200 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Kinney County Sheriff's Office and one other 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 Kinney 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: Kinney County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Kinney County
The Kinney County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Kinney County. It reported 182 arrests for 2020, its latest complete year.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Kinney County: the Kinney County Constable's Precinct 1 (other).
How Many Arrests The Kinney 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.
- Kinney County Sheriff's Office: 182 for 2020 and 288 for 2019.
The Kinney County Sheriff's Office's 182 arrests in 2020 were down 37 percent from 288 in 2019.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Kinney County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Kinney 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.
On an average day in 2022 the jail held about 2 people, down from about 16 in 2016. Its rated capacity in 2022 was 28 beds, and it ran at 9 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Kinney County Sheriff's Office at co.kinney.tx.us/page/Sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Kinney County, Texas), phone 830-563-2788, 109 North Street Brackettville, TX 78832, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Kinney County
For Kinney County the place to look is the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.kinney.tx.us/page/district.attorney, phone (830) 775-0505).
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 Kinney 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 Kinney County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 830-563-2788.
- An arrest by the Kinney County Constable's Precinct 1: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (830) 775-0505, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Kinney County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Kinney 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 Kinney County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Kinney County each year?
The Kinney County Sheriff's Office reported 182 arrests to the FBI for 2020, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Kinney County?
Ask the Kinney County Sheriff's Office at 830-563-2788; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.kinney.tx.us/page/Sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Kinney County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Kinney County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Kinney 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 Kinney County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Kinney 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 Kinney 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.