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.
La Salle County, Texas, has about 6,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the La Salle 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 La Salle 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: La Salle County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in La Salle County
The La Salle County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for La Salle County. It reported 118 arrests for 2021, its latest complete year.
One city in La Salle County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Encinal, 539 residents: 5 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 The La Salle 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.
- La Salle County Sheriff's Office: 118 for 2021 and 438 for 2020.
- Encinal: 5 for 2025, 4 for 2024 and 23 for 2023.
The La Salle County Sheriff's Office's 118 arrests in 2021 were down 73 percent from 438 in 2020.
Booking: Where People Arrested in La Salle County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in La Salle 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 31 people on an average day, up from about 24 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 47 beds, and it is running at 66 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the La Salle County Sheriff's Office at lasalleso.com/inmateSearch (page title: LaSalle Parish Sheriff's Office (LA)), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
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 La Salle County
An arrest in La Salle County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the La Salle County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the La Salle County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.la-salle.tx.us/index.php/offices/county-district-clerk, phone (830) 483-5120); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.la-salle.tx.us/index.php/offices/district-court/district-attorney).
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 La Salle 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 La Salle County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Encinal: 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 handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the La Salle County District Court, through the court records page at co.la-salle.tx.us, phone (830) 483-5120.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.la-salle.tx.us (page title: Open Records).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in La Salle County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in La Salle County: Encinal. Cotulla 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 La Salle County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in La Salle County each year?
The La Salle County Sheriff's Office reported 118 arrests to the FBI for 2021, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in La Salle County?
Look on the custody page of the La Salle County Sheriff's Office at lasalleso.com/inmateSearch. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in La Salle County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the La Salle County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in La Salle 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 La Salle County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the La Salle 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.la-salle.tx.us.
Is this the official La Salle 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.