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.
Lampasas County, Texas, has about 24,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lampasas County is held at the county jail, run by the Lampasas County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Lampasas County public records, Lampasas County arrest records, Lampasas County warrants, Lampasas County criminal records, Lampasas County court records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Lampasas County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lampasas County is held at the county jail, run by the Lampasas County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Lampasas County Sheriff's Office at co.lampasas.tx.us/page/lampasas.Sheriff (page title: Lampasas County, Texas), phone 512-556-8255, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 512-556-8255.
The Lampasas County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 72 people on an average day, up from about 28 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 112 beds, and it is running at 64 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Lampasas County has about 24,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 31 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Lampasas County Jail
The Lampasas County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Lampasas, Kempner and Lometa make the arrests that end in a booking in Lampasas County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Lampasas County: the Lampasas County Constable's Precinct 1 (other agency).
The Copperas Cove Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Lampasas County, so its arrests are not broken out for Lampasas County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Lampasas's 570 for 2024, the Lampasas County Sheriff's Office's 164 for 2025 and Kempner's 1 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Lampasas County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 165 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Lampasas County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Lampasas County serves the sentence in a facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, whose inmate locator is at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Lampasas County?
Ask the Lampasas County Sheriff's Office at 512-556-8255; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.lampasas.tx.us/page/lampasas.Sheriff.
How many people are in the Lampasas County jail?
About 72 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 112 beds.
What is the phone number for the Lampasas County jail?
512-556-8255, the number on the page of the Lampasas County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Lampasas County go?
To a facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; its inmate locator is at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
Is this the official Lampasas 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.