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 October 1, 2026.
Loving County, Texas, has 48 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Loving 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 Loving 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: Loving County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Loving County
The Loving County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Loving County. It reported 0 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Loving 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.
- Loving County Sheriff's Office: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 1 for 2023, 3 for 2022, 9 for 2021 and 2 for 2020.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Loving County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Loving 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.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 0 people, down from about 1 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 1 beds, and it ran at 59 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Loving County Sheriff's Office at lovingcountytexas.com (page title: Loving County, TX Inmate Search and Jail Information), phone 432-586-3461, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
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 Loving County
An arrest in Loving County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Loving County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Loving County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.loving.tx.us/page/loving.County.Clerk, phone (432) 309 9500); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.loving.tx.us/page/loving.District%20Attorney, phone 432-251-0456).
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 Loving 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 Loving County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 432-586-3461.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 432-251-0456, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Loving County District Court, through the court records page at co.loving.tx.us/page/loving.County.Clerk, phone (432) 309 9500.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Loving County each year?
The Loving County Sheriff's Office reported 0 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Loving County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Loving County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Loving 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 Loving County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Loving 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 Loving 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.