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.
McMullen County, Texas, has 565 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the McMullen 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 McMullen 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: McMullen County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in McMullen County
The McMullen County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for McMullen County. It reported 12 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The McMullen 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.
- McMullen County Sheriff's Office: 12 for 2025 and 3 for 2024.
Through August 2026, McMullen County Sheriff's Office reported 1 arrests, against 10 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in McMullen County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in McMullen 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 2024 the jail held about 3 people, up from about 3 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 4 beds, and it ran at 72 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 McMullen County Sheriff's Office at mcmullencounty.org/sherriff (page title: Sheriff | McMullen County), phone 361-274-3311, Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:00pm, 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 McMullen County
For McMullen County the place to look is the case index of the McMullen County District Court, kept by the District Clerk for district court cases and the County Clerk for county court cases, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at mcmullencounty.org/county-court-2 (page title: County Court | McMullen County), phone (361) 274-3215, belongs to a lower court, not to the McMullen County District Court.
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 McMullen 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 McMullen County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 361-274-3311.
- The court file of a case that was filed: in the McMullen County District Court it is kept by the District Clerk for district court cases and the County Clerk for county court cases. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at mcmullencounty.org/county-court-2, phone (361) 274-3215, is a lower court's.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in McMullen County each year?
The McMullen County Sheriff's Office reported 12 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in McMullen County?
Ask the McMullen County Sheriff's Office at 361-274-3311; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at mcmullencounty.org/sherriff.
Where are people arrested in McMullen County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the McMullen County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in McMullen 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 McMullen County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the McMullen 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 McMullen 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.