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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 23, 2026.
Motley County, Texas, has about 1,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Motley 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 Motley 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: Motley County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Motley County
The Motley County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Motley County. It reported 0 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Motley 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.
- Motley County Sheriff's Office: 0 for 2025, 1 for 2024, 4 for 2023, 0 for 2022 and 0 for 2021.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Motley County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Motley 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.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Motley County Sheriff's Office at co.motley.tx.us/page/motley.sheriff (page title: Motley County, Texas), phone (806) 347-2234, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice lists its inmates at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Motley County
An arrest in Motley County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Motley County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.motley.tx.us/page/motley.County.Clerk, phone (806) 347-2621); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.motley.tx.us/page/motley.District.Attorney, phone 806-983-2197).
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 Motley 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 Motley County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (806) 347-2234.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 806-983-2197, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Motley County District Court, through the court records page at co.motley.tx.us/page/motley.County.Clerk, phone (806) 347-2621.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Motley County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Motley 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 Motley County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Motley County each year?
The Motley County Sheriff's Office reported 0 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Motley County?
Ask the Motley County Sheriff's Office at (806) 347-2234; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.motley.tx.us/page/motley.sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Motley County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Motley County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Motley 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 Motley County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Motley 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 Motley 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.