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.
Parmer County, Texas, has about 9,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Parmer County Sheriff's Office and three city agencies. 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 Parmer 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: Parmer County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Parmer County
The Parmer County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Parmer County. It reported 73 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Friona, 4,071 residents: 39 arrests reported for 2025.
- Bovina, 1,661 residents: 8 arrests reported for 2025.
- Farwell, 1,379 residents: 1 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 Each Agency Reports in Parmer County
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.
- Parmer County Sheriff's Office: 73 for 2025, 47 for 2024, 45 for 2023, 20 for 2022, 34 for 2021 and 269 for 2020.
- Friona: 39 for 2025, 17 for 2024, 21 for 2023, 39 for 2022, 59 for 2021 and 54 for 2020.
- Bovina: 8 for 2025, 4 for 2024, 4 for 2023, 1 for 2022, 11 for 2021 and 6 for 2020.
- Farwell: 1 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 2 for 2023, 4 for 2022, 5 for 2021 and 9 for 2020.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 121 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 121 in 2025 against 68 in 2024, up 78 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 76 arrests, against 60 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Parmer County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Parmer 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.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 28 people on an average day, up from about 27 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 49 beds, and it is running at 57 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 Parmer County Sheriff's Office at parmercounty.org/jail-roster (page title: Parmer County Jail Inmate Roster and Search, TX), phone 806-481-3303, 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 Parmer County
An arrest in Parmer County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Parmer County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Parmer County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at parmercounty.texas.gov/?page_id=152, phone 806-481-9416); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at parmercounty.texas.gov/?page_id=78, phone 806-272-4205).
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 Parmer 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 Parmer County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 806-481-3303.
- An arrest in Friona, Bovina or Farwell: 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, 806-272-4205, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Parmer County District Court, through the court records page at parmercounty.texas.gov/?page_id=152, phone 806-481-9416.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Parmer County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the three cities in Parmer County: Friona, Bovina and Farwell.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Parmer County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Parmer County each year?
The Parmer County Sheriff's Office reported 73 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 121 between them.
Where are people arrested in Parmer County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Parmer County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Parmer 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 Parmer County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Parmer 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 Parmer 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.