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.
Real County, Texas, has about 2,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Real 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 Real 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: Real County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Real County
The Real County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Real County. It reported 21 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
How Many Arrests The Real 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.
- Real County Sheriff's Office: 21 for 2024, 16 for 2023, 18 for 2022, 21 for 2021, 10 for 2020 and 9 for 2019.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Real County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Real 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.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 1 people on an average day, up from about 0 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 3 beds, and it is running at 33 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 Real County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.us/prisoners (page title: Prisoner Bookings), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
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 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 Real County
Whether someone was arrested in Real County, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Real County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Real County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.real.tx.us/page/real.Justice, phone 830-232-6630); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.real.tx.us/page/real.District.Attorney, phone 830-278-2916).
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 Real 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 Real County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 830-278-2916, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Real County District Court, through the court records page at co.real.tx.us/page/real.Justice, phone 830-232-6630.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Real County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Real 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 Real County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Real County each year?
The Real County Sheriff's Office reported 21 arrests to the FBI for 2024, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Real County?
Look on the custody page of the Real County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.us/prisoners. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Real County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Real County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Real 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 Real County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Real 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 Real 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.