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.
San Saba County, Texas, has about 5,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in San Saba County is held at the county jail, run by the San Saba County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in San Saba County
The county jail, run by the San Saba County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in San Saba County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the San Saba County Sheriff's Office at sansabacounty.org/jail (page title: San Saba County Jail Roster Lookup, TX, Inmate Search), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The San Saba County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 1 people, up from about 1 in 2018. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 12 beds, and it ran at 10 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
San Saba County has about 5,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 2 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the San Saba County Jail
The San Saba County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for San Saba make the arrests that end in a booking in San Saba County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were San Saba's 34 for 2025 and the San Saba County Sheriff's Office's 16 for 2020.
San Saba reported 34 arrests to the FBI for 2025. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in San Saba County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in San Saba County serves the sentence in a facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, whose inmate locator is at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in San Saba County?
Ask the San Saba County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sansabacounty.org/jail.
How many people are in the San Saba County jail?
About 1 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 12 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in San Saba County go?
To a facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; its inmate locator is at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
Is this the official San Saba 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.