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 September 30, 2026.
Shackelford County, Texas, has about 3,200 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Shackelford County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. 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 Shackelford 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: Shackelford County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Shackelford County
The Shackelford County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Shackelford County. It reported 12 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Shackelford County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Albany, 1,893 residents.
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 The Shackelford 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.
- Shackelford County Sheriff's Office: 12 for 2025, 13 for 2024, 13 for 2023, 17 for 2022 and 8 for 2021.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Shackelford County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Shackelford 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 13 people on an average day, down from about 14 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 27 beds, and it is running at 48 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Shackelford County Sheriff's Office at shackelfordcounty.org/page/shackelford.Arrest.Jail.Report (page title: Shackelford County, Texas), Monday - to- Friday 8:00am - 4:00pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 Shackelford County
For Shackelford County the place to look is the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at shackelfordcounty.org/page/shackelford.County.Attorney, phone 325-762-9410).
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 Shackelford 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 Shackelford County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Albany: 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, 325-762-9410, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Shackelford County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Shackelford County: Albany. Moran has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Shackelford County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Shackelford County each year?
The Shackelford County Sheriff's Office reported 12 arrests to the FBI for 2025.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Shackelford County?
Ask the Shackelford County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at shackelfordcounty.org.
Where are people arrested in Shackelford County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Shackelford County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Shackelford 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 Shackelford County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Shackelford 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 Shackelford 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.