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.
Sherman County, Texas, has about 2,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Sherman 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 Sherman 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: Sherman County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Sherman County
The Sherman County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Sherman County.
One city in Sherman County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Stratford, 1,964 residents: 23 arrests reported for 2024.
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 Stratford 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.
- Stratford: 23 for 2024, 4 for 2023, 4 for 2022 and 112 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Sherman County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sherman 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 3 people on an average day, down from about 6 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 13 beds, and it is running at 23 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Sherman County
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 Sherman 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 Sherman County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Stratford: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at ci.sherman.tx.us (page title: Requesting Records & Information | Sherman, TX).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Sherman County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Sherman County: Stratford. Texhoma 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 Sherman County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Sherman County each year?
Stratford reported 23 arrests to the FBI for 2024, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Sherman County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Sherman County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Sherman 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 Sherman County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Sherman 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at ci.sherman.tx.us.
Is this the official Sherman 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.