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.
Terrell County, Texas, has 718 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Terrell 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 Terrell 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 and common questions.
Related guides: Terrell County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Terrell County
The Terrell County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Terrell County. It reported 8 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Terrell 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.
- Terrell County Sheriff's Office: 8 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 0 for 2022 and 0 for 2021.
Through July 2026, Terrell County Sheriff's Office reported 3 arrests, against 2 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Terrell County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Terrell 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 2 people on an average day, down from about 3 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 8 beds, and it is running at 25 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 Terrell County Sheriff's Office at co.terrell.tx.us/page/terrell.sheriff (page title: Terrell County, Texas), phone 432-345-2525, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
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 Terrell County
An arrest in Terrell County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Terrell County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.terrell.tx.us/page/terrell.district.clerk, phone 432-345-2391); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.terrell.tx.us/page/terrell.district.attorney, phone 830-775-0505).
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 Terrell 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 Terrell County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 432-345-2525.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 830-775-0505, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Terrell County District Court, through the court records page at co.terrell.tx.us/page/terrell.district.clerk, phone 432-345-2391.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Terrell County each year?
The Terrell County Sheriff's Office reported 8 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Terrell County?
Ask the Terrell County Sheriff's Office at 432-345-2525; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.terrell.tx.us/page/terrell.sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Terrell County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Terrell County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Terrell 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 Terrell County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Terrell 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 Terrell 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.