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.
Terry County, Texas, has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Terry County Sheriff's Office, one city agency and one other 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 Terry 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: Terry County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Terry County
The Terry County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Terry County. It reported 42 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Terry County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Brownfield, 8,682 residents: 92 arrests reported for 2025.
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.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Terry County: the Brownfield Independent School District (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Terry County
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.
- Brownfield: 92 for 2025, 145 for 2024, 155 for 2023, 172 for 2022, 199 for 2021 and 169 for 2020.
- Terry County Sheriff's Office: 42 for 2025, 36 for 2024, 32 for 2023, 32 for 2022, 40 for 2021 and 33 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 134 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 134 in 2025 against 181 in 2024, down 26 percent.
Through August 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 95 arrests, against 81 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Terry County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Terry 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 83 people on an average day, up from about 74 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 174 beds, and it is running at 48 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 Terry County
An arrest in Terry County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Terry County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.terry.tx.us/page/terry.county.clerk, phone 866-539-2020); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.terry.tx.us/page/terry.district.attorney, phone 806-637-4984).
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 Terry 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 Terry County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Brownfield: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by the Brownfield Independent School District: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 806-637-4984, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Terry County District Court, through the court records page at co.terry.tx.us/page/terry.county.clerk, phone 866-539-2020.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Terry County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the three cities in Terry County: Brownfield. Meadow and Wellman have 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 Terry County District Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Terry County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Brownfield (8,682)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Terry County each year?
Brownfield reported 92 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 134 between them.
Where are people arrested in Terry County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Terry County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Terry 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 Terry County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Terry 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 Terry 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.