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.
Val Verde County, Texas, has about 48,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Val Verde 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 Val Verde 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: Val Verde County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Val Verde County
The Val Verde County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Val Verde County. It reported 139 arrests for 2025.
One city in Val Verde County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Del Rio, 34,678 residents: 218 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.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Val Verde County
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.
- Del Rio: 218 for 2025, 271 for 2024, 283 for 2023, 267 for 2022, 835 for 2020 and 1,040 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Val Verde County Sheriff's Office: 139 for 2025, 135 for 2024, 148 for 2023, 127 for 2022, 111 for 2021 and 135 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 357 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 357 in 2025 against 406 in 2024, down 12 percent.
Through August 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 196 arrests, against 245 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Val Verde County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Val Verde 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 130 people on an average day, down from about 550 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 193 beds, and it is running at 67 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 Val Verde County Sheriff's Office at valverdesheriff.com (page title: Val Verde County Jail Roster Lookup, TX, Inmate Search), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
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 Val Verde County
For Val Verde County the place to look is the case index of the Val Verde County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at valverdecounty.texas.gov/268/Civil-Cases, phone 830-774-7564).
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 Val Verde 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 Val Verde County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Del Rio: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Val Verde County District Court, through the court records page at valverdecounty.texas.gov/268/Civil-Cases, phone 830-774-7564.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at valverdecounty.texas.gov (page title: VAL VERDE COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE RECORDS REQUEST FORM).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Val Verde County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Del Rio, the one city in Val Verde County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Val Verde County District Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Val Verde County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Del Rio (34,678)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Val Verde County each year?
Del Rio reported 218 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 357 between them.
Where are people arrested in Val Verde County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Val Verde County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Val Verde 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 Val Verde County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Val Verde 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 valverdecounty.texas.gov.
Is this the official Val Verde 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.