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). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Val Verde County is held at the county jail, run by the Val Verde County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Val Verde County
The county jail, run by the Val Verde County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Val Verde County, from every agency.
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.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Val Verde County Jail by the Numbers
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.
Val Verde County has about 48,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 27 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Val Verde County Jail
The Val Verde County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Del Rio make the arrests that end in a booking in Val Verde County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Del Rio's 218 for 2025 and the Val Verde County Sheriff's Office's 139 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Val Verde County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 357 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Val Verde County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice lists its inmates at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Val Verde County?
Ask the Val Verde County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at valverdesheriff.com.
How many people are in the Val Verde County jail?
About 130 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 193 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Val Verde County go?
To a facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; its inmate locator is at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
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.