This is a private reference site, not a San Miguel County office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule visitation, retrieve official records, or change a court or jail entry. Use the official offices below for those requests.
Official Offices for Jail and Record Questions
Start with the office that controls the record or custody status. The detention center is the local custody contact; the Sheriff's Office handles law-enforcement routing; court filings move through New Mexico courts and the Fourth Judicial District.
San Miguel County Detention Center
26 NM 283
Las Vegas, NM 87701
Phone: (505) 454-7403
Fax: (505) 454-7409
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; open from noon to 1:00 p.m.
The county detention page is the official source for the San Miguel County Detention Center, visitation schedule, and the county notice directing detainee-lookup questions to the jail phone line when the online service is unavailable.
San Miguel County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Chris Lopez
1224 Railroad Ave.
Las Vegas, NM 87701
Phone: (505) 425-7589
Fax: (505) 425-8799
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; closed from noon to 1:00 p.m.
The Sheriff's Office page identifies the sheriff, office address, phone, hours, and links for detainee lookup, New Mexico sex offender information, and ICE resources.
San Miguel County Clerk
500 W. National Ave., Suite 113
Las Vegas, NM 87701
Phone: (505) 425-9331
The county clerk and county website are useful starting points for county records and New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act routing when a written request is needed.
Courts and Prosecutor Context
San Miguel County is in New Mexico's Fourth Judicial District with Guadalupe and Mora Counties. Filed criminal case information may appear through New Mexico Case Lookup, Odyssey Public Access, re:SearchNM, or Fourth Judicial District public-record channels. The Fourth Judicial District Attorney's Las Vegas office handles prosecution context for the district; the district attorney listed in the research materials is Thomas Clayton.
Use the matching route for the question at hand:
- For a person believed to be in the county jail, use jail inmate records guidance and call the San Miguel County Detention Center at (505) 454-7403 if the lookup is offline.
- For booking photos, review jail roster mugshots and request official copies from the agency that holds the booking record.
- For filed charges after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the New Mexico court systems.
- For facility address, phone, and visitation context, see the San Miguel County Detention Center page.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the New Mexico Corrections Department offender search rather than the county jail roster.
- For federal custody or immigration detention, use the BOP Inmate Locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System. VINELink is for custody notifications when the person or facility is available in that service.