This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a detainee, post bond, pull an official booking record, or change a court or jail file. Use the official office or lookup system that matches the record you need.
Official Eddy County Contacts
Use these Eddy County contacts for jail, sheriff, records, and local custody questions. New Mexico's Inspection of Public Records Act, NMSA 1978 Section 14-2-1, is the open-records law generally tied to public-record inspection requests.
- Eddy County Detention Center: 201 N Main, Carlsbad, NM 88220; phone 575-887-7556; administration hours Monday through Thursday, 8 AM to 6 PM.
- Eddy County Sheriff Complex: 1502 Corrales Dr., Carlsbad, NM 88220; phone 575-887-7551; records hours Monday through Friday, 7 AM to 5 PM.
- Artesia Sheriff's Sub-Office: 3300 W Main St., Artesia, NM 88210; phone 575-746-9888; hours Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 4 PM.
- Sheriff: Matthew T. Hutchinson.
- Sheriff Records: Dawn McCarty, Records Supervisor; Dametra Kartchner, Records Clerk, 575-887-7551 ext. 7803.
- County public records: Eddy County NextRequest public-records portal.
For custody or record research, start with the source that controls the record type.
- For someone in the county jail, use jail inmate records and the Eddy County Detention Center lookup path.
- For booking photos, use jail roster mugshots and then contact records staff if the roster does not show what you need.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, the New Mexico Judiciary Case Lookup, or the New Mexico Courts IPRA request form.
- For a specific local facility, use the Eddy County Detention Center, Eddy County Alternative Sentencing Unit, or Artesia Police Department Holding Facility pages listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, search the New Mexico Corrections Department Offender Search.
- For federal prison custody, search the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.
- For immigration detention, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.
- For custody notifications in New Mexico, use VINELink New Mexico.