Roosevelt County Information
The state of New Mexico features Roosevelt County. A census demonstrated that Roosevelt County had a total population of 19,191 in 2020. In Roosevelt County, the current seat is Portales.
It was formed in 1903.
It was named for President Theodore Roosevelt. He is often referred to as Teddy Roosevelt or his initials T. R., was an American statesman, politician, conservationist, naturalist, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
Roosevelt County comprises the Portales, NM Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Clovis-Portales, NM Combined Statistical Area.
Roosevelt County Arrest Records
Arrest records are kept on each individual crime in Roosevelt County. Crimes in Roosevelt County are broken into two major categories, violent crime and property crime. Property crimes can include things such as burglary, vehicle theft, and larceny. Robbery, aggravated assault, murder, and forcible rape make up the four main violent crime categorizations. Roosevelt County had 9 violent and 85 property crimes back in 2012. Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office can be contacted at:
Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office
1700 North Boston Avenue
Portales, NM 88130
Phone: (575) 356-4408
Roosevelt County Criminal Records
Roosevelt County records their criminal activity in the form of criminal records. These records cover murders, rapes, burglaries, arson, motor vehicle theft, assaults, and crimes of a sexual nature. All criminal records in Roosevelt County are updated. In order to get access to the records in question, Roosevelt County locals can use a search tool. Any individual on release or in jail can be searched for using the tool. Roosevelt County sex offender register is updated constantly. This can include any offender living, attending school, working, or jailed in the Roosevelt County area. This register is made available to all citizens of Roosevelt County.
Citizens living in Roosevelt County can use the tool to search for any offenders in the area. People must simply enter a zip code to act as the center of their search. All offenders within those coordinates will then be revealed to the Roosevelt County resident. People may also use the tool to search for specific offenders. Results contain all offenders, even those in prison or non-compliant.
Roosevelt County Court Records
All civil, family and criminal cases in Roosevelt County are managed by the county courthouse. The court clerk maintains all Roosevelt County court records. Roosevelt County citizens can obtain court records at:
Roosevelt County Courthouse
109 West 1st Street #207
Portales, NM 88130
Phone: (575) 359-6920
Fax: (575) 359-2140
In the state of New Mexico, the Court of Appeals has the power to oversee any lower court case in which one party appeals. These lower courts often refer to one of the 33 superior or trial courts found across New Mexico’s 33 counties, including Roosevelt County.
NOTE - Standard records can be delivered to the requester by fax, email, or mail. Roosevelt County official records can only be sent via mail.
Roosevelt County Public Records
Every Roosevelt County resident, and New Mexico resident for that matter, has vital records kept on them. The vital records in question document a person’s most significant life events. These files can contain anything from births and deaths to marriages and divorces. Counties such as Roosevelt County help to collect these records. Roosevelt County may be put in charge of acquiring and sending copies to the state.
In New Mexico, marriage records are currently accumulated by every individual county clerk. Marriage records in Roosevelt County are kept at the New Mexico Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics. The files that Roosevelt County would have collected on these life events contain birth certificates, death certificates, divorce decrees, marriage licenses, divorce certificates, marriage certificates, and more. One central registry is used to store all vital records, including those from Roosevelt County. They can later be used for statistical analysis.
Roosevelt County residents can access and copy all public records. The 1978 Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA) in New Mexico gave all residents of Roosevelt County the fundamental right to access these public records. Roosevelt County residents can access public records at:
Roosevelt County Clerk’s Office
109 West 1st
Lobby Box 4
Portales, NM 88130
Phone: (575) 356-8562
Fax: (575) 356-3560
Then again, Roosevelt County does charge per record copy. First copies of birth records cost $10. Death records in Roosevelt County cost $5 for the first copy in Roosevelt County.
NOTE - Roosevelt County has a variety of rules that must be followed with regard to obtaining records. Roosevelt County requesters must attain records between 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. PST from Monday to Friday. If a requester wishes to obtain files, they must bring some form of photo identification. Both driver's licenses and state IDs would suffice. Roosevelt County insists upon public record applications being put in writing.
