Valencia County Busted Mugshots is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody or release, post bond, release someone, or retrieve an official booking record. Use the responsible public office or locator below for an official answer.
Official Routes for Records and Custody
Match the question to the office that holds the record. A city arrest, county detention, court case, state prisoner, federal prisoner, and immigration detainee can each require a different source. A booking charge is an accusation, not a conviction; use a court record to learn a case’s disposition.
Valencia County Sheriff’s Office
Valencia County Sheriff’s Office
543 Luna Avenue
Los Lunas, NM 87031
Mailing: PO Box 1585, Los Lunas, NM 87031
Main: 505-866-2400
Fax: 505-866-2027
Dispatch/non-emergency: 505-865-2039
Emergency: 911
Weekday office hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The sheriff’s office is the county law-enforcement contact for unincorporated areas and related sheriff records. Do not use its contact form to report a crime. Use 911 for an emergency or dispatch for a non-emergency incident. Requests for sheriff reports, body-worn video, and other county-held records should go through the written county IPRA process.
Valencia County Adult Detention Center
Valencia County Adult Detention Center
436 Courthouse Road
Los Lunas, NM 87031
Main: 505-565-8900
Records manager: extension 1
Front desk: extension 4
Records manager: Julie Benavidez
Booking and records: various.clerks@co.valencia.nm.us
For a present custody question, contact the detention center. The county’s Detainees Information page advertises a current list, but a usable roster, photo field, and refresh schedule were not verifiable in the research reviewed for this site. Do not treat it as a confirmed public booking-photo feed. Public staff may provide general bond amounts and current criminal charges, but not housing, classification, medical, or mental-health information.
Written County Records Requests
Use the county’s NextRequest IPRA portal for a written request for a county-held booking sheet, photograph, report, or other record. The NextRequest FAQ covers general record categories, timing, and fees, but it does not establish a specific booking-photo fee. Identify the person, approximate booking date, booking number if known, arresting agency if known, and whether inspection or a digital copy is requested. New Mexico’s Inspection of Public Records Act, NMSA 1978 §§ 14-2-1 through 14-2-16, governs the general public-records framework, subject to applicable exemptions and redactions.
Court, State, Federal, and Immigration Status
- New Mexico Case Lookup is the path for court case status and disposition. It is not a definitive warrant-verification tool.
- New Mexico Corrections Department Offender Search concerns state custody and probation or parole information, not a current Valencia County jail booking.
- BOP Inmate Locator is the federal custody locator.
- ICE Online Detainee Locator is the immigration-custody locator.
For a city arrest, begin with the arresting city police department and then verify whether the person was booked into county detention. The home page explains the county, city, and records-request paths in more detail. Questions about this site’s practices can be reviewed in the Legal Disclaimer, Privacy Notice, and Terms & Conditions.