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Houston County Record Routing

For current county jail custody, start with the Houston County Sheriff's Office and jail in Crockett. The inspected county sources did not publish a separate booking desk number, public lobby schedule, or records counter hours, so call before visiting or relying on a same-day response.

Use the most specific channel for the question you have. Houston County Jail records, court filings, prosecutor files, state prison records, federal custody, and immigration detention are separate systems.

• For someone held in Houston County Jail, use the current roster and the jail inmate records page, then call 936-544-2862 if the roster does not answer the custody question.
• For booking photos on the current county roster, use jail roster mugshots. For a missing or older booking photo, send a Texas Public Information Act request to the Sheriff's Office.
• For charges filed after booking, use court records after a jail arrest and the Houston County District Clerk's court-record resources.
• For facility-specific custody, use the footer links for Houston County Jail or J. Dale Wainwright Unit.
• For a sentenced Texas prisoner, use the TDCJ Inmate Search instead of the county jail roster.
• For federal custody, use the BOP Inmate Locator or federal court channels. For immigration detention, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.

Houston County court records after an arrest usually route through the courthouse on East Houston Avenue, not the jail on South 4th Street. Felony records are kept by the District Clerk. Prosecutor records for the District Attorney's Office have their own public-information route.

Houston County links Texas IVSS Counties for custody-status notifications. The county describes IVSS as a victim-notification service for major custody changes, with offender status updates available 24 hours a day.

IVSS Counties: https://ivss-counties.tdcj.texas.gov/
Toll-free number: 866-268-8959