Check Jim Hogg County Criminal History

Checking Criminal History in Jim Hogg County

Begin with the question the record must answer. The County and District Clerk is the right custodian for filed charges, court settings, judgments, and sentences. The Jim Hogg County Sheriff's Department is the starting point for an incident report, arrest report, booking sheet, current jail status, or sheriff-held warrant information. Texas DPS holds the statewide person-based history, while TDCJ holds records for people transferred to state custody. Each channel records a different stage.

Good identifiers keep a Jim Hogg County criminal record search from drifting toward a person with a similar name. Collect the full legal name, prior names, date of birth, likely date range, and a cause, booking, report, or state identification number when available. Then follow the source chain.

1. Ask the Jim Hogg County clerk for the court docket sheet and judgment when a case was filed.
2. Call the sheriff for present custody, then request the arrest or booking record in writing.
3. Review the dated 229th District Court criminal docket PDFs for a likely cause number and setting.
4. Use the Texas DPS public name search for reported convictions and deferred adjudications.
5. Order certified court copies or a fingerprint-based personal review when identity and final outcome must be confirmed.

Jim Hogg Clerk Record Routes

Jim Hogg County combines the county and district clerk roles in one office, but the criminal records still follow two desks. Rae Gutierrez is listed for district criminal and civil cases. Kathy Morales handles county cases. Felony matters go through the 229th District Court layer; County Court handles the county misdemeanor layer. Fine-only cases begin with one of the four justice precincts at their shared East David Street contact point.

The official clerk page lists the counter at 102 E. Tilley Street, Hebbronville, Texas 78361, phone (361) 527-4031, and hours from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays except holidays. The noon closure matters in this large rural county. Ask for the public docket sheet, charging instrument, orders, judgment, sentence, costs, and a quote for copies or certification.

The official source shows the Jim Hogg County records contact and its split case duties.

That office listing confirms why a case type, cause number, and preferred copy format should be stated at the start of a request.

Texas Official Background Checks

The Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Records Division offers two distinct self-review paths. Its public Criminal History Conviction Name Search reports convictions and deferred adjudications submitted to DPS. A name match is not fingerprint identification. DPS warns that similar-sounding searches can return the wrong person, while exact searches may miss an alias or spelling variation.

A fingerprint-based personal Texas review is more accurate. DPS uses Fingerprint Applicant Services of Texas, with capture through IdentoGO/IDEMIA. Appointments are scheduled by ZIP and date, and no permanent site was verified inside Jim Hogg County. The published cost is $15 for the DPS review plus a $10 FAST electronic fingerprint charge. An FBI Identity History Summary is a separate subject-only national product and carries an $18 federal fee.

Jim Hogg DPS Search Fields

A Jim Hogg County searcher must create a CRD Public Website account and buy credits before using the public DPS product. The portal supports name and descriptive matching. Date of birth is a strong way to narrow a common name, but the person running the query remains responsible for deciding whether a result belongs to the intended subject.

The DPS conviction-search entry page shows the official gateway used for this narrower public product.

The account gate and credit model make it vital to prepare identifiers before submitting a Jim Hogg County criminal history query.

Criminal Record Types

Jim Hogg County records are tied to the event and the office that made them. An incident report may exist even when no arrest followed. An arrest report states the legal basis and alleged offense. A booking record documents intake and custody. Those records do not prove what a prosecutor later filed or what a court decided.

The court file is the source for the charging instrument, motions, orders, plea, judgment, sentence, and costs. DPS then assembles fingerprint-supported arrest, prosecution, and disposition segments reported through the state chain. A warrant or capias record concerns authority to arrest, while TDCJ and registry entries answer narrow custody or registration questions. For deeper court detail, the county's criminal court case records should be read beside any arrest record.

Police and incident records in Jim Hogg County do not come from a city police pool. No incorporated municipality exists. The sheriff is the main local agency, while constables, Jim Hogg County ISD Police, Texas DPS, and federal agencies keep the reports they create. A request must go to the actual arresting or investigating agency. TxDOT CRIS is the separate channel for eligible crash-report requesters.

Offense level also points to the likely court. The 229th District Court handles felony cases, County Court handles Class A and B misdemeanors, and justice courts handle fine-only Class C matters. The ordinary punishment ranges appear in Texas Penal Code Chapter 12, but enhancements and the offense statute can change the range. Read the filed charge and judgment, not a short docket label.

Incident report

The creating agency's narrative and investigative record, which can exist without an arrest.

Booking record

The jail intake, charge, bond, property, fingerprint, photograph, and custody entry.

Disposition

The court's recorded result, such as dismissal, plea, trial judgment, or other final action.

Capias

A court-issued order directing that a person be taken into custody.

Community supervision

Texas's term for adult probation under court and local CSCD authority.

Jim Hogg Criminal Custody Channels

Jim Hogg County publishes no verified web jail roster or recent booking log. For current local custody, call the sheriff at (361) 527-4140 or use the additional directory number (361) 527-3389. In-person or mailed requests go to 211 E. Galbraith Street, Hebbronville, TX 78361. The county also publishes sheriff@co.jim-hogg.tx.us, though a requester should call to confirm it as the designated TPIA email. A narrow written request can seek a booking sheet or custody entry. The clerk can then confirm filed charges and bond records.

State prison custody belongs in the TDCJ Online Inmate Search, which accepts a last name or identifiers such as a TDCJ or SID number. Federal custody belongs in the Bureau of Prisons locator, while PACER supplies federal court dockets. Texas IVSS/VINE may offer custody and supervision notice, but local event coverage should be confirmed. Jim Hogg County has no verified sheriff app, app-only roster, or warrant tool.

Historical Texas jail data listed 64 beds and an average daily population of 15 for a past reporting period. Neither number is a current inmate count. A temporary 950-person Operation Lone Star processing facility announced in 2021 was not the ordinary county jail.

Probation and parole require another split. Jim Hogg County adult probation is called community supervision and is served by the 229th Judicial District CSCD, with status best checked through the court judgment and the district office. Parole decisions belong to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, and TDCJ's Parole Division provides supervision. Jim Hogg County is assigned to the Laredo District Parole Office; TDCJ and IVSS can supplement custody and parole-status checks.

Jim Hogg Criminal Record Offices

The two main Jim Hogg County record holders sit at different addresses. Confusing their functions leads to an incomplete answer. The clerk holds filed court material. The sheriff creates incident, arrest, booking, custody, and warrant-service records and operates the jail function. Neither office substitutes for the Texas DPS repository.

The official sheriff page confirms the local law-enforcement contact and core duties.

That source is the proper starting point when no separate sheriff records division, request portal, or fee sheet is published.

Inside a Jim Hogg County Criminal Record

A full Texas criminal history is organized around identity and event cycles. Jim Hogg County arrest information may carry the arrest date, agency, tracking control number, alleged offense, and charge level. The later prosecution segment can show prosecutor action, court, cause number, filed charge, disposition, and sentence. Custody or supervision data may follow.

The public DPS conviction product is narrower. A local court file can add the indictment or information, attorney appearances, settings, motions, bond actions, orders, judgment, and costs. The sheriff's booking file adds intake timing and initial charges. No one display guarantees a police narrative, victim data, evidence, every out-of-state event, federal records, or a complete case history.

Jim Hogg Criminal Docket PDFs

The 229th District Court page publishes dated criminal, civil/criminal, and trial docket PDFs by year. These calendars can reveal a cause number, setting date and time, jail or non-jail grouping, abbreviated charge, attorney, bond notation, and event type. Local entries include arraignments, bond-reduction motions, motions to adjudicate or revoke, early-termination requests, and Veterans Program status settings.

A docket is not a case-result database. It omits many items, including full filing history, statutory citations, complete pleadings, final disposition, sentence, and financial ledger. Use the cause number to ask the Jim Hogg County clerk for the complete public file. The county's property Official Records Search is for instruments and property records, not criminal court cases.

The 229th District Court page shows the court contacts and expandable local docket archive.

The dated links are useful indexes, but the Jim Hogg County clerk remains the source for the case record and judgment.

The re:SearchTX landing page offers a supplemental statewide case and document environment.

Coverage, public roles, access, and document charges vary, so re:SearchTX must not be treated as a complete free Jim Hogg County criminal database.

Public Access Laws in Texas

The Texas Public Information Act gives a general right to inspect or copy public information held by agencies, but it does not make every law-enforcement detail public. Jim Hogg County may redact or withhold information protected by another law or a valid exception. Basic information about an arrested person, an arrest, or a crime is treated differently from protected investigative detail. Court files also follow judicial rules, clerk law, sealing orders, and document-specific limits.

Juvenile material, victim identity, medical information, protected personal identifiers, active investigative detail, sealed files, expunged events, and nondisclosed information can be restricted. Request the public docket sheet and judgment when a specific pleading cannot be released.

Jim Hogg Warrant Record Fallbacks

Jim Hogg County has no verified online active-warrant list, most-wanted page, direct warrant hotline, mobile-app search, or public statewide Texas warrant database. Start with the sheriff at (361) 527-4140 for sheriff-held warrant information and instructions. Do not arrive expecting that payment or surrender terms are automatic.

Fine-only failure-to-appear matters and capias pro fine records may belong with the relevant justice precinct at 133 E. David Street. County Court and 229th District Court warrants or capias entries belong with the combined clerk. A dated district docket may offer a clue such as an FTA notation, but it is incomplete. A narrow TPIA request to the sheriff can be used when operational and confidentiality limits permit release.

Verify the issuing court and cause number before acting. Then ask whether counsel, a new setting, bond, or appearance is required. Obtain the written receipt or recall order and confirm that both the court record and law-enforcement system have been updated.

Sealed, Expunged, and Restricted Records

Texas moved expunction law into Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 55A on January 1, 2025. Jim Hogg County residents should not rely on old Chapter 55 summaries. Eligibility can arise from an acquittal, pardon or actual innocence, identity theft, or certain no-charge and dismissal outcomes after statutory conditions are met. The full arrest episode matters, including other charges from the same transaction, waiting periods, and pending cases.

An order of nondisclosure under Government Code Chapter 411 is different. It restricts public dissemination of qualifying history but does not destroy every government record, and listed agencies retain access. Correction is different again: it fixes wrong data. A person seeking relief should first obtain the full arrest and court history plus a certified disposition from the Jim Hogg County clerk, identify each holding agency, use current forms, ask the clerk for the local filing and service quote, and verify later processing with both the clerk and DPS.

Jim Hogg Criminal Record Errors

A missing DPS disposition does not prove that a Jim Hogg County case is still pending. Reporting gaps can occur when an arrest event was not submitted, the court outcome was delayed or failed to link, a local incident never produced a fingerprinted arrest, or the event occurred outside Texas. Initial charges can also be declined, amended, reduced, enhanced, dismissed, or resolved under a different description.

For a wrong Jim Hogg County court result, obtain certified proof from the clerk and ask the submitting or reporting agency to correct its data. DPS identity and data-integrity questions go to the Crime Records Division's inquiry unit. Compare the arrest report, booking record, filed court case, judgment, and DPS entry before drawing a conclusion. Expunction and nondisclosure are legal remedies, not substitutes for a factual correction.

Jim Hogg County Criminal Records by City

Jim Hogg County has no incorporated city, town, or village, so there are no lawful city pages, city police record units, or municipal court systems to list. Hebbronville is the county seat and main population center, but it is a census-designated, unincorporated place. A postal address that says Hebbronville does not create a city government.

Hebbronville, Las Lomitas, Guerra, Agua Nueva, Randado, Thompsonville, and the county's other unincorporated communities use the county and state chain. Incident, arrest, booking, and local custody records go to the Jim Hogg County sheriff or the actual state or federal arresting agency. Fine-only cases route to a justice precinct. County misdemeanors and district felonies route through the combined clerk. This is why the City Guides rail and footer contain no local page links.

Jim Hogg Criminal Record History

Jim Hogg County was organized in 1913 from ranch country in western Brooks County. Its Henry T. Phelps courthouse dates to that same year and remains the only county courthouse ever used. That long continuity explains why the building at 102 E. Tilley still holds the combined clerk, county court, and second-floor 229th District Courtroom.

The county spans 1,136.17 square miles and had an estimated 4,555 residents in 2025. Travel distance, the clerk's lunch closure, and the lack of a local online jail roster make phone and written-request fallbacks especially important. Texas lawmakers designated Jim Hogg County the official Vaquero Capital of Texas in 2025, reflecting the ranching history that shaped Hebbronville and the county.

The official county homepage features the courthouse and provides the main department route.

The county source ties the current Jim Hogg County record center to the same courthouse used since organization.

The Texas Historical Commission marker record supplies a second official view of that local history.

The marker context helps explain why the county's court and criminal record offices remain concentrated in Hebbronville rather than spread among city systems.