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Texas County Jail Information

Address

Texas County Jail
115 East Main
Houston, MO 65483

Phone Number

Phone: (417) 967-4165

The Texas County Jail is located at 115 East Main in Houston, MO and is a medium security county jail operated by the Texas County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you info about anything related to the Texas County Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much more.

Introduction

This guide is meant to give information and tips that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a question, feel free to ask them, and also any tips or comments that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Texas County Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a friend or family member that has gone to jail and don’t know how to find out where they are? Do you know a family member or friend that has been arrested and you don’t know how to find them?

In order to find out who is in jail at the Texas County Jail you should use the search form.

Inmate Search

First Name

Last Name

State

Who’s In Jail

The Texas County Jail Inmate Search is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to get information about anyone who has been arrested or released within the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Texas County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Texas County Jail includes each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you will have to answer some questions, such as what is your legal name, your address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to make a phone call to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged takes anywhere from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get discharged. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if the judge still needs to determine how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, you should expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Texas County Jail Visitation

Inmates must provide information about each visitor to the Texas County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will go into the visitors log as an Authorized visit. Every visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

The Texas County Jail visitation procedures can change, so call the facility at (417) 967-4165 before you go to visitation.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Texas County Jail you have to first be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones at Texas County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to the inmate, they will have to be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of the inmate, this visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Texas County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Texas County Jail is always searched and inspected for contraband that might threaten the security, safety or well-being of the facility, its staff, and inmates. Inmates can only receive metered, unstamped, plain white postcards no larger than 4″ x 6″ as mail. The writing on the postcard has to be in pencil or blue or black ink. If it has a stamp on it, it will get returned. If you write in green ink, then it will get returned. If you send any other kind of mail will be returned to the sender. If there is no return address on it, then the unauthorized mail will be stored in the inmate’s locker until the inmate gets release.

Do not include any of these things in the mail that you send to an inmate: any kind of threat to jail order, any description of the manufacture of weapons, bombs, incendiary devices, or tools for escape; do not encourage or advocate any kind of violence, hate speech, or racial or ethnic supremacy. Inmates are not allowed to write to other inmates.

Mailing Address

If you would like to send a letter to an inmate at Texas County Jail, use this address:

Texas County Jail
115 East Main
Houston, MO 65483

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Texas County Jail
115 East Main
Houston, MO 65483

The Texas County Jail mail policy changes, so we suggest that you check the the Texas County Jail website before send a letter to someone in jail there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Texas County Jail. This includes sending money for to spend in the commissary, sending regular mail or photos, sending money for phone calls, and even postcards.

This page covers everthing you need to know about the Texas County Jail to help you follow these procedures and guidelines. If you have questions, or there is something that you were looking for, but did not find, please contact us using the contact link in the site menu.

Public Records

Warrant Inquiry

If you believe you have an outstanding warrant, you can check arrest warrants on the Texas County jail website or call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Texas County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a case file that contains a docket and any of the documents filed in your case. You are able to access the court records on the website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These state databases are connected so you can track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to the Texas County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for crimes, which include, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates at the Texas County Jail are always changing, so review the Texas County Jail site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Texas County Jail

You will have your own ‘bank account’ while in jail. This money is used to purchase items from the Commissary. Family and friends can deposit money into this account for you, and any money you earn while in prison will also be deposited into your account. Outside money can be paid in to your account via a money order, cash or check. If someone sends a check or money order, make sure that they write your inmate ID on it. The maximum amount you are allowed in your account is $290 per month.

Guidelines For Sending Money To An Inmate

Before you send any money you should find out what online money transfer companies the jail your inmate is incarcerated in uses. The exact method that the Texas County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (417) 967-4165 to get the current payment method.

You may be required to be on the inmate’s visitation list in order to send them money, and be aware that they may have a limit on how much you deposit at one time, like $200-300 at a time, or a limit on how much money may be in the inmate’s account at one time.

Some of the money transfer firms being used by various facilities include JPay, MoneyGram, AccessCorrections, OffenderConnect, Touchpayonline, JailATM, WU, smartdeposit, and tigercommissary.

If an inmate has fines or are required to pay restitution then they will be subject to garnishment of their commissary/trust account. If the inmate has a garnishment, then money to pay them will be taken from the inmateâ€™s bank account. In some cases it may be a percentage or the entire amount of the obligation, but the actual percentage depends on the circumstances. We recommend that inmates talk to the counselor at their facility and try to find out. You can also try to make an arrangement so that only a percentage of your commissary funds are taken, instead of all your funds take at one time.

Commissary

The commissary is the Texas County Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products such as soap, shampoo, and disposable razors for shaving. The commissary also sells other things like books and magazines, televisions and radios, playing cards, headphones, MP3 players, and electronic tablets. They also sell everything need to write home to family, friends, and loved ones: paper, envelopes, and stamps. If an inmate is indigent and cannot afford paper and stamps, the jail will provide these things to an inmate who has not had any money in their commissary account for at least 30 days.

Phone Calls & Phone Usage Policy

All phone calls from the Texas County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are generally pricier than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls could be reduced or forbidden completely.

The Texas County Jail phone number is: (417) 967-4165

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the inmate phone calls are split with the facility, so there is no incentive for the jail or the counselors at the facility to show inmates or their family how to save money on inmate phone calls at the Texas County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: Where you are located; Where your inmate is located, What type of phone number you have.

For example, if your inmate is in federal prison, if you get a new local number then this will decrease your inmate’s phone call rate from $.21 per minute to only $.06 per minute.

For the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Texas County Jail, click the link below.

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