Arrest Records in Jim Wells County
Jim Wells County arrest records begin with the agency that took a person into custody. That may be the Jim Wells County Sheriff's Office, Alice Police Department, Premont Police Department, Orange Grove Police Department, or Texas DPS Highway Patrol. The arrest report can state the event, alleged offense, time, place, and officer action. If the arrest is custodial, the Jim Wells County jail creates a separate booking record with intake, charge or hold, bond, and custody facts.
Neither record proves guilt. A prosecutor may file a different charge, decline the matter, or change the accusation. The court, not the booking line, records a dismissal, acquittal, deferred result, or conviction. DPS may then connect fingerprint-supported arrest cycles with outcomes reported by Texas agencies under its criminal-history reporting process. Jim Wells County arrest history therefore requires a chain of sources. Each source answers a distinct question and may update on a different schedule.
Jim Wells County Jail Roster Fallbacks
The official Jim Wells County Sheriff site provides the office contact and app links, while its current roster landing routes readers to the live roster endpoint. During research, that endpoint returned an error. This makes the sheriff telephone line, the county request form, and the VINELink route linked by the sheriff important fallbacks. Call 361-668-0341 when a booking is too new to appear or the live interface is unavailable. Ask for public custody and booking information, not a guess about guilt or case outcome.
The active list is only a custody snapshot. A missing person may have been released or transferred. It does not show whether a charge was dismissed. Likewise, a new arrest may take time to reach the interface. The sheriff site warns that mobile users may need Chrome. Its iOS app advertises nonemergency reports, tips, interactive tools, and safety information, but the store description does not promise a warrant, inmate, records, or registry search.
Jim Wells County Sheriff
300 N. Cameron Street
Alice, TX 78333
361-668-0341
Fax: 361-668-0569
Jim Wells County Arrest Lookups
A complete Jim Wells County arrest lookup begins with the type of event and the agency involved. Current custody, the arrest narrative, the filed court case, and the statewide history are different products. Keep the incident number, arrest date, booking number, agency, charges or holds, bond, release date, court, cause number, and disposition together while tracing an event. These fields help distinguish the right record from another person with a similar name.
- Check the sheriff's current roster for recent Jim Wells County custody. If it fails or the event is very new, call 361-668-0341.
- Ask the arresting agency for basic arrest information and the releasable report. Ask the sheriff separately for the booking sheet or jail log entry.
- Match the event to the correct municipal, justice, county, or district court. Use the filed case to find the final legal result.
- Use the Texas DPS public conviction name search for its defined statewide conviction and deferred-adjudication product.
- When online routes fail, send a narrow written request under the Texas Public Information Act to the agency that holds the exact record.
The DPS interface shows why the state search is separate from the local arrest trail.
A name search can join the wrong person or miss a record. It also does not replace a Jim Wells County booking sheet, police narrative, or court disposition.
Alice Arrest Records in Jim Wells County
An Alice arrest illustrates the Jim Wells County custody chain. Alice Police keeps the incident and arrest report. The county sheriff keeps the booking if the person enters the Jim Wells jail. The court clerk keeps the accusation and outcome after a prosecutor files a case. A fine-only city matter stays with Alice Municipal Court, while a higher charge routes to the proper county or district court.
Premont follows the same custodian rule, but its official page routes police dispatch through 361-668-0341 and places the Police Department at 200 SW 1st Street. Orange Grove police records remain with the city even when custody shifts to the county jail in Alice. A Texas DPS Highway Patrol arrest calls for the DPS public-information channel for the report, then the local jail and court based on the arrest and filed charge. No countywide archive replaces those agency-specific routes.
No verified public Jim Wells County warrant database was found. Check the issuing court and sheriff instead. District felony process belongs with the district court, while municipal and justice-court warrants stay with the issuing local court. The Alice Municipal Court portal may reveal an unresolved citation, but warrant status should be confirmed with the court before acting.
Note: Request the police narrative, booking sheet, and court disposition from their separate Jim Wells County custodians.
Arrest Records: What They Contain
A Jim Wells County booking may expose an identity and booking identifier, intake date and time, custody status, charge description, arresting agency, hold, bond, and release or custody-location information when the public interface supplies it. The booking process also includes identity confirmation, property inventory, health screening, fingerprints, a photograph, classification, charge entry, and magistration. Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 17 governs bail and bond, but not all operational fields become public.
| Booking identifier | Distinguishes the jail intake event from the police incident and later court cause number. |
|---|---|
| Booking date and time | Marks intake into custody, not the date of conviction or disposition. |
| Arresting agency | Points to the office that holds the underlying arrest or incident report. |
| Charges and holds | Shows intake allegations or outside holds, which may differ from the filed offense. |
| Bond | May list amount and type by charge when the public roster exposes it. |
| Photograph | May be captured at intake; public display must be verified on the live official interface. |
| Release or location | Appears only when the public interface provides current custody or release information. |
Protected identifiers, juvenile information, victim details, medical material, and information made confidential by law may be redacted. A roster field should be copied with its date because custody changes. Never infer the final charge from a short booking label. The filed instrument and judgment in the Jim Wells County court case lookup answer that later question.
Request Jim Wells County Arrest Documents
The county's one-page public-information request form is the local fallback for existing records held by Jim Wells County. Send it to the County of Jim Wells, Record Request Department, 200 N. Almond Street, Alice, TX 78332, or fax it to 361-661-1372. The form asks for requester contact details, request date, a description, the office holding the record, delivery method, and whether the requester wants copies or inspection. No fixed local fee or processing time is printed.
Describe a named item rather than asking the office to research an event. Useful terms include arrest report, booking sheet, jail log entry, offense report, dispatch or CAD record, 911 audio, or body-worn-camera recording. Add the incident or booking number, date and approximate time, exact location, agency, known subject name, desired medium, and a cost ceiling. Body-camera requests need the date and approximate time, location, and the name of a known subject under Texas law.
Route city reports to the city that created them. Alice Police material does not become a sheriff record because the person later entered the county jail. Ask for an electronic copy and written estimate before chargeable work. Active investigations, juvenile records, protected victim data, and confidential identifiers may be withheld or redacted.
Recent Jim Wells County Bookings
The sheriff's roster is the official starting point for recent Jim Wells County bookings, but research could not verify the live filters because the roster endpoint returned an error. Use the list as current custody data when it works. Confirm a very recent intake by telephone. The sheriff's office can also address public booking questions and provide the written-request path when an older item has rolled off the active view.
A roster disappearance can mean release, transfer, or a data update. It does not mean dismissal. The jail has also faced documented capacity planning: a historical report listed 88 beds, a 2024 county procurement reported an average daily population of 80 in the prior year, and 2026 planning materials discussed repair, expansion, or replacement. Those system figures explain why transfer can matter, but they do not establish any person's status. Always confirm the current location with the proper custodian.
Fix Jim Wells County Arrest Mismatches
A similar name and birth date can produce the wrong Texas DPS candidate or miss the intended history. For review of one's own Texas record, DPS says fingerprint comparison is the most accurate route. Texas Fingerprint Applicant Services of Texas uses IdentoGO by IDEMIA. Appointments can be made through the official enrollment system or at 1-888-467-2080. The research lists a $15 DPS record-review fee plus a $10 FAST fingerprinting fee, but the total and service code should be checked during enrollment. The FAST fingerprint appointment screen is the official booking route, while DPS Crime Records contacts handle repository questions.
A fingerprint match helps resolve identity. It does not replace the Jim Wells County clerk's certified disposition when the issue is a missing case result.
For one's own federal Identity History Summary, the FBI Electronic Departmental Order portal is a separate fingerprint-based route.
The FBI record is not a Jim Wells County jail search and does not replace a local court document.
Jim Wells County Post-Booking Custody
County custody, Texas prison custody, and federal custody use separate official locators. The sheriff roster covers the Jim Wells County jail. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice search covers state confinement and public release fields. A transfer from the local active list may call for a TDCJ check, but absence from either source does not state how the criminal case ended. The TDCJ Inmate Information Search shows the state locator fields, while the TDCJ Parole Division handles state parole supervision.
Use it for Texas prison custody rather than for a new booking at the Alice jail.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator is the separate federal custody source.
The federal locator does not cover Jim Wells County jail or TDCJ custody. Keep the correct level of government attached to each result.
Arrest Records vs Conviction Records
An arrest record states that an agency took action based on an allegation and, in a custodial case, that a booking occurred. A conviction record reflects a court's judgment of guilt. Jim Wells County police or sheriff staff create the first kind of file, the jail adds custody facts, and the court creates the second. DPS then publishes a defined Texas product based on conviction and deferred-adjudication data reported to the state.
| Arrest Record | Conviction Record |
|---|---|
| Created by an arresting agency and, for custody, the jail | Created by the trial court and held by its clerk |
| Shows an arrest or booking event | Shows a judgment of guilt on a filed charge |
| Lives with police, sheriff, jail, and reported state history | Lives in the court file and may be reported to DPS |
| May be followed by release, no filing, dismissal, acquittal, or conviction | May be followed by sentence, appeal, supervision, or qualifying record relief |
Note: An arrest is not proof of guilt; confirm the filed charge and final Jim Wells County disposition with the proper court clerk.