Contacts

Where to Start for Austin County Records

For current custody or jail visitation questions, start with the Austin County Jail. For written booking records, incident reports, arrest reports, property release, or mugshot requests, use the Austin County Sheriff's Office public information channel.

• Jail phone: 979-865-5321.
• Sheriff's office: 979-865-3111 or 979-865-3112.
• Fax: 979-865-8271.
• Records and open records requests: Rikki Vacek at rikkiv@austincountyso.org.
• Property release forms: property@austincountyso.org; Crime Stoppers: 979-865-2949.
• Published jail visitation scheduling is by phone on Monday or Tuesday for Friday or Sunday visits; posted visit hours are 1 PM to 3 PM on authorized days.
• Lobby hours for records or jail counter service were not published in the research, so call before traveling to Bellville.

Use the route that matches the record or custody question.

• For someone who may be held at Austin County Jail, use jail inmate records and call 979-865-5321 because no official public Austin County online roster was located.
• For booking photo questions, use jail roster mugshots and the sheriff's open-records request process.
• For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Austin County Tyler public access portal linked by the county and district clerks.
• For facility details, use the Austin County Jail page.
• For a sentenced Texas prisoner, search the Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate locator.
• For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP inmate locator or ICE ODLS instead of the county jail.
• For custody-status notifications, check Texas IVSS-Counties; Austin County's county page may still point readers to legacy VINELink during the Texas transition.