Here's how to look for your person in Crockett's Hwy 163 lockup:

1. Pull up Texas IVSS-Counties. You don't need an account just to search.
2. Type the family name first. A given name narrows things, and a fragment of a name works as well.
3. Scan for a Crockett record, which shows whether that person is in custody today.
4. Copy any ID number shown, which speeds things up for Crockett staff.
5. Ring 325-392-2661 to double-check the result and hear the charge and bond.

IVSS-Counties tracks people in custody or under supervision, so a record can vanish once your person walks out.

An empty search doesn't prove your person went home. Look through these possibilities:

• Still in booking. Fingerprints and paperwork take time, and the state site updates after the jail does.
• Bonded out. The magistrate may have allowed release on cash, a bondsman's bond or a signed promise.
• Held next door. An arrest near Sonora, Big Lake or Sanderson can land in that county's jail instead.
• Name typed another way. Try again with a middle name, a hyphenated surname, or the surname your person grew up with.
• Younger than 17. Kids skip the adult jail entirely.

Deputies log every booking, so phone 325-392-2661 day or night and ask if the name came in or left today.

Crockett keeps one adult lockup: the Crockett County Jail, 121 S. Hwy 163, Ozona, TX 76943, 325-392-2661, holding both men and women. There's no annex and no city jail. Overflow prisoners can be boarded elsewhere; a TCJS count from August 2022 listed one Crockett prisoner held out of county.

Arrests near the county line, or transfers, can put your person in one of these jails:

• North: Reagan County Jail, 320 N. Plaza Ave., Big Lake, TX 76932, 325-884-2424; Upton County Jail, 1106 North Grand Street, Rankin, TX 79778, 432-693-2422
• East: Schleicher County Jail, 4 S. Divide Street, Eldorado, TX 76936, 325-853-2737; Sutton County Jail, 401 E. Oak Street, Sonora, TX 76950, 325-387-2288
• South: Val Verde County Jail, 295 FM 2523, Hamilton Road, Del Rio, TX 78840, 830-774-7513
• West: Terrell County Jail, 105 E Hackberry St, Sanderson, TX 79848, 432-345-2525; Pecos County Jail, 1774 N. Hwy 285, Fort Stockton, TX 79735, 432-336-3521

Irion County, up toward San Angelo, runs no jail.

IVSS-Counties reports custody, not mugshots. Crockett families wanting a booking photo can mail the Sheriff a written open-records request under the Public Information Act, addressed P.O. Box 1931, Ozona, TX 76943, or deliver it to 121 S. Hwy 163, Ozona, TX 76943, 325-392-2661. Basic arrest facts are public in Texas (Gov't Code 552.108). If Crockett's Sheriff can't answer inside ten business days, expect a letter naming the date you'll hear back.

• Mugshots on paid sites. Texas's mugshot-site law (Bus. & Com. Code ch. 109) bars these sites from charging to correct a wrong or partial record, and from showing expunged or sealed ones.
• Federal photos stay out of public view, apart from the odd Marshals photo put out during a fugitive hunt.
• ICE's own photos are sought with a records request at the ICE FOIA request portal.

Yes. Texas IVSS-Counties took over from VINE in 2025, so register there even where an older Sheriff's link still says VINE. Signing up is free and private, and your person isn't told who registered. You can be told by call, text or email about a booking, a release, a move to a TDCJ prison, or a court setting.

IVSS phone sign-up, 866-268-8959, takes calls 24/7 and offers English or Spanish. Online, look up the name on IVSS-Counties and choose how to be reached. Update your number or email if it changes.

Inside two days of the arrest, a magistrate, often Crockett's Precinct 1 justice of the peace, looks at the charge and fixes bail and conditions. Release can then come one of three ways:

• Cash. Paying the whole amount yourself; it returns after the case, less allowed costs, if your person shows up every time.
• Bondsman. A licensed surety posts the bail and keeps a fee for doing so.
• Personal bond. Your person signs and pays nothing up front. Listed violent charges rule this out.

Under Proposition 3, passed in 2025, some violent charges can mean no bail at all. Before heading to Hwy 163 with money, phone 325-392-2661 about the amount, the window and accepted payments. Our bail page goes deeper.

Jail staff can share the booking charge, the bond and the arresting agency. Your person hears the charge again from the magistrate within the first 48 hours.

Once filed, a case gets a number at the clerk's office in the courthouse, 909 Avenue D, Ozona, TX 76943, 325-392-2022. Crockett splits files by level: the 112th District Court for felonies, the County Judge for jailable misdemeanors, Precinct 1 for fine-only tickets. Once you register free, re:SearchTX lets you read filed charges and judgments.

Past convictions are searchable for a price on the DPS conviction name search. Keep in mind prosecutors may change the booking charge later.

Your person can ask for appointed counsel at the 48-hour hearing; Crockett's magistrate brings the request form and walks through it. The Avenue D clerk also keeps copies for later requests.

• Felony cases follow Crockett's felony plan, which rotates local private lawyers. Under it, the 112th picks one by the third working day after the forms reach the court.
• Misdemeanor cases go to the County Judge, who appoints under the misdemeanor plan. That office sits in the courthouse, 909 Avenue D, Ozona, TX 76943, 325-392-2965.
• Capital cases go to a regional defender office in Lubbock. Call it at 806-696-3740. Its mail box: PO Box 2097, Lubbock, TX 79408. It handles capital murder only.

Hiring your own lawyer is allowed at any stage. If an appointment seems slow, the state agency that oversees appointed counsel, the Texas Indigent Defense Commission, 209 West 14th Street, Room 202, Austin, TX 78701, 512-936-6994, can explain the rules.

Crockett's Sheriff sets the visiting days and sign-up rules, so phone 325-392-2661 first. While you're on the line, ask whether video visits from home or the lobby exist here. General advice sits on our visitation page.

Texas jail standards guarantee your person two in-person visits weekly. Each lasts 20 minutes or longer, and the schedule must offer an evening slot or a Saturday or Sunday one. Expect glass between you rather than a hug. Carry photo ID. A child visitor should come with Mom, Dad or a guardian. Veterans locked up in Ozona may also see a veterans service officer, free, in extra visits.

Money in the account covers commissary snacks, toiletries and calling time. Phone the Sheriff's Office at 325-392-2661 to learn which deposit methods the Ozona jail uses and what fees apply. Ask about leaving cash at the front desk and mailing a money order.

Deposit options are explained on our money page. What people can buy inside is on our commissary page. Write the full legal name on each deposit and hold on to the receipt.

Calls go out from the jail, not in, usually collect or charged to a prepaid account. Texas requires a phone in every jail's booking area, so a first call often comes soon after arrest. Except for lawyer calls, Hwy 163 phone calls can be recorded, so leave the case out of every chat.

Ask jail staff which phone vendor Crockett uses and how accounts are set up. Prepaid calling is explained on our phone page. If tablets or messaging are offered, our messaging page explains how they typically work.

Sheriff's Office letters are addressed P.O. Box 1931, Ozona, TX 76943, and the jail itself stands at 121 S. Hwy 163, Ozona, TX 76943, 325-392-2661. Call first to learn which of the two the jail wants for personal letters. Print your person's full legal name on the envelope and include a return address.

Texas jail rules put no cap on letters or pages, coming or going. Legal mail can't be opened unless your person is there to watch. A broke prisoner still gets paper, envelopes and postage; the jail's duty covers three letters each week or more. Check our mail page before sending photos or packages.

The jail stores whatever was taken from your person at booking. Usually your person must sign a property release naming whoever will collect. Before driving over, call 325-392-2661 to set a time and ask which ID to carry. Pickup happens at 121 S. Hwy 163, Ozona, TX 76943.

A vehicle towed after the arrest is handled apart from jail property. Ask the deputies which tow lot has it, because daily storage charges add up fast.

Phone the jail at once at 325-392-2661. Share any illness, allergy, pregnancy or daily medicine, and ask how prescriptions get to your person. Signs of mental illness noticed by jailers must reach a magistrate within 12 hours; that can bring treatment or changed bond terms.

Problems that drag on can go into the jail's own complaint process. Families may also call Austin's Texas Commission on Jail Standards, which inspects Crockett's jail, at 512-463-5505, or file on its complaint page.

Crockett's Sheriff's Office serves warrants countywide; ask deputies to run a name at 325-392-2661. Ticket warrants come from Precinct 1, 325-392-2253. Felony and misdemeanor files are at the clerk's office, 909 Avenue D, Ozona, TX 76943, 325-392-2022. Statewide, wanted fugitives show up with photos on DPS's Texas 10 Most Wanted list. To resolve a Crockett warrant, talk to a lawyer, then plan a surrender at 121 S. Hwy 163, Ozona, TX 76943, or let the lawyer call the issuing court. Fine-only warrants may clear once the fine is paid or a payment plan is set.

The clerk at 325-392-2022 can find the case by name and birth date and give the number, the court and the coming setting. Every local court meets at 909 Avenue D, Ozona, TX 76943. For a fine-only case, dial Precinct 1 at 325-392-2253.

The 112th District Court rotates among five counties, so Crockett felony settings land on fixed days. Our court page lays out every step.

Federal arrests in Crockett are filed in San Angelo, at the O.C. Fisher Federal Building, 33 E. Twohig Avenue, Room 202, San Angelo, TX 76903, 325-655-4506. Whether your person goes home before trial gets settled in that San Angelo building at a detention hearing.

Until the case ends, your person stays in U.S. Marshals custody, often in another county's contract jail. The Marshals' San Angelo office, 33 East Twohig Street, Suite 106-D, San Angelo, TX 76903, 325-658-4056, is staffed during court terms. Otherwise reach the Dallas office, 1100 Commerce Street, Room 1657, Dallas, TX 75242, 214-767-0836. Once sentenced, prisoners pass to the Bureau of Prisons, searchable with the BOP inmate locator.

When ICE wants someone kept in Crockett's jail, the usual order is:

1. ICE sends the Ozona jail a Form I-247A detainer, asking for a hold.
2. The jail may keep your person up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. ICE agents come to Hwy 163 and drive your person to an immigration detention center.
4. Find them through the ICE Online Detainee Locator. It works best with the A-number; otherwise pair the legal name with the birth nation.

CCP art. 2A.060 binds Texas jails to these holds, with an exception for anyone who proves lawful status. Under a 2025 law, every Texas sheriff running a jail faced a December 1, 2026 deadline for requesting a 287(g) partnership with ICE. Whether Crockett's jail joined is a question for the Sheriff's Office.

After a prison sentence, your person waits in Ozona until the Texas Department of Criminal Justice accepts them. Intake and classification come first; a unit that suits the person comes after. For state jail felonies, Crockett sentences are served at a state jail, which is smaller than a prison unit.

To use the TDCJ inmate search, enter the surname with one first letter, or the TDCJ or SID number if Crockett's clerk gave you one. It lists people already inside TDCJ, with data at least 24 hours old, refreshed on working days. Visits, mail and deposits at state units are on our Texas prisons page.

Juvenile court, not the adult jail, handles Texas children between their 10th and 17th birthdays. From 17 on, cases are adult cases. Parents of a Crockett child taken into custody must be notified right away.

There's no juvenile detention center in Crockett on TJJD's list, so a child kept in custody is placed elsewhere. Counsel is assigned, and a detention review takes place by the second working day. Crockett, Reagan and Upton share a juvenile board. Ask the Sheriff's Office, 325-392-2661, where the child was placed. The Texas Juvenile Justice Department, 1711 San Jacinto Blvd, Austin, TX 78701, 512-490-7130, oversees these centers.

Arrests in Crockett usually come from one of these:

• Crockett County Sheriff's Office. Deputies cover Ozona and every corner of the county; we found no city police department. Office and jail: 121 S. Hwy 163, Ozona, TX 76943, 325-392-2661.
• Texas Department of Public Safety troopers. They patrol the interstate and state highways here. Their prisoners usually go to the same Hwy 163 jail, so the Sheriff's line can confirm.
• Constable. The county has a Constable office, reached by calling the Sheriff's line.

In an emergency, call 911.