Work down this list:

1. Open Texas IVSS-Counties. Enter the surname, or just its opening letters, and add a first name when you have it.
2. Choose the matching person. If several names come up, compare ages or middle names.
3. Look at the status line. IVSS says its search shows people in custody right now or still under supervision.
4. Check the county's jail search as well.
5. Still in doubt? Phone 806-675-7301; have their legal name and birthday handy.

Jot down three things during that call: when the booking happened, each charge, and the bail. Every later step leans on those details.

An empty result seldom means something is wrong. Usual reasons:

• Booking in progress. Prints, the photo and the forms take time, so a fresh arrest can be missing for several hours.
• Released already. A personal bond or a posted bail may have sent them home.
• Name spelled another way. Search with fewer letters, a maiden name or a nickname.
• Held elsewhere. An arrest in a neighboring county or on a federal charge can land someone in a different lockup. The next answer covers that.

The Sheriff's web page still links an older alert service that Texas replaced; IVSS-Counties is the current one. For a sure answer, the jail itself is at 806-675-7301.

The Texas Commission on Jail Standards lists one adult jail for this county, the Crosby County Jail. In June 2022 the state rated it at just 11 beds. It sits in the courthouse at 201 W Aspen St, Crosbyton, TX 79322, and calls go through the Sheriff's Office at 806-675-7301.

Other possibilities:

• A Lubbock County arrest. Someone stopped west of the line is likely at the Lubbock County Detention Center, 3502 N. Holly Ave., Lubbock, TX 79403, 806-775-7009.
• Kids under 17. Juveniles are held apart from adults; answer 20 explains.
• Federal holds. Housing for federal prisoners is the U.S. Marshals' call; answer 17 explains.

If you suspect a transfer to some other county, the Sheriff's Office can confirm where your person went.

Mugshots are one of the first things families look for. The jail photographs each person at booking. For a copy, write to the Sheriff's Office at 201 W Aspen St, Crosbyton, TX 79322 and cite the Texas Public Information Act. Basic arrest facts are public under that law, and offices must answer promptly (Government Code 552.108). Phone 806-675-7301 first to learn how requests are taken.

Private mugshot sites sometimes demand payment for removal. When a site's removal fee is $150 or higher, Texas makes the site repair or remove an inaccurate entry, or one missing key facts, and it can't charge for that. Posting a record that a court expunged or ordered sealed is also barred for them. Texas Business and Commerce Code chapter 109 holds these rules; other removal fees stay legal.

To get a photo ICE took, send ICE a public records request. Federal booking photos are mostly withheld from the public, except when the U.S. Marshals publish one to help catch a fugitive.

Use Texas IVSS-Counties, the state's notice system for county jails. Signing up costs nothing and stays private, and the person held never learns who registered. Notices cover four events: booking, release, court dates being set or reset, and custody changes like a move to TDCJ.

• Register on the website, either with an account or without one.
• Or phone 866-268-8959, which answers in English and Spanish at any hour.

Victims of a crime may also request hearing notices from the District Attorney's office at 806-675-2062.

Within 48 hours, a magistrate meets the person, reads the charge, covers their rights, and sets bail (Texas CCP 15.17). The two main kinds:

• Bail bond: paying the full sum in cash, or hiring a bondsman, who charges a fee to back it.
• Personal bond: no money down; a signature promising every court date is enough.

Personal bonds are off-limits for many violent charges. A 2025 constitutional amendment also lets judges deny bail for murder and certain other grave crimes after a hearing. With a family violence charge, release waits at least 4 hours past posting.

The jail at 806-675-7301 can say how much bail is and where it gets paid. Each step is spelled out on our bail page, and rules for the whole state sit on our Texas bail laws page.

Start with the jail, 806-675-7301. Staff can list the booking charges and tell you if each is a felony or a misdemeanor.

After filing, the clerks hold the court papers. Both offices are in the courthouse at 201 W Aspen St, Crosbyton, TX 79322:

• District Clerk, Suite 207, 806-675-2071 (felonies)
• County Clerk, Suite 102, 806-675-2334 (Class A and B misdemeanors)

The state's re:SearchTX also shows criminal filings, such as an indictment or a judgment, once you create a free login.

People ask for one when they see the magistrate; that's when the request form comes out, and the magistrate helps fill it in. Forms the magistrate can't act on reach the County Judge within 24 hours. For a county this size, the lawyer has to be named inside three working days after that (Texas CCP 1.051).

Appointments are made by the County Judge; check on one at 806-675-2011. A regional West Texas public defender program takes capital cases. The full process is in the county's indigent defense plan.

Phone 806-675-7301 before driving over. Ask which days visits happen, the time limit, the ID needed, and if video visits are possible.

Texas rules guarantee a minimum. Everyone held gets a minimum of two noncontact visits a week, 20-plus minutes apiece. At least one weekly slot has to be on an evening or a weekend day. Kids who visit may need an adult guardian with them. Veterans whose status is verified can also meet with a veterans service officer.

See our jail visiting page for general advice.

Before sending money, check current deposit rules with the jail at 806-675-7301. Find out if cash can be left at the courthouse, whether online or phone deposits exist, what fees apply, and any cap.

For deposits in general, see our inmate money page. To learn what account funds can buy, see our commissary page.

Only use a deposit method the jail itself confirms. If a caller claims to collect jail money for your person, hang up.

State design rules call for a phone that people can use in the booking area (37 TAC 259.119). After booking, calls from most jails go out through a prepaid account rather than coming in.

Ask the jail at 806-675-7301 which phone provider it uses, how to fund an account, and if tablets or messages are allowed. Our inmate phone page and jail email page describe the common setups. Treat every call as if it could be recorded, and don't discuss the case.

Don't mail anything until the jail at 806-675-7301 gives you the exact address and rules. Address it using the full legal name the jail booked them under.

Texas jail standards protect mail:

• There's no cap on how many letters people inside may send or receive.
• Mail from a defense lawyer is opened only with the addressee present, and staff may only search it for contraband.
• A person without money is still given supplies and postage for three or more letters weekly.

Breaking a jail rule can get mail sent back, so ask which items are banned. Find more advice on our jail mail page.

The jail stores personal items at booking and hands them back at release. Ask the jail at 806-675-7301:

• if a relative may collect property while the person is still held, and what written okay is needed;
• how leftover account money gets refunded;
• what hours pickup is allowed.

Bring photo ID when you go.

Call the jail at 806-675-7301 and tell staff about medicines, allergies or health problems. Have pill bottles or a doctor's name handy.

If staff think a person in custody has a mental illness or intellectual disability, the magistrate must be told within 12 hours (Texas CCP 16.22). That can lead to an evaluation and may shape the bail decision.

Every Texas jail must post how inmates file complaints. Still unhappy after raising a problem with the jail? The Texas Commission on Jail Standards handles complaints. Phone 512-463-5505, or write to the commission (P.O. Box 12985, Austin, TX 78711) describing what went wrong.

Two offices serve warrants in this county. One is the Sheriff's Office, 806-675-7301. The other is the Constable, whose office is in the courthouse; dial 806-675-2523 and ask for the Constable. Either one can answer by phone, or a clerk can help at the counter. For the state's most-sought fugitives, check the Texas 10 Most Wanted listings from DPS. Clearing one usually takes a trip with a lawyer to whichever judge signed it; calling that court to get on the docket is another route. For a felony warrant, the paperwork sits with the District Clerk, Suite 207, 201 W Aspen St, Crosbyton, TX 79322, 806-675-2071.

All county courts meet in the courthouse at 201 W Aspen St, Crosbyton, TX 79322. Call the office that has the file:

• Felony: District Clerk, 806-675-2071
• Class A or B misdemeanor: County Clerk, 806-675-2334
• Class C ticket: Justice of the Peace, 806-675-2523

Sign up on IVSS-Counties to get word whenever a hearing date changes. For the full path of a case, see our court page.

Federal charges here are heard in Lubbock at 1205 Texas Avenue, Room 209, Lubbock, TX 79401. Clerk: 806-472-1900.

• In the Lubbock federal courthouse, pretrial custody gets decided early, at what's called a detention hearing (18 U.S.C. 3142).
• Until trial, the U.S. Marshals decide the place of custody. Their Lubbock office is at 1205 Texas Avenue, Room C-126, Lubbock, TX 79401, 806-472-7655.
• Following sentencing, track them with the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

1. To ask for a hold, ICE hands jail staff on Aspen Street a Form I-247A detainer.
2. Under federal rules, this request lets the jail hold someone up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. Texas jails must honor it, except when the person proves lawful status (Texas CCP 2A.060).
4. Senate Bill 8, passed in 2025, told every Texas sheriff who runs a jail to sign up for ICE's 287(g) program; the date to ask was December 1, 2026. To learn where this county stands, call the Sheriff's Office at 806-675-7301.
5. Once in ICE custody, the person can be found on the ICE Online Detainee Locator. An A-number works there; a full name works too if you also select their birth country.

When a judge here hands down a felony sentence, the defendant could stay in the Aspen Street jail for a while before TDCJ takes custody. The prison system processes them at intake, then picks a unit.

• Online, the TDCJ inmate search takes either a name or a TDCJ number, and its data refreshes each working day.
• To read about individual units, open our Texas state prisons page.

Anyone 10 through 16 is a juvenile under Family Code 51.02, so the case goes to juvenile court. Youths are kept apart from adults. Officers have to tell a parent quickly, as Family Code 52.02 requires. A teen who isn't sent home sees a juvenile judge for a detention review within two working days of being picked up; that deadline is in section 54.01 of the Family Code.

No youth detention center appears on the state's list for this county. One registered center in the region: Lubbock County Juvenile Justice Center, 2025 N Akron Ave, Lubbock, TX 79415, 806-775-1800. Phone the Sheriff's Office at 806-675-7301 to learn where a local youth was taken.

About 4,852 residents live here (Census Bureau, July 1, 2025 estimate). Arresting agencies include:

• Crosby County Sheriff's Office, 201 W Aspen St, Crosbyton, TX 79322, 806-675-7301. Patrols the county and runs the jail.
• Constable, in the same courthouse, 806-675-2523 (ask for the Constable).
• Crosbyton, Ralls and Lorenzo. For an arrest inside one of these towns, the Sheriff's Office knows who handled it and can help you reach that officer.
• Texas Department of Public Safety. State troopers cover the highways. To find out if a trooper made this arrest, ask the Sheriff's Office.