1. Load the roster page from the Sheriff's website.
2. Tap "Current Inmates" for anyone still locked up, or "48 Hour Release" for people let go in the last two days.
3. Put a few letters of the surname into the search box. Clicking a column title sorts the rows, say by booking date.
4. Hit "View Profile" for the full record.

Every row holds a small photo, the full name, an SO # and a Booking #, when booking took place, each charge, and a bond figure per charge alongside the arresting agency. "No Bond" next to a charge means no dollar amount is attached yet, or none is allowed. Note both numbers, because staff ask for them by phone. About 77 people were listed in early November 2026.

• Booking unfinished: prints, mugshot and forms take time. Check back in an hour or two.
• A typo: shorten the search to three letters, or use a maiden or hyphenated surname.
• Already released: peek at the 48-hour list on that same roster.
• Picked up in San Antonio, New Braunfels or Kerrville: another county's jail may have them. The next answer lists those.
• Arrested by federal agents or ICE: skip down to those answers.

Still stuck? Detention staff answer at 830-249-4989 on weekdays. Evenings and weekends, try the Sheriff's round-the-clock number, 830-249-9721, or press the lobby intercom in person.

Within these county lines, the Sheriff keeps exactly one adult jail, the Detention Center at 6 Staudt Street, Boerne, TX 78006, 830-249-4989. It holds men and women awaiting trial on misdemeanors or felonies, plus people serving local sentences, generally up to a year. Boerne officers book their arrests there too.

In August 2022, state jail reports counted 12 of its inmates boarded in other counties, so ask staff about transfers. An arrest just over a county line may land someone in one of these nearby jails:

• Bexar County Adult Detention Center, 200 North Comal Street, San Antonio, TX 78207; inmate and bond questions 210-335-6201.
• Comal County Jail, 3000 IH 35 South, New Braunfels, TX 78130; 830-620-3450.
• Kerr County Jail, 400 Clearwater Paseo Dr, Kerrville, TX 78028; 830-896-1257.

Yes. The Current Inmates mugshots list sets a booking photo beside each name, and the profile screen enlarges it.

Wanting an older photo? Mail or hand the Sheriff's Office a written request; the Public Information Act, Gov't Code chapter 552, governs it. Basic arrest information has to be released promptly. A slow reply, past ten business days, has to include a target date. It decides which photos it may hand over.

Immigration photos require an ICE FOIA filing. On the federal side, booking photos are normally withheld, although a Marshals poster for a fugitive may include one. Commercial mugshot sites face rules in Bus. & Com. Code ch. 109: no fee to remove a wrong or incomplete record, and no posting of sealed (expunged or nondisclosed) records.

The state runs Texas IVSS-Counties, which costs nothing. Register on the website or by phone, 866-268-8959, any hour. A partial name works for searching, and creating an account is up to you.

Alerts arrive in English or Spanish for booking and release, any new or changed court setting, and custody news such as a TDCJ transfer. Registration stays hidden from the person locked up. For a release under way this minute, the 48-hour list on the jail roster is faster.

Every arrestee meets a magistrate inside 48 hours. At that short hearing, the magistrate covers their rights, asks about wanting a free lawyer and fixes the bond. The Sheriff's site even has a page for watching these hearings by live stream. Three usual routes out:

• Cash: exact amount, money order or cashier's check only. Several may be combined.
• Surety: a Sheriff-approved bondsman posts it for a fee. The jail adds $15 per bond, with $30 the most charged per person each jailing.
• Personal bond: a signed promise to return, often unavailable on violent charges.

No bonds are accepted from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. or from 5 to 7 p.m. After a family violence arrest, the release is delayed four hours past posting. On the gravest charges, judges may now deny bail outright, thanks to Proposition 3 (November 2025). Our bond walkthrough has the details.

On the roster, each charge appears with its bond, and View Profile opens the whole entry. Booking charges are a first draft and may change.

Formal charges come later. A grand jury may return a felony indictment, and the Criminal District Attorney files misdemeanor complaints. The District Clerk keeps felony case files, while misdemeanor cases are the County Clerk's. Reach either through 830-249-9343; both offices are at 201 East San Antonio Avenue, Boerne, TX 78006.

After filing, re:SearchTX lets registered members of the public read the charging paper. Signing up is free, and a copy of 1 to 10 pages costs $1.

Answer "yes" when the magistrate offers a lawyer. Paperwork then goes to whoever appoints counsel, inside 24 hours. That office has until its third working day ends to pick a lawyer, the deadline CCP art. 1.051(c) sets for counties smaller than 250,000 people. That lawyer should phone or come by the jail within about one working day.

Screening for appointed counsel happens at Pretrial Services, 37131 Interstate 10 West, Suite 102, Boerne, TX 78006. Its indigent defense coordinator answers 830-264-5975, and a case manager answers 830-388-7744. The Affidavit of Indigence covers income, debts and dependents. Having posted bail doesn't by itself rule anyone out.

Many defendants are assigned to the regional public defender, based at 550 Earl Garrett St., Kerrville, TX 78028, 830-315-2788.

Every inmate may have two face-to-face visits a week, 20 minutes each. To book, phone 830-249-4989 on a weekday from 9 to 11 a.m. Slots open just one day out, and visitors should show up 10 minutes early.

• Women: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 8 to 11 a.m.; Wednesday and Friday, 1 to 4 p.m.
• Men: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m.; Wednesday and Friday, 8 to 11 a.m.

An unexpired government photo ID is required: driver's license, military ID or passport. Foreign IDs won't work. Kids under 17 need an adult, two kids per adult at most. Wear modest clothes. Phones, bags, coats and pens stay in a locker, leaving only ID and keys.

Video visits from the lobby are free, two a week, daily 8 to 11:45 a.m. and 12:45 to 5 p.m., booked 24 hours ahead through the jail's vendor, 888-984-1903. From home, video runs 7 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., needs an hour's notice, and costs near 40 cents a minute. Since 2025, veterans can get a no-cost visit from a veterans service officer. Our visitation primer adds tips.

• Lobby kiosk (24 hours): cash or card, $3.50 per deposit; buzz the intercom after hours.
• Through the mail: money orders only. Cash, personal checks and gift cards get sent back.
• From home: online deposits are possible. Phone 830-249-4989 to learn which company handles them.

The front desk can't accept funds in person. Account money buys snacks, soap and paid messages. See our deposit tips and commissary rundown.

Prices through the jail's tablet company run near 10 cents a text message, 20 cents and up per picture message, and 18 cents a minute for voice calls. Data costs 30 cents per MB. On top, every purchase carries a $2.99 convenience fee, plus 5% when paid by card.

Video chats from home are about 40 cents a minute. Vendor support: 888-984-1903. Save case talk for the lawyer, because jail calls and messages are rarely private. Our phone pointers and messaging overview explain more.

Before mailing, get the current address from detention staff at 830-249-4989. Under Texas jail rules, letters have no limit on pages or count. Lawyer mail is opened with the inmate present, only to check for contraband.

Paperbacks must come straight from a publisher or authorized seller, not from relatives, and hardcovers are turned away. Officers unfold and inspect everything. These are refused:

• cash, checks, stamps, envelopes, writing paper and pens;
• stickers, staples, laminated items, and musical or layered cards;
• Polaroids, photos larger than 5x7 or on printer paper, and nude or suggestive pictures;
• cards over 8x11 and mail meant for someone else.

Addressing tips are in our mail rundown.

Pocket contents and clothing get logged and boxed at booking. Rules can shift, so phone 830-249-4989 during weekday office hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Questions worth asking:

1. Is a signed release from the inmate required before you can collect?
2. What photo ID do you need?
3. When can items be collected?

Ask as well how leftover account money is paid out on release day.

Call 830-249-4989 and request the shift supervisor. Share the person's doctor, prescriptions and conditions like diabetes, seizures or pregnancy. Staff may not tell you health details, but they can pass yours along. A defense lawyer can bring urgent needs to the judge.

Each Texas jail has to post its grievance steps and print them in the inmate handbook (37 TAC 251.6(c)). If nothing changes, the state's jail standards commission hears complaints at 512-463-5505 or via its complaint page.

Deputies serve most arrest warrants countywide. Call the Sheriff's 24-hour line, 830-249-9721, to ask whether one is active. Constables and officers in Boerne and Fair Oaks Ranch serve warrants too; the four constable lines sit in the police answer. DPS keeps statewide lists of wanted fugitives and wanted sex offenders. On a pending case, clerks at 201 East San Antonio Avenue, Boerne, TX 78006, 830-249-9343, can look up a name. Ticket warrants come from a JP or city court. The cleanest fix: hire a defense lawyer to schedule a walk-in surrender before the judge whose court issued it, so bond can be set the same visit.

Clerks keep the schedule. Felony settings belong to the 451st or 498th District Court, and misdemeanor settings to the county-level court. Ask the operator at 830-249-9343 for the right clerk, weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., name and birth date in hand.

Class C tickets are heard by the Justices of the Peace:

• JP 1: 830-331-8258
• JP 2: 830-249-8404
• JP 3: 830-249-2820
• JP 4: 830-995-2031

An IVSS-Counties registration also sends court-setting notices. The full path of a case, from magistrate to verdict, is on our criminal court page.

Federal prosecutions from Boerne and the rest of the county land in San Antonio (Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division). Its courthouse is at 262 West Nueva Street, San Antonio, TX 78207, and its clerk's office, Room 1-400, answers 210-472-6550.

A magistrate judge rules on release or detention, usually starting at the first court appearance (18 U.S.C. 3142). That hearing can slide a few days if the prosecutor or defense asks. If money is tight, ask for appointed counsel; the Federal Public Defender's office is at 300 Convent Street, Room 2300, San Antonio, TX 78205, 210-472-6700.

Pre-sentence, the Marshals Service holds them, often renting space in a county lockup. Their office, Room 2-300 on Nueva Street, answers 210-332-6800. Post-sentence, look for a register number and prison name in the BOP inmate locator.

1. Paperwork starts it: ICE sends Staudt Street a Form I-247A.
2. Per 8 CFR 287.7(d), the jail may then hold the person up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released, giving officers time to come.
3. Honoring the detainer is mandatory for a Texas jail, per CCP art. 2A.060. Cities and counties lost the power to restrict immigration enforcement back in 2017; see Gov't Code 752.053. Then the 2025 law S.B. 8 piles on one more duty for jail-running sheriffs, a 287(g) application to ICE, cutoff December 1, 2026. Where things stand on Staudt Street: ring the Sheriff's Office at 830-249-9721.
4. Detainees often move to places like the Karnes County Immigration Processing Center, 409 FM 1144, Karnes City, TX 78118, 830-254-2000, or the center at 300 El Rancho Way, Dilley, TX 78017, 830-378-6500.
5. Search the ICE Online Detainee Locator with the person's A-number; without one, enter the name plus country of birth. ICE's San Antonio Field Office: 3523 Crosspoint Drive, San Antonio, TX 78217, 210-564-3300.

Short local sentences, up to a year, are often served right on Staudt Street. Convictions for state jail felonies lead to a TDCJ state jail unit. Longer felony terms go to TDCJ, starting at an intake center for health checks and classification before a long-term assignment.

The TDCJ online lookup takes a surname with a first initial; a TDCJ number or SID works as well. Only people currently in a TDCJ facility appear. Updates happen only on business days, so someone who left Staudt Street yesterday may not appear yet. Each prison is profiled on our Texas state prison directory.

In Texas, juvenile court handles ages 10 to 16, counting age at the time of the act. Seventeen-year-olds face adult charges and the adult jail.

• Parents get a prompt heads-up from the arresting officer, including the reason for the pickup.
• Within two working days after pickup, a detained youth gets a detention hearing; Friday and Saturday pickups are heard on the first business day.
• Before that hearing a lawyer is assigned. The judge must let the youth go home unless one of five legal reasons applies.

Juvenile Probation tracks the youth's placement and the court calendar. Ask the county operator to transfer you, at 830-249-9343.

Each bond line on the roster names the arresting agency. Coverage breaks down like this:

• Sheriff's Office: 6 Staudt Street, Boerne, TX 78006, 830-249-9721, staffed day and night. Deputies patrol everything outside city limits, including Comfort.
• Boerne Police Department: handles calls within that city.
• Fair Oaks Ranch Police Department: handles calls within Fair Oaks Ranch.
• Constables: Precinct 1 830-331-5539, Precinct 2 830-428-6135, Precinct 3 830-388-7070, Precinct 4 830-995-3386.
• Texas DPS troopers: patrol state highways, including Interstate 10.

For either city department's business number, ask Detention Center staff at 830-249-4989.