Search both of these, in this order:

1. Go to Texas IVSS-Counties. A last name works, even a partial one. Add a first name to narrow it. You can skip making an account.
2. Match the result by age or middle name, and confirm it says your person is held at Barnes Street.
3. Repeat the name in the county's official jail search.
4. Any number beside the name? Keep it handy for calls to Barnes Street.
5. Still in doubt? Ring Booking at 512-556-8255 with the full name and birthday.

IVSS-Counties tracks people in custody right now or under supervision. The alerts answer below explains its notices.

New arrests trail behind. Fingerprints, photos and a property inventory come first, so a few hours can pass. Other reasons nothing matches:

• the booking used another spelling, a second surname, or a given name your family never uses;
• bond got posted, or the magistrate granted a personal bond and they walked out;
• the officer from Lometa, Kempner or the county seat hasn't finished the paperwork or the ride to Barnes Street;
• they were shipped out: a neighbor county, TDCJ or federal hands;
• the warrant belonged to some other county, whose jail picked them up.

Booking, 512-556-8255, untangles these fastest. For the police report itself, go to the arresting agency. The last answer here names all of them.

Barnes Street is it. The Lampasas County Jail, 1210 Barnes Street, Lampasas, TX 76550, 512-556-8255, is the only jail the county runs. State jail inspectors put its capacity at 112 beds, and the Magistrate's Courtroom shares the building. A commission report from August 2022 counted 3 of the county's prisoners boarded elsewhere, with no receiving jail named.

So if beds fill up, or a neighbor county filed the charge, look at these jails next:

• South, in Burnet: Burnet County Jail, 900 County Lane, Burnet, TX 78611, 512-715-8600.
• Northeast, in Gatesville: Coryell County Jail, 510 Leon Street, Gatesville, TX 76528, 254-865-7201.
• Northwest, in Goldthwaite: Mills County Jail, which the Mills County Sheriff's Office runs at 2111 Priddy Rd., Goldthwaite, TX 76844, 325-648-2245.

One call to Booking before any drive can confirm a transfer.

Yes, mugshots exist for each Barnes Street booking, though getting one takes a request. Call the Sheriff's Office at 512-556-8255, or mail the office a written request for that one picture (Texas Public Information Act). Texas law (Government Code 552.108(c)) keeps basic arrest details open. If the office can't answer within 10 business days, it has to tell you when it will.

If your person's photo turns up on a mugshot website, Texas has rules for sites that demand $150 or more to remove a record. Those sites have to repair any listing that is wrong or missing facts, and charge nothing for it. Records erased by expunction, or shielded by an order of nondisclosure, are off their pages once they know (Bus. and Com. Code ch. 109). A fee to remove an accurate record is not banned.

ICE booking photos take a FOIA request at ICE's FOIA page. Federal arrest photos are rarely released. Now and then the U.S. Marshals Service releases one, a fugitive's for instance. Pictures of the state's most-wanted people sit on the Texas 10 Most Wanted page that DPS runs.

Yes. Register through Texas IVSS-Counties online, or by calling 866-268-8959 at any hour, English or Spanish. No fee, no account required, and nobody on Barnes Street is told you signed up.

IVSS-Counties sends word when your person is booked or released. It also reports new or changed court settings. Transfers to TDCJ, escapes and deaths bring a notice too.

Release terms are set inside the jail itself, in its Magistrate's Courtroom. The county plan targets 24 hours from arrest, and Texas law sets 48 as the limit. Expect one of three bonds:

• cash: the whole amount, paid in and held while the case runs;
• surety: a licensed bondsman signs, and keeps the fee you pay;
• personal: your person signs a promise, and no money changes hands up front.

On a family violence charge, Barnes Street holds your person four extra hours after bond (art. 17.291(b)). For the gravest violent charges, a judge may refuse bail outright. Get the amount from Booking, 512-556-8255, and check our bail page before paying anyone.

Booking, 512-556-8255, is the quickest source. The basics of an arrest, offense included, must be released on request, says Gov't Code 552.108(c). The magistrate also reads the charge to your person at the first hearing.

After filing, the clerk with the file can confirm it. Both clerks sit at 409 South Pecan Street, Lampasas, TX 76550, on the county line 512-556-8271:

• felony files: District Clerk, Suite 204;
• Class A or B misdemeanor files: County Clerk, Suite 201.

Fine-only tickets stay at whichever justice or city court issued them. Prosecution of every grade is handled by the County Attorney in Suite 203, 512-556-8282.

At the magistrate hearing, your person needs to ask for a lawyer in so many words. The magistrate walks them through the form. The county's appointment plan rotates through local private attorneys, and one should be named within 3 working days.

The Indigent Defense Coordinator has a desk at the jail some days and an office at 409 South Pecan Street, Suite 212, Lampasas, TX 76550, 512-556-8271. Families who'd rather pay for a private attorney can hire one whenever they choose. The Texas Indigent Defense Commission oversees appointed counsel statewide: 209 West 14th Street, Room 202, Austin, TX 78701, 512-936-6994.

Phone 512-556-8255 before driving to Barnes Street. Ask for this week's visiting times, the sign-up method, which ID is accepted and whether video visits are offered.

Barnes Street must give each prisoner two or more noncontact visits per week, none under 20 minutes. One of those openings has to land in an evening or on a weekend. A minor visiting Barnes Street generally brings a parent or guardian. Veterans confirmed at intake also qualify for free visits from a veterans service officer.

Our visitation page has advice for a first visit, too.

A jail account is how your person pays for extra food, shampoo and phone minutes. Ask Booking, 512-556-8255, which deposit options exist, what each one costs in fees, and how leftover money is returned at release.

Our money page explains deposits. What the jail store stocks is on our commissary page.

Nobody can call in to your person. They call out, collect or with prepaid minutes from the jail's phone vendor. Often the first call comes from booking, before your person is moved to housing.

Booking, 512-556-8255, can name the vendor for calls, texts or messages and explain setting up an account. More help: our jail phone page, plus the inmate messaging page for texts and email.

Put your person's full name first, then:

Lampasas County Jail
1210 Barnes Street
Lampasas, TX 76550

Check with 512-556-8255 before mailing, to confirm the format and whether the jail takes only postcards. Texas sets no limit on how many letters your person gets or sends, or how long they run. A lawyer's letter is opened in your person's presence, just to check for contraband. Even with an empty account, your person receives stamps and paper for three or more letters each week. Our mail page has more.

At intake, every pocket gets emptied and the contents inventoried: phone, wallet, keys, belt. Usually it all goes home with your person at release. If you need it earlier, your person may have to sign a form naming you. Call 512-556-8255, ask Booking for a pickup time, and carry a photo ID.

Seized evidence follows its own path, and the agency that made the arrest handles that.

In an emergency, call 911. Otherwise phone 512-556-8255, ask for the jailer on duty, and describe the illness, injury or medicine your person needs.

If jailers believe your person has a mental illness, the jail owes a magistrate notice inside 12 hours (art. 16.22). Still worried after calling? Texas has a jail watchdog, the Commission on Jail Standards. Use its online form or call 512-463-5505.

Most warrant checks happen by phone. Start with the Sheriff's Office at 512-556-8255, whose deputies carry warrants into every precinct. Constables do too: Precinct 1 at 512-734-6233, Precincts 2 and 3 at 512-752-3497. Inside town, the city departments serve them: Lampasas 512-556-6235, Lometa 512-564-3320, Kempner 512-932-2180. DPS names its worst fugitives at Texas 10 Most Wanted. For felony warrants, the paper trail runs to the District Clerk at 409 South Pecan Street, Suite 204, Lampasas, TX 76550, 512-556-8271. Clearing one usually means a lawyer-planned surrender at Barnes Street. Calling the judge who issued it about a recall is the other route.

For felonies, check the 27th District's docket page and its 2026 calendar. For misdemeanors, check the County Court dockets. To confirm a time by phone, ring 512-556-8271 and ask the District Clerk or County Clerk.

Ticket cases belong to justice courts and city courts. City court phones: county seat 512-556-4909, Lometa 512-752-3331, Kempner 512-932-2180. IVSS-Counties alerts flag new or moved settings as well. The criminal court page lays out every step on Pecan Street.

Federal charges out of this county are handled in Austin (Western District of Texas, Austin Division). Clerk: 501 West Fifth Street, Suite 1100, Austin, TX 78701, 512-916-5896.

1. A U.S. magistrate judge in Austin sees your person first and rules on release or detention (18 U.S.C. 3142).
2. Pretrial, the U.S. Marshals Service has custody, possibly using a county jail. Ask their Austin office which one: 501 West 5th Street, Suite 3300, Austin, TX 78701, 512-916-5393.
3. The Federal Public Defender's Austin office may take the case: 504 Lavaca Street, Suite 960, Austin, TX 78701, 512-916-5025.
4. After sentencing, look for your person in the BOP inmate locator. A register number works better than a name.

1. Step one is paper: a Form I-247A from ICE, sent when it believes someone booked on Barnes Street may be deportable.
2. The request: keep your person up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released, so ICE can come for them (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. CCP art. 2A.060 obliges a Texas jail to comply unless lawful status is proven. Cities and the county are barred from hobbling immigration enforcement (Gov't Code 752.053), so Barnes Street follows suit.
4. Senate Bill 8 (2025) gave county jails in Texas until December 1, 2026 to try joining ICE's 287(g) program, and refused counties must keep trying yearly. Where do things stand locally? Ask the Sheriff's Office, 512-556-8255.
5. After pickup, ICE may send your person to a detention center far from Kempner or Lometa. Search the ICE Online Detainee Locator. Use an A-number, or try name plus birth country.
6. Still nothing? Reach ICE's San Antonio Field Office, 3523 Crosspoint Drive, San Antonio, TX 78217, 210-564-3300.

A prison or state jail sentence means more waiting on Barnes Street until TDCJ sends for your person. At TDCJ intake, staff assess each arrival and pick a unit to match the sentence and needs.

• Search the TDCJ inmate search by TDCJ or SID number, or by surname and first initial. Results cover only current TDCJ prisoners. Expect a lag of one day or more, since it refreshes on working days.
• For unit-level details, see our Texas state prisons page, which covers each one.

Texas criminal law treats 17 as grown, which puts a 17-year-old on Barnes Street. Ages 10 to 16 are juveniles, held in a juvenile detention facility rather than the adult jail. Police first bring the child to a processing office set up for juveniles, or straight to detention, and a parent must be contacted quickly (Family Code 52.02). A judge must see the child within two working days to decide on further detention, and a lawyer is appointed first (FC 54.01).

Juvenile Probation, 407 South Pecan Street, Lampasas, TX 76550, 512-556-8271, can tell you the detention center and hearing time. Youth defense lawyers come from the county's juvenile appointment plan.

Arrest reports stay with the agency that arrested your person. Seven agencies work here:

• Lampasas Police Department: 301 East 4th Street, Lampasas, TX 76550, 512-556-6235.
• Lometa Police Department: 100 East San Saba Street, Lometa, TX 76853, 512-564-3320.
• Kempner Police Department: 12288 Central Texas Expressway, Kempner, TX 76539, 512-932-2180 (city hall line).
• Sheriff's Office, which patrols outside town limits: 1210 Barnes Street, Lampasas, TX 76550, 512-556-8255.
• Constable, Precinct 1: 501 East 4th Street, Suite 105, Lampasas, TX 76550, 512-734-6233.
• Constable, Precincts 2 and 3: P.O. Box 121, Lometa, TX 76853, 512-752-3497.
• Texas DPS, Texas Rangers office: county Annex 2, 407 South Pecan Street, Lampasas, TX 76550, through the county line 512-556-8271.

For Precinct 4 constable service around Kempner, or the DPS Highway Patrol office for local highways, check with the Sheriff's Office.