The Sheriff keeps a landing page for the roster, and from it a link opens the live list on a separate Sheriff's site. Look for the name there. What each entry shows is the Sheriff's call; confirm anything important with a phone call.

Spellings trip people up. Try a shorter piece of the surname, a maiden name or a nickname. Then write down three things: the full name as the jail spells it, the Inmate Booking Number and the booking date. Staff on the phone will ask for at least one of them.

A gap usually means one of four things. The booking is still in progress, the person was already released, another agency holds them, or the name is spelled oddly. Call the jail at 903-654-3002 and ask directly. After hours, the Sheriff's main line, 903-654-3001, is staffed day and night.

If the jail has no record, widen the search. Check the jails of neighboring counties listed in the next answer, then the state and federal locators further down this page. If you know which agency made the arrest, ask it as well.

The Sheriff operates one adult jail, on 2nd Avenue, and its holding cells sit inside that same building. Near Navarro's edges, an arrest can send someone to a neighbor's jail instead, so check these:

• Ellis: the Wayne McCollum Detention Center sits at 300 S. Jackson Street, Waxahachie, TX 75165 (phone 972-825-4931).
• Hill: the Hill County Jail sits at 406 Hall Street, Hillsboro, TX 76645 (phone 254-582-5313).
• Freestone: the Freestone County Jail sits at 103 S. Keechi, Fairfield, TX 75840 (phone 903-389-3236).
• Henderson: the Henderson County Jail sits at 206-A North Murchison Street, Athens, TX 75751 (phone 903-677-6322).
• Kaufman: the Kaufman County Jail sits at 1900 E US-175, Kaufman, TX 75142 (phone 972-932-4337).

Mugshots and booking sheets are open-records items. Make the ask in writing, labeled as an open-records request. Navarro's records staff take it by fax at 903-654-3044 or by email to records@ncsotx.org. Give the name, booking date and what you want.

Navarro's records staff must release basic arrest information (Gov't Code 552.108(c)), though they review each ask and may withhold some items. If a website charges to scrub a booking photo, a Texas statute curbs that (Bus. & Com. Code ch. 109). Photos of people in ICE custody go through the agency's FOIA request page instead.

Try Texas IVSS-Counties, a free alert service the state offers for county jails. Register a person's name there, or use its help line, 866-268-8959.

Keep an eye on the roster as well. Between the two, you should hear about a change in custody without phoning the jail every day.

A magistrate sets bond within two days of arrest. After that, release usually comes through a cash payment, a licensed bondsman, or the defendant's own signature on a personal bond. Ask the jail desk, 903-654-3002, for the bond amount and how the jail takes payment today.

The Sheriff's FAQ also names a Pre-Trial Release Program; ask the jail whether it fits your case. Our Navarro bail page digs into bond types, refunds and holds.

Texas grades crimes by their maximum punishment. A Class C ends in a fine and nothing more. Jail enters at Class B (180 days max) and Class A (a year max). Felonies run from state jail felonies through first degree and capital charges, and they send convicted people to state prison.

Fine-only cases go to a justice court, Class A and B cases to the County Court at Law, and felonies to the 13th District Court. Our Navarro court guide follows each one step by step.

Ask for one at the first hearing before the magistrate, and sign the affidavit of indigence. After that, the request runs through the Indigent Defense Coordinator, 300 W. 3rd Ave., Suite 202B, Corsicana, TX 75110, 903-875-3933.

The county's indigent defense page holds the form. A judge looks at income, debts and dependents before naming counsel. Relatives can help most by reminding the person to ask early.

Visits run seven days a week. A person in general population gets two 30-minute visits a week; someone in a holding cell gets three. Set up an account and book times online through the jail's visitation provider, and call 903-654-3002 if the system won't let you schedule.

• Bring government photo ID. Children under 17 need a legal guardian present.
• Leave cell phones behind. All visits are monitored.
• Wear a shirt and shoes. Tank tops, sleeveless tops, short-shorts and mini-skirts get turned away.
• Anyone under the influence is refused, and someone who won't leave when told can be arrested for criminal trespass.

Lawyers can meet clients face to face or by video, except between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. and between 4 and 6 p.m. More on visit rules sits on our visitation page.

Money orders should name "Inmate Trust Fund" as payee, and an Inmate Trust Fund slip rides along in the envelope. Slips are at Master Control in the jail lobby or on the Sheriff's web page. Address it this way:

Inmate Trust Fund
Inmate First and Last Name, Booking Number
312 W 2nd Ave
Corsicana, TX 75110

For card deposits online, follow the vendor link on the Sheriff's jail page. Store orders close at noon each Tuesday and arrive Thursday, so money has to land before Tuesday noon to count that week. People with no funds still get paper and writing supplies. General tips: our deposit guide. Store rules: our commissary page.

New arrivals get three free local calls during booking. After that, outgoing calls are collect or prepaid, from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Prepaid accounts are handled by the phone provider's customer service at 800-943-2189.

• Every call is recorded.
• Three-way calling gets your number blocked for good.
• You can ask for your number to be blocked if you don't want calls.
• Officers won't relay messages to anyone inside.

Electronic messages cost $0.25 per text and $0.35 per picture. Ask the jail whether tablets are in use. Our jail phone guide and messaging page have general tips.

Since September 1, 2024, personal letters travel to Longview first, where they're scanned:

• Top line: Inmate First and Last Name, Booking Number
• Second line: Navarro County Jail
• Third line: PO Box 591
• Bottom line: Longview, TX 75606

Letters are scanned onto a kiosk inside, and the paper originals get destroyed rather than returned. Limits: five pages, one side each; envelope at most 8.5 x 11; a single photo per mailing (add a second and the whole letter bounces). Greeting cards, internet printouts, extra envelopes, stamps and nude photos are refused.

Packages, legal papers and medical mail skip Longview. Address those to the person, with booking number, at: Navarro County Detention Center, 312 W 2nd Ave, Corsicana, TX 75110. Magazines, newspapers and books can't go to the Longview box, so phone the jail about them. Our jail mail page has more.

Staff list each item taken at booking. The person inside names who may collect it, and that person needs photo ID. Pick it up before any transfer to state prison.

For a jury trial, bring street clothes to Master Control between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Clothes left more than 10 business days get donated.

Medical privacy rules keep jail staff from discussing a person's care with relatives. You can still report a worry, such as a missed medication, by calling 903-654-3002. For an emergency anywhere, call 911.

The person inside can also raise health needs with staff directly.

Call the Sheriff's Office at 903-654-3001 to ask. Its Most Wanted page shows people being sought, and DPS keeps a statewide fugitive list. Precinct 3 constables answer at 972-965-4942. Case files show on the county court records portal. Before turning yourself in at 312 W. 2nd Ave., talk with a lawyer, who may arrange bond or a new court date ahead of time. Waiting rarely helps, since a stop for anything can end in arrest. On a felony case, Navarro's District Clerk can help too: 903-654-3040.

Court dates show on the county's records portal. Felony questions go to the District Clerk, 903-654-3040. For misdemeanors of Class A or B, phone the County Clerk's criminal desk, 903-654-3035.

Release dates shift with credit for time served and with new holds, so ask the jail at 903-654-3002 close to the day.

Federal defendants from this area answer in Dallas. Pretrial federal detainees answer to the Marshals, who pick where they're held. Their Dallas office is 1100 Commerce Street, Room 1657, Dallas, TX 75242, 214-767-0836. Docket papers: PACER. For a sentenced federal prisoner, try the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

ICE's hold arrives as Form I-247A. Under it, 2nd Avenue staff may hang on to the person up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released, so ICE can pick them up (8 CFR 287.7(d)).

After ICE takes over, search the ICE Online Detainee Locator or call the Dallas Field Office, 8101 N. Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX 75247, 972-367-2200. Paying the state bond won't end a detainer, so speak with an immigration lawyer first.

People sentenced to prison or state jail stay on 2nd Avenue until a moving date comes from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Use the TDCJ inmate search once they move. TDCJ refreshes it on workdays, and its entries trail reality by 24 hours or longer.

Our Texas state prisons page sorts mail, money and visit rules by unit.

Ten- to sixteen-year-olds are handled by juvenile court; 2nd Avenue's adult lockup is not for them. Juvenile Probation handles them from intake on: 315 W. 3rd Ave., Corsicana, TX 75110, 903-654-3070.

Ask that office which detention center is holding a child and when the detention hearing is set. At 17, Texas books a person as a grown-up, on 2nd Avenue.

Deputies cover all of Navarro, and the same Sheriff's Office keeps the jail. Its main line is 903-654-3001. Four precinct constables serve papers and warrants, and Precinct 3 can be reached at 972-965-4942.

Towns such as Corsicana, Rice, Frost and Blooming Grove have their own police departments. Rice ISD has a school police force, and Navarro College has campus safety staff. State troopers patrol the highways too. Not sure which of them made an arrest? Start with the Sheriff's Office, which can steer you to the agency involved.