A phone browser handles the roster fine. Five quick moves:

1. Load the Inmate Jail Roster. Its first screen is titled "Currently Booked Inmates."
2. Key a surname into the name filter, or page through the list, which can spill onto a second page.
3. Pick the "24 Hours Arrests" tab to catch a booking from last night.
4. Pick "Inmates by Arrest Date" when you know about when the arrest was.
5. Open the entry. Jot down the arrest date, the agency, the total bond, and each charge's warrant number and statute.

Only people locked up right now are shown. A released person falls off the current list.

When a search turns up nothing, look at these causes:

• Still in booking. Photos, prints and data entry come before the listing appears.
• Out already. A posted bond, or a personal bond, ends the listing.
• Typed differently. Try fewer letters of the surname, a hyphenated half or a former name.
• Arrested elsewhere. A traffic stop across the county line leads to that county's jail.
• Under 17. Juveniles skip the adult roster entirely.

Jail staff can clear this up fast. Ring 806-435-8000, read off their full name and birthday, and ask if the person came in, was moved or went home.

For any arrest inside this county, almost certainly yes. The Sheriff's jail at 511 S. Ash, Perryton, TX 79070, 806-435-8000, has a state-rated capacity of 48 beds. The county runs no second jail, annex or work center.

An arrest in a neighboring county usually means that county's own jail. Addresses and phone numbers for several nearby Panhandle jails are on our pages for Hansford County Jail, Lipscomb County Jail, Hemphill County Jail and Roberts County Jail.

Federal prisoners get placed wherever the U.S. Marshals decide. Local jail staff can say whether a person was transferred out and to which agency.

Yes. Every current entry on the Ochiltree County Inmate Jail Roster carries a front-view booking photo, the mugshot, beside the name, charges and bond. Photos leave the roster when the person is released.

• The Texas Public Information Act lets anyone ask the Sheriff's Office, in writing, for a copy of a booking photo. Staff at 806-435-8000 can say where it should go.
• Photos held by ICE require an ICE records request. Mugshots from federal arrests generally aren't handed out, with the exception of a photo the U.S. Marshals choose to share during a manhunt.
• Texas law covers commercial mugshot sites that ask $150 or more to take a photo down. These sites must fix or remove a wrong record without billing anyone, and they're barred from showing records a court has expunged or sealed through nondisclosure.

Yes. County jails in Texas feed Texas IVSS-Counties, the state notice service that took over from Texas VINE. You can look up all or part of a name and request alerts whether or not you open an account.

• Notices go out on booking, release, a move to state prison and changes to court events.
• Signing up costs nothing, and the person in custody isn't informed.
• Help by phone, in English or Spanish, never closes: 866-268-8959.

Rechecking the roster is the other easy way to see if someone is still inside.

The 48-hour clock starts at arrest. Before it runs out, a magistrate, most often the local Justice of the Peace, holds the first hearing in person or by video link (CCP art. 15.17). Magistrations here run daily between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. as needed. The person hears the charge, learns about free legal help and gets a bond decision.

• On the roster, each charge shows a bond figure, plus a total, or DENIED.
• Texas uses cash bonds, bondsman bonds and personal bonds, where a signed promise stands in for money.
• Another county's warrant, a parole hold, a family violence waiting period or an immigration detainer may block release after bond.

The jail, 806-435-8000, can tell you how bond is being taken today. Our bail page has the full story on bond types, paying and refunds.

Start with the roster. Each person's charge table shows a warrant number, the count, the Texas statute, a short label, M or F for misdemeanor or felony, and that charge's bond.

For paperwork from the court file, contact:

• Felony: District Clerk, 511 S. Main Box 3, Perryton, TX 79070, 806-435-8054
• Class A or B misdemeanor: County Clerk, 806-435-8039
• Class C: Justice of the Peace, upstairs in the courthouse, 806-435-8020

Once registered, anyone can read filed charges for free on the statewide re:SearchTX records site.

A local judge does, after the person asks. The ask happens at magistration, where the magistrate supplies the forms and helps complete them. They go to the appointing judge inside 24 hours. In a county of under 250,000 people, an appointment is due by the third working day after the judge has them (CCP art. 1.051).

Lawyers here come from a list of private attorneys under a written county plan. For a status check, phone the District Clerk, 806-435-8054, on felonies, or the County Clerk, 806-435-8039, on misdemeanors.

The plan itself is posted on the indigent defense plan list. For how appointments work statewide, try the Texas Indigent Defense Commission's toll-free line, 866-499-0656.

Days, times and how to sign up come from the jail itself, not from a statewide list. Phone 806-435-8000 and ask about video visits too, plus the ID rules and whether kids may come.

Texas sets a minimum for all county jails. Each person held gets two or more noncontact visits weekly, at least 20 minutes apiece, with an evening or weekend slot among them. A child visitor may need an adult guardian present. Verified veterans can receive visits that don't count against that minimum.

Dress codes and video visit tips are in our visiting guide.

Funds on a jail account go toward commissary purchases and similar costs. Before sending a dollar, ask the jail at 806-435-8000 which deposit routes work, what each one charges and how long it takes to post.

Spell the name just like the roster does, and don't put cash in an envelope. Typical deposit methods are on our inmate deposits page, and store items on the commissary page.

Under 37 TAC 259.119, every Texas jail's intake area must have a telephone for detainees. For how calls work after that, including any account family must fund and the rates, ask jail staff at 806-435-8000.

Save any talk about the charge for the defense lawyer. Jail calls and messages are the wrong place for it. Our guides to jail phone service and inmate messaging cover setup.

The building itself stands at 511 S. Ash, Perryton, TX 79070. Call 806-435-8000 before mailing to check the right mailing address, how to write the name, and the rules for photos, cards and paper.

State standards guard the mail. Letters in and out carry no count or page cap. Attorney mail gets opened in the inmate's presence, to search for banned items and nothing else. An inmate with no money still gets paper, envelopes and stamps for at least three letters weekly.

Put the sender's name and home address on every envelope. Items that jails tend to refuse appear in the inmate mail guide we publish.

Items taken during booking are stored by the jail. To learn when they can be collected, or whether the person may authorize a relative to collect them sooner, call 806-435-8000. The jail holding that property is at 511 S. Ash, Perryton, TX 79070.

Carry a photo ID to pickup. Anything police kept as evidence follows the court case, so ask the District Attorney, 806-435-8035, about those items.

Tell jail staff at 806-435-8000 about medicines, health conditions or mental health worries as soon as you can. Per CCP art. 16.22, a magistrate hears within half a day from any jailer who spots apparent mental illness, and an evaluation may follow.

Inmates file complaints using the steps posted inside and printed in the handbook. To raise a worry outside the building, relatives can write to info@tcjs.state.tx.us, the inbox of the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, or use its web form. The agency's phone line is 512-463-5505.

Deputies of the Sheriff's Office, 511 S. Ash, Perryton, TX 79070, 806-435-8000, serve most warrants in the county, and Perryton police and the constable also arrest people on them. Phone the Sheriff's Office to ask about an active warrant. For anyone in custody, the roster prints a warrant number on every charge. The state's most-sought fugitives appear on DPS's Texas 10 Most Wanted page.

A person named in a warrant does best to speak with an attorney first. The attorney may arrange a planned surrender, or seek a reset from the court that issued it. On felony paperwork, the District Clerk can help: 511 S. Main Box 3, Perryton, TX 79070, 806-435-8054.

It depends on the charge:

• Felony: the District Clerk, 806-435-8054
• For Class A or B: County Clerk, 806-435-8039
• Class C ticket: the Justice of the Peace, Monday to Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Friday until 12:30 p.m., 806-435-8020

All three sit in the courthouse at 511 S. Main St., Perryton, TX 79070, main line 806-435-8031. Our court page walks through each court's steps.

In Amarillo. The Northern District of Texas hears the county's federal cases at its Amarillo courthouse, the U.S. District Court, 205 SE 5th Avenue, Room 133, Amarillo, TX 79101, 806-468-3800.

• Within days, a hearing under 18 U.S.C. 3142 settles whether the person can wait at home while the case moves.
• The U.S. Marshals Service keeps custody as long as the case is open. Its Amarillo office, 205 SE 5th Street, Unit 214, Amarillo, TX 79101, 806-324-2350, knows where each federal prisoner is housed.
• Sentenced federal prisoners appear in the BOP inmate locator after they reach a federal prison.

The steps tend to follow this pattern:

1. ICE files its I-247A detainer form at the jail.
2. That allows the jail to hold the person up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. Under CCP art. 2A.060, the detainer binds the jail unless lawful status is shown. Local governments, under a 2017 statute (Government Code 752.053), also may not write rules that slow immigration work.
4. Sheriffs that operate jails must ask ICE for 287(g) agreements before the December 1, 2026 deadline in S.B. 8, passed in 2025. The Sheriff's Office, 806-435-8000, can speak to its own status.
5. When ICE has taken the person, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator. It searches by the 9-digit A-number, or by name joined with country of birth. ICE's Dallas Field Office, which lists North Texas as its area, is at 8101 N. Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX 75247, 972-367-2200.

A prison sentence means a wait in Perryton until state prison officials, TDCJ, send for the person. Intake staff then sort and classify them before a unit is chosen for the sentence.

• Searching by name on the TDCJ inmate search takes the exact surname and a first initial or more. A TDCJ or SID number works too. Its data trails by a day or more and refreshes on working days.
• Our Texas state prisons page sketches every unit, useful reading before a first trip there.

Family Code 51.02 makes juvenile court the place for anyone from 10 to 16. Turning 17 moves a person into adult court. Officers take a child to a juvenile office or youth detention, not the adult jail, and Family Code 52.02 has them notify a parent right away.

Within two working days a judge must hold a detention hearing (Family Code 54.01), and the court names a lawyer beforehand. For a youth picked up Friday or Saturday, the hearing moves up a day. Phone the Sheriff's Office about where the youth was sent, 806-435-8000. Youth detention centers across Texas register with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, 1711 San Jacinto Blvd, Austin, TX 78701, 512-490-7130.

The roster's "arresting agency" field tells you who made the arrest. All of them book into the county jail:

• Ochiltree County Sheriff's Office, 511 S. Ash, Perryton, TX 79070, 806-435-8000. Deputies patrol the countryside and run the jail.
• Perryton Police Department, the city's force inside town limits. The Sheriff's Office can connect you with its non-emergency line.
• County constable, who serves court papers and also arrests people. Ask the Sheriff's Office for that office's number.
• Texas Highway Patrol troopers with the state Department of Public Safety patrol the highways. After a trooper stop, ask the jail whether the person was booked there.