The log is one long list per year, easy to scan on a phone. Try this:

1. Pull up the current year's arrest log.
2. Scroll to the month the arrest happened.
3. Use the search-within-page feature of your browser to hunt for the surname.
4. Note the arrest date and every charge on that line. A warrant line names the county that wants the person.
5. Jot it all down before calling, so the deputy can pull the right file quickly.

Remember that the log records arrests. Whether the person is still behind bars today is a question for 432-729-4308.

Reasons a person might be absent from the log:

• Booked minutes ago. Fresh arrests can take time to reach the page.
• Already out. A bond, a magistrate's release or a transfer may have come first.
• Held for an outside agency. Federal and contract prisoners may be logged another way, or kept in a different jail.
• Spelled differently. Try each surname if the person uses two, plus nicknames or a maiden name.
• Under 17. Texas keeps juvenile cases away from the adult jail.

Deputies answer 432-729-4308 around the clock. A busy signal? Try the backup line, 432-729-4911.

This county operates a single adult jail, the Presidio County Jail, 320 N. Highland Ave., Marfa, TX 79843, 432-729-4308. Sheriff's dispatchers also send out the Marfa and Presidio city officers.

Someone picked up close to the county line, or wanted by a nearby county, may sit in one of these neighboring jails:

• Brewster County Jail, 307 W. Sul Ross Ave, Alpine, TX 79830, 432-837-6200 (ask for the jail)
• Hudspeth County Jail, 525 North Wilson, Sierra Blanca, TX 79851, 915-369-2161

Federal defendants may be shifted to whichever jail has a U.S. Marshals contract and an open bed.

Names on the Sheriff's arrest log link to image files; deputies can explain what each one shows. Want the jail's own picture? Write a Public Information Act letter for it. Address: Sheriff's Office, 320 N. Highland Avenue, Marfa, TX 79843, 432-729-4308. Texas treats basic arrest details as public (Gov't Code 552.108).

• Sites charging $150 or more to remove mugshots must fix wrong or incomplete ones free of charge, and they may not publish records a court has expunged or sealed. Texas sets these limits in chapter 109 of the Business & Commerce Code.
• Pictures snapped by immigration agents require a request on ICE's FOIA request page.
• Federal booking pictures stay private, except that the U.S. Marshals may publish a wanted person's photo.

Free notices now come through Texas IVSS-Counties, which replaced Texas VINE. Type a full or partial name at the IVSS-Counties site to check custody, then ask for notices when someone is booked, released, moved or has a court date changed. No account is required.

• Help by phone, 24/7, in English or Spanish: 866-268-8959.
• Inmates are never told who signed up to watch their case.

Nothing beats a direct call to the Marfa jail, 432-729-4308, on release day.

Jailed adults hear their rights from a magistrate inside two days. That judge also offers appointed counsel and sets bail. Options include cash for the full amount, a bondsman's guarantee, or a personal bond signed on a promise. Certain violent counts block the personal bond. Since Proposition 3 of 2025, a hearing can end with no bail at all on certain violent felonies.

• Get the bail figure for each count by calling 432-729-4308.
• On a family violence case, release may wait an extra 4 hours after bond.
• Immigration detainers and out-of-county warrants survive a paid bond.

Our bail page goes deeper on bondsmen, paying, and getting money back.

Charges show up in plain words on the arrest log, and warrant entries name the county behind them. Prosecutors make the final call on what gets filed:

• Felonies: 83rd Judicial District Attorney, 201 West Ave E, Alpine, TX 79830, 432-837-4420
• Misdemeanors: County Attorney, 2nd Floor, 300 N. Highland Avenue, Marfa, TX 79843, 432-729-4054

After filing, the District Clerk (432-729-3857) or County Clerk (432-729-4812) can read out the formal charge. Indictments and informations can be read online through re:SearchTX, which requires a free account. Penalty levels are in Penal Code chapter 12.

Broke? Say so at the first hearing, to the magistrate. Together they complete the online request, and an appointment follows within three working days.

• Most such cases go to the regional public defender, based at 203 North 7th St., Alpine, TX 79830, 432-837-4120.
• The County Attorney's Office, 300 N. Highland Avenue, Marfa, TX 79843, 432-729-4054, keeps paper copies of the request.
• Having bonded out is not a reason to deny a free lawyer.

Families who prefer can retain their own attorney.

The visiting room opens on weekends:

• Saturday: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., then 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
• Sunday: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Every inmate gets two visits each weekend, 20 minutes apiece. Before making the drive, call 432-729-4308 to check ID rules, the dress code, bringing kids, and whether visits are on as planned. Statewide, TCJS standards guarantee at least two visit periods weekly, including one on a weekend or evening. Our visitation tips help first-time visitors.

The Sheriff names two deposit methods:

1. Online with a credit or debit card at JailATM.com, the service the Sheriff's jail page points to.
2. Through the mail as a money order addressed to Presidio County Jail, P.O. Drawer V, Marfa, TX 79843.

Call 432-729-4308 for the payee name on money orders and any fees or caps. Deposits buy snacks, soap, stamps and similar items. Read our deposit guide and the commissary rundown for more. Never tuck cash into an envelope.

The jail at 432-729-4308 explains how phone service works. Ask how to get set up for calls, the per-minute price, and whether tablets or e-messages exist. Ask too whether calls are recorded and how a lawyer can arrange a private one.

Save case talk for attorney meetings, since jail phones are a poor place for it. Our guide to inmate calls and guide to jail messaging go deeper.

Write the address like this:

C/O the inmate's full name
Presidio County Jail
P.O. Drawer V
Marfa, TX 79843

Include a return address. No Texas rule caps an inmate's letter count. Envelopes from an attorney get unsealed only while the inmate looks on. Photos, books and magazines have their own rules, so phone 432-729-4308 first. Our letter-writing guide has general advice.

The jail bags up wallets, phones and clothing at intake and holds them. Collecting them for someone? Call 432-729-4308 ahead to find out about signed permission and pickup hours. Then carry photo ID to 320 N. Highland Ave., Marfa, TX 79843.

For a move to prison or another county, ask if belongings and leftover account money travel along.

Care for sick or injured inmates is the Sheriff's job. Phone 432-729-4308 about prescriptions or a medical condition, and have the medicine name, dosage and prescriber's number ready.

Texas makes jail staff tell a magistrate within 12 hours if mental illness seems likely. Outside the jail, 911 handles emergencies. Problems with jail conditions may be raised with TCJS, the state's oversight body, through its complaint form or by phone at 512-463-5505.

Deputies serve warrants county-wide, so start with the Sheriff's Office, 432-729-4308. Presidio's city police answer at 432-229-3527; Marfa officers go out through Sheriff's dispatch. The Texas 10 Most Wanted fugitives appear on a DPS page. Marfa's municipal court warns that unpaid tickets lead to warrants. To settle a warrant, reach the issuing court for a new setting, or turn yourself in there alongside a lawyer. Got a felony warrant? Phone the District Clerk, whose desk sits at 300 N. Highland Avenue, Marfa, TX 79843, 432-729-3857.

Each clerk can read out the next setting for cases in its court:

• Felonies: District Clerk, 432-729-3857
• Misdemeanors: County Clerk, 432-729-4812
• Class C cases: Justice Court Precinct 1, 432-729-4831, or Precinct 2, 432-229-3705

The first three share the courthouse at 300 N. Highland Avenue, Marfa, TX 79843. Precinct 2 works from 300 E. O'Reilly, Presidio, TX 79845. A posted courtroom calendar shows upcoming settings, and our court page spells out why each hearing happens.

Washington's charges against locals land in the Pecos Division, Western District of Texas, with a clerk's office at 2450 State Hwy. 118, Alpine, TX 79830, 432-837-7323.

1. Early on, a federal magistrate holds a detention hearing. Freedom or a cell until trial? That magistrate decides (18 U.S.C. 3142).
2. Prisoners awaiting a federal trial are the Marshals' responsibility and often sit in a county jail under contract. The Alpine Marshals office, 2450 North Highway 118, Alpine, TX 79830, 432-837-7295, can say which one.
3. After sentencing, the BOP locator takes a name or a register number.

Immigration holds in Texas run in a set order:

1. ICE lodges Form I-247A with the Marfa jail.
2. Jailers are then allowed to hold the person up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. Texas jails honor detainers by law (CCP art. 2A.060). Someone who proves lawful status is let go.
4. Gov't Code 752.053 bars Texas towns and counties from limiting immigration enforcement.
5. ICE officers pick the person up and decide where to detain them.
6. Find them through the ICE Online Detainee Locator, using an A-number or a name, birth date and country of birth.

Lawmakers in 2025 told every Texas sheriff with a jail to chase a 287(g) pact, setting December 1, 2026 as the deadline. The Sheriff's Office, 432-729-4308, can share where things stand locally.

Sentenced felons ride from the Marfa jail to TDCJ intake, and TDCJ later chooses a fitting unit.

• Enter an exact surname plus initial, or an ID number, in the TDCJ inmate search. Results cover current TDCJ inmates and refresh on business days.
• Want addresses and visiting rules for a unit? Browse our Texas state prisons listing.

Offenses by kids from age 10 up through 16 belong to juvenile court, and such kids stay out of the adult jail. Texas charges 17-year-olds the same as grown-ups. Officers owe parents a prompt call after taking a child in.

• Locked-up kids see a judge in two working days or less, and their lawyer is named first.
• One juvenile board serves three neighbors: Presidio, Brewster and Jeff Davis.
• Marfa's municipal court handles juvenile magistrate warnings for the city.

The Sheriff's Office knows which facility took a youth. Call 432-729-4308.

These agencies make arrests across the county:

• Presidio County Sheriff's Office, 320 N. Highland Avenue, Marfa, TX 79843, 432-729-4308, open 24 hours. Deputies cover the whole county outside the two cities. Extra 24-hour lines: 432-729-4911 and 432-729-3002.
• Marfa Police Department, City Hall, 113 S. Highland Ave, Marfa, TX 79843. Sheriff's dispatch sends its officers, so use the Sheriff's line for non-emergencies.
• Presidio Police Department, P.O. Box 1899, Presidio, TX 79845, 432-229-3527. Presidio City Hall stands at 507 W. O'Reilly Street, Presidio, TX 79845.
• Texas Department of Public Safety troopers can arrest people here as well. Ask the jail which agency did the booking.

Dial 911 for any emergency, anywhere in the county.