The Sheriff's Corrections Bureau runs a jail built for 1,104 beds, and the county says it holds about 600 people on a typical day. Use the county's lookup like this:

1. Open the county records search in any web browser.
2. Pick the Jail Records search. The Jail Bond Records search sits next to it.
3. Type the last name and first name. A booking number works too.
4. Open the result that matches the birth date or age you expect.
5. Note the SO number. Personal mail to the jail must carry it.

The county cautions that its web records can hold errors. When a detail seems off, check it with the jail at 512-943-1365.

Usually the gap has an ordinary explanation:

• Booking is still under way. The record appears only after prints, photos and a nurse's screening.
• Already released. Someone may have paid a bond already, or the magistrate may have allowed a personal bond.
• Name trouble. Search a hyphenated name both ways, and also try the shortened first name they go by, or a surname from before marriage.
• Another county. An officer from a nearby county may have booked them into that county's jail.
• Age. Anyone under 17 goes to juvenile detention, and those records stay private.
• Federal or ICE custody. Both are covered in their own answers below.

Phone the jail, 512-943-1365, with the legal name and birth date. The Sheriff's Office switchboard is 512-943-1300.

The county keeps adults in one main jail, plus court-day holding:

• Main jail, 306 West 4th Street, Georgetown, TX 78626, 512-943-1365. This direct supervision jail opened in late 2003 and is the county's main adult lockup. Visitors use the reception door on 4th Street, next to the Sheriff's Office.
• Justice Center Courthouse Annex, 405 Martin Luther King Street, Georgetown, TX 78626. Corrections Bureau bailiffs guard people here only while they wait for court. Call the jail number above about anyone in court that day.
• Central Texas Treatment Center, 601 N. Alligator, CR 355, Granger, TX 76530, 512-943-1211. The county directory lists it as a county site. Call to ask who it serves.

Nearby jails may hold someone arrested close to a county line:

• Travis County Central Booking, 500 W. 10th Street, Austin, TX 78701, and the Travis County Correctional Complex, 3614 Bill Price Road, Del Valle, TX 78617. Jail information: 512-854-4180.
• Bell County Central Jail, 111 West Central Avenue, Belton, TX 76513, 254-933-5401
• Burnet County Jail, 900 County Lane, Burnet, TX 78611, 512-715-8600
• Milam County Jail, 512 North Jefferson, Cameron, TX 76520, 254-697-7063
• Lee County Jail, 2122 FM 448, Giddings, TX 78942, 979-542-2800

The county describes its lookup as a search by name or booking number. For mugshots or other booking photos, mail or deliver a Public Information Act request in writing to the Sheriff's Office, 508 S. Rock Street, Georgetown, TX 78626, 512-943-1300. Under Government Code 552.108, an agency has to hand over basic arrest information without delay.

• An ICE photo means filing ICE's own records request form.
• Federal booking pictures seldom come out. The one usual exception is the U.S. Marshals Service, which can release a picture of someone on the run.
• Under Business and Commerce Code ch. 109, a mugshot site charging $150 or more for removal owes you a free fix or takedown when its record is inaccurate or incomplete. Such sites may never publish an expunged or sealed record.

Yes. Texas IVSS-Counties, which replaced the older VINE service, sends free alerts about people in county jails. Enter all or part of the person's name at ivss-counties.tdcj.texas.gov. You can register for notices with an account or skip the account. Live help in English or Spanish never closes: 866-268-8959. Nobody in custody learns that you registered.

Notices can go out for a booking, a release, a court date or a move to state prison. If you are a crime victim, the Sheriff's Victim Services staff can help at 512-943-1373. For anyone else, checking the county search each day and calling the jail is the surest way to know.

Inside the jail, a magistrate sees each new arrival within 48 hours, seven days a week. That hearing covers rights, a request for a free lawyer, the bail amount and any conditions. Reach the Magistrate's Office at 512-943-1377.

• Cash bond: the whole figure up front, returned later less any fee.
• Surety bond: a bondsman from the county's licensed list covers the amount and keeps a fee.
• Personal bond: a signed promise with a 3% county fee. Non-violent charges are reviewed for one on their own.

Holds for family violence, other counties, parole or ICE can keep a person in after bail. Our bail page lays out the process office by office.

Start with the jail record in the county search. Once a case is filed, the same site's Criminal Case Records search shows the court file. Charges can change after the prosecutor reviews the case, so check again later.

• Felonies: District Attorney, 405 M.L.K. Street, Suite 265, Georgetown, TX 78626, 512-943-1234
• Misdemeanors: County Attorney, 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Street, Suite 229, Georgetown, TX 78626, 512-943-1111

The penalty ranges for each level sit in chapter 12 of the Texas Penal Code. A Class C charge carries a fine only. Class A and B misdemeanors can bring county jail time, and felonies can bring a state jail or prison term.

The request is made at the magistrate hearing, with help on the paperwork. Pretrial Services runs the appointments from 405 Martin Luther King Street, Georgetown, TX 78626, 512-943-3224. Because the county tops 250,000 people, state law gives it just one working day from receiving the request to name a lawyer (art. 1.051).

A sworn money form lists income, bills and family members. Relatives can pay for a private lawyer instead. Attorneys with a bar card can visit the jail at any hour.

Family may visit during approved times unless a court order says no. Ask the jail at 512-943-1365 for the current schedule. The posted rules:

• Visits last 20 minutes. Each person gets up to two a week, and one a day.
• Friends who aren't family must be on the inmate's visitation form, up to five people.
• Come 15 minutes early with a valid state photo ID. Bring only your ID and keys.
• Children under 14 need a parent or guardian, and ages 15 and 16 need an adult.
• Visits are never contact visits.
• No sleeveless tops, see-through clothes, showing underwear, shorts or skirts above mid-thigh, or gang or obscene clothing.
• Coming from more than two hours away? The inmate can ask for a special visit seven days ahead.

Remote video visits from a phone or tablet cost a fee and need an NCIC account, 800-943-2189. Lawyers and clergy may visit around the clock. More tips are in our visiting guide.

The jail lists four ways to add money:

1. Online, through the deposit portal linked on the county's Corrections Bureau page.
2. By phone at 866-345-1884.
3. At the kiosk in the jail lobby, 306 West 4th Street, Georgetown, TX 78626.
4. Through the mail. Mail a postal money order or a cashier's check in the name of Inmate Trust Fund, with the inmate's last name, first name and birth date, to P.O. Box 1939, Georgetown, TX 78627.

Mailed cash, payroll checks, personal checks and blank checks are refused. Trust fund money pays for store items and services. It is not bail. To learn how store orders work, read our commissary guide, and for deposits in general, our guide to inmate money.

The jail's video visits run through NCIC. Set up an account at 800-943-2189, then connect from a smartphone or tablet for a fee. Ask the jail at 512-943-1365 how phone accounts and messages work today and what they cost.

A new arrival can use a phone in the booking area, as state jail rules require. Talk over the case itself only with the defense lawyer. Our jail calling guide explains accounts, and texts and email have a separate guide.

Personal letters are scanned at an address in Longview, then shown to the inmate on a kiosk. Print the name and SO number clearly:

NCIC-Williamson County Jail
Inmate Name-SO Number
PO Box 591, Longview, TX 75606

Legal mail, court papers, books and magazines use a different box. Address them to Williamson County Jail, then the inmate's last name, first name and date of birth, then P.O. Box 2119, Georgetown, TX 78627. Staff open legal mail only in front of the inmate.

• Books must come straight from a retailer. Hardcovers, true crime and suggestive books are refused.
• Stamps, envelopes, blank paper, stationery, hygiene items and food are not passed on. Banned items go into the person's stored property.
• Under Texas jail standards, letters in either direction are not capped by count.

Our jail mail guide has more tips. Never mail cash.

Things taken at booking, plus mailed items the jail turned away, stay in stored property until release. To collect them, call the jail at 512-943-1365. Ask which days pickups happen and whether a signed okay from the person, naming you, is needed. Then carry photo ID to the jail reception entrance, 306 West 4th Street, Georgetown, TX 78626.

The jail gives medical, mental health and dental care. If your loved one needs a medicine, call the jail at 512-943-1365. Tell staff which drug, how much and the prescriber's number.

• When jail staff see signs of mental illness, they must alert the magistrate within 12 hours (art. 16.22).
• The local mental health crisis line, run by Bluebonnet Trails, is 800-841-1255.
• To raise a problem with jail conditions, file on the state jail commission's complaint page or call 512-463-5505.

If someone outside the jail faces a medical emergency, call 911.

Sheriff's deputies, constables and city officers all carry out arrest warrants here. The Sheriff's Office warrant line is 512-943-1662. Inside Georgetown, city police take warrant questions at 512-930-3510. Texas lists its most wanted fugitives on the DPS Texas 10 Most Wanted site. Filed cases appear in the county's records search. Hire or call a defense lawyer before acting on a warrant. Through counsel, a person can schedule turning themselves in at the jail, 306 West 4th Street, Georgetown, TX 78626, or request a fresh date from the issuing judge. The District Clerk, 405 Martin Luther King Street, Georgetown, TX 78626, 512-943-1212, keeps felony case files.

Dockets for felony courts, most misdemeanor courts and two justice precincts are on the county records site. Calling works too:

• District Clerk (felonies), 405 Martin Luther King Street, Georgetown, TX 78626, 512-943-1212
• County Clerk (misdemeanors), 2nd Floor of that building, 512-943-1150, weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2 (Class C), 350 Discovery Blvd., Suite 204, Cedar Park, TX 78613, 512-260-4210. Other precincts are on our court page.

Release papers list the first court date, so keep them. Our criminal court page maps each courtroom and every stage.

Federal charges here are heard at the U.S. courthouse in Austin, 501 West Fifth Street, Suite 1100, Austin, TX 78701, clerk 512-916-5896. It is the Western District's Austin Division.

1. At the first federal court date, prosecutors can ask for a detention hearing. There a judge picks jail or release until trial (18 U.S.C. 3142).
2. Before trial, federal prisoners answer to the U.S. Marshals Service. In a June 2022 state count, the Georgetown jail held no federal prisoners. Phone the Marshals in Austin to learn the location: 501 West 5th Street, Suite 3300, Austin, TX 78701, 512-916-5393.
3. The court file is on PACER.
4. After sentencing to federal prison, try the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator, with a name or federal register number.

The county's jail FAQ says the jail takes part in ICE's 287(g) program, and screening covers only people booked into the jail. A 2025 Texas law requires jail-running counties to hold such agreements by December 1, 2026. What usually happens next:

1. Immigration officers deliver a hold request, Form I-247A, to Georgetown.
2. The form allows a hold of up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)). Texas jailers must honor it, though proof that the person is here lawfully ends that duty (art. 2A.060).
3. Officers then move the person into ICE custody.
4. Search the ICE Online Detainee Locator. Searching by A-number matches most reliably. Lacking it, try the name with birth date and birth country.
5. If the locator finds nothing, ICE points people to its field office. The San Antonio office, which covers 36 counties in south central Texas, is at 3523 Crosspoint Drive, San Antonio, TX 78217, 210-564-3300.

Following a felony sentence, people stay in the Georgetown jail until the state moves them. TDCJ intake then decides where they go.

• The TDCJ inmate search covers people already inside a TDCJ unit. Search with a TDCJ or SID number, or a surname plus first initial. Fresh data is added each business day.
• Our Texas state prisons page covers visits and letters unit by unit.
• If the sentence was probation, the adult probation office is at 301 S.E. Inner Loop, Suite 101, Georgetown, TX 78626, 512-943-3500.

Youths aged 10 to 16 go to the Juvenile Justice Center, 200 Wilco Way, Georgetown, TX 78626, not the adult jail. The state lists it with 48 beds for youths before and after a court ruling. Someone who is 17 goes through adult booking.

Officers must notify a parent promptly. Under Family Code 54.01, a judge reviews detention by the second working day. Call detention at 512-943-3232, or Juvenile Services at 512-943-3200. Youth records stay out of the public search.

The Census Bureau puts the population near 752,827 for July 1, 2025. The jail, at 512-943-1365, can tell you which agency booked someone. Non-emergency numbers:

County agencies

• Sheriff's Office, 508 S. Rock Street, Georgetown, TX 78626, 512-943-1300; non-emergency dispatch 512-864-8282. It also has a substation in the Public Safety Building, 1781 E. Old Settlers Blvd., Round Rock, TX 78664.
• Constables: Jester Annex, 1801 E. Old Settlers Blvd., Round Rock, TX 78664, 512-244-8650; Cedar Park Annex, 350 Discovery Blvd., Cedar Park, TX 78613, 512-260-4270; Taylor Annex, 412 Vance Street, Taylor, TX 76574, 512-352-4181

South and west: Round Rock, Cedar Park, Leander, Liberty Hill

• Round Rock Police, 2701 N. Mays Street, Round Rock, TX 78665, 512-218-5500
• Cedar Park Police, 911 Quest Parkway, Cedar Park, TX 78613, 512-260-4600
• Leander Police, 705 Leander Drive, Leander, TX 78641, 512-528-2800
• Liberty Hill Police, 1120 Main Street, Liberty Hill, TX 78642. Its non-emergency calls go through county dispatch.
• Austin Police serve the part of Austin that lies inside this county. Ask the jail whether APD made the arrest.

Central and east: Georgetown, Hutto, Taylor

• Georgetown Police, 3500 D.B. Wood Road, Georgetown, TX 78628, 512-930-3510
• Hutto Police, 500 W. Live Oak Street, Hutto, TX 78634. Ask county dispatch for its number.
• Taylor Police, 500 S. Main Street, Taylor, TX 76574, 512-352-5551, staffed all day and night

Smaller towns: for Jarrell, Florence, Granger, Thrall, Bartlett, Weir, Coupland and rural areas, start with county dispatch.

State troopers: Texas Department of Public Safety office, 1070 Westinghouse Road, Georgetown, TX 78626. The jail can confirm whether troopers made the arrest.