Schleicher County Release Records
A release entry closes or changes one booking episode at the Schleicher County Jail. It does not erase the arrest, decide guilt, or settle every case. Bond and personal bond return a person to the community while the charge may remain pending. Time served reflects a sentence or credit ruling. A dismissal or other court order can end the hold. Parole is release from state prison to TDCJ supervision, while probation, called community supervision in Texas, is imposed by a court and managed locally.
Transfer has a very different meaning. Someone moved to TDCJ, another county, federal custody, or immigration custody has left the local jail but has not necessarily regained freedom. The best record states the release type, legal authority, effective date and time, and destination. Read those words as written. “Projected,” “eligible,” and “approved” do not mean that a physical release occurred.
- Discharge
- Completion of the sentence or supervision described by the issuing record.
- Time served
- A sentence outcome that credits time already spent in custody.
- Detainer
- A request or legal basis for another agency to assume custody.
- Parole
- Conditional community supervision after release from TDCJ.
Schleicher County Release Types
The exit code determines the next search. The county court record may explain why a person could leave, but the Sheriff custody record is the better source for the moment the jail processed that movement. Pair both when timing and destination matter.
| Release type | Meaning | Next record |
|---|---|---|
| Bond or personal bond | Community release while the case continues | Bond order and Sheriff book-out entry |
| Time served or sentence end | County custodial term completed | Judgment, jail credit, and release entry |
| Dismissal or court order | Custody ended under the stated order | Clerk-certified order and jail record |
| Parole or mandatory supervision | State prisoner released under TDCJ supervision | BPP decision, TDCJ status, and IVSS |
| Transfer | Custody continues with another agency | Receiving facility or agency system |
A booking photograph identifies the intake event. It does not prove guilt, current custody, or community release. Schleicher County publishes no booking cards or photo gallery, so any image request should identify the named booking and date.
Schleicher County Release Fields
Ask for an existing booking and release sheet, jail card, custody-status history, or equivalent entry. Alternative names help because the Sheriff's Office may not call the document a release certificate. A narrow request also reduces namesake errors and avoids asking the agency to create a new analysis.
| Field | What it establishes |
|---|---|
| Legal name, alias, birth date | Identity of the booked person |
| Booking number and book-in time | The specific custody episode |
| Charge, cause number, court | Link to the case file |
| Bond type and amount | Bond notation recorded for that booking |
| Release date and time | Effective book-out event |
| Release type and authority | Why the jail processed the exit |
| Destination or receiving agency | Whether custody continued elsewhere |
The court file can add the plea, judgment, sentence, jail credit, dismissal, probation order, revocation, or bond order. It may not show the exact gate time. Records also can become less visible after a valid expunction under Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 55A or an order of nondisclosure under Government Code Chapter 411. Nondisclosure limits public release in qualifying cases but is not the same as destruction.
Request Schleicher County Release Records
The Schleicher County Sheriff's Office is the first custodian for a local jail book-out entry. Texas Government Code Chapter 552, the Public Information Act, reaches existing government records subject to applicable exceptions. The office may withhold or redact protected material, and copy charges depend on the responsive material and the state cost rules.
- Give the full name, birth date or booking number, and a narrow date range.
- Ask for the booking/release sheet, book-out entry, and custody-status history in electronic form.
- Request release time, disposition code, authority, and receiving facility as distinct fields.
- Ask the custodian to identify the record series if “release list” is not its term.
- Compare the response with the relevant clerk file and receiving system.
4 S. Divide Street
Eldorado, TX 76936
(325) 853-2737
Fax: (325) 853-2713
The Texas State Library retention schedules govern different record series. A missing web page does not mean the underlying jail log was destroyed. Ask the custodian which schedule applies to the exact record sought.
Find Schleicher County Released Inmates
Begin with the last known custodian. The county has no official roster or recent-release feed, so a missing name cannot be measured against a published archive window. A one-person check uses Texas VINE and Sheriff confirmation. A group request for an interval belongs in a written Public Information Act request.
- Check the official Sheriff page and follow its Texas VINE custody-status link.
- Match the person with enough identifiers to avoid a namesake, then preserve the exact agency wording and status date.
- Call the Sheriff or request the release entry for reason, time, and destination.
- Check the combined County and District Clerk for the order that authorized bond, dismissal, sentence, or transfer.
- If transferred, continue in TDCJ, another county, BOP, or ICE according to the receiving agency.
For a named same-day question, see Released Last 24 Hours. That page explains why the county has no verified feed and how to define an exact request window. For estimated state-prison timing, use the Inmate Release Date route.
TDCJ Schleicher County Release Search
The TDCJ offender search covers people currently incarcerated in a TDCJ facility, not every person once held in Schleicher County Jail. Search by TDCJ number or SID for the best match. A name search needs the last name and at least the first initial; race and gender can narrow results. Compare conviction county, offense, sentence, and identifiers before accepting a match.
| Search field | Use | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| TDCJ number | Precise state identifier | Must be known |
| SID number | Precise Texas identifier | Must be known |
| Name | Last name plus first initial | Namesakes require added checks |
| Race and gender | Narrow a name search | Not identity proof alone |
The page is updated on working days, is at least 24 hours old, and excludes released people from its public current-incarceration search. Its detail fields may include “Projected Release Date,” parole eligibility, and maximum sentence date. Those are distinct. If a person believed released is absent, use TDCJ inmate-information phone or email channels, IVSS, Parole Division, or a written record request.
The official TDCJ search form shows why a state identifier is safer than a broad name query.

The form covers current TDCJ custody, so it must be paired with release and supervision channels for a past exit.
Schleicher County Release Court Records
Schleicher County uses a combined County and District Clerk, but its official pages do not link a public criminal-docket portal. County-level matters, the 51st District Court, and the countywide Justice of the Peace remain separate record paths. Ask the clerk to identify the correct division before ordering copies.
The combined clerk is at P.O. Drawer 580, Eldorado, TX 76936, phone (325) 853-2833. Published hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with a noon to 1:00 p.m. closure. The Justice of the Peace warns that citations can take two to three business days to enter its system. An immediate commercial name search is therefore less dependable than a direct clerk inquiry.
The official clerk directory route provides a practical contact fallback.

A clerk record explains the legal event, while the Sheriff record establishes physical departure and destination.
Out-of-County Schleicher Custody
Schleicher County's adopted FY2026 budget allocates $27,000 for “INMATE HOUSING- OUT OF COUNTY.” That local fact makes disappearance from the county especially ambiguous. A person may remain confined under Schleicher authority at another jail. Each request should ask for the disposition code, transfer time, and receiving facility, not merely whether the person is “gone.”
A transfer entry routes the next check. TDCJ holds sentenced state prisoners. Another county jail may hold a warrant transfer or contract detainee. The U.S. Marshals Service can place federal pretrial prisoners in local contract facilities. ICE custody uses its own locator and field-office confirmation. Follow the named custodian instead of the county where the case began.
Which Schleicher County Jail?
The Texas Historical Commission recognizes an “Old Courthouse and Jail” marker at U.S. 190 and 277. It is a historic site, not the current release desk. Present-day release inquiries go to the Sheriff's Office and jail administration at 4 S. Divide Street. The distinction prevents mail, calls, or visits from being routed to a landmark rather than the custodian.
The historical marker record documents the old location. Current records and operations remain with the county office identified on the Sheriff page.
Schleicher County Jail Statistics
The Texas Commission on Jail Standards population reports publish point-in-time jail counts, and its audit materials include Schleicher County in the state oversight system. A snapshot describes the population at one reporting moment. It is not an annual booking total, a release count, or a turnover rate.
No sourced annual release figure appears in the county material. Creating one from a population snapshot would misstate the data. Anyone needing a period count should request existing book-out entries for exact start and end timestamps from the Sheriff.
Other Schleicher Release Channels
The Sheriff directly links Texas VINELink as “Check the Custody Status of an Offender.” A released result confirms departure from the reporting facility, not the cause or destination. Register on the matching record for available alerts, then verify the event with the Sheriff. For TDCJ custody and parole notifications, use IVSS, which is separate from county-jail VINE registration.
Federal sentenced prisoners may remain searchable in the BOP Inmate Locator with a release date and released status. Federal pretrial movements often require the court docket, holding jail, or U.S. Marshals contact. For immigration detention, the ICE locator is a current-custody tool, not a complete historical release archive. A no-result response does not prove release.
| Situation | Best first source | Confirmation |
|---|---|---|
| Local jail release | Texas VINE | Sheriff release entry and court file |
| Current TDCJ custody | TDCJ offender search | TDCJ information channel |
| TDCJ release or parole | IVSS or Parole Division | TDCJ release/discharge record |
| Federal sentence | BOP locator | BOP record or federal docket |
| Transfer or unknown custodian | Sheriff disposition entry | Receiving agency |
Schleicher County Release Supervision
Release from a jail does not establish parole or probation. Texas parole follows release from TDCJ and is supervised by the TDCJ Parole Division after a Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles decision. Probation is a court-ordered community sentence administered by a community supervision and corrections department. A person released on bond may have bond conditions without being on either form of supervision.
For a Schleicher County probation case, the local route is Concho Valley Community Supervision and Corrections Department. Its Region III listing places an office at the Schleicher County Courthouse, 2 S. Divide Street, phone (325) 853-2014. The county CSCD page also identifies a unit officer in Ballinger at (325) 365-3452. State parolees are assigned through the San Angelo district parole office. Call before travel because those routes serve different legal roles and the directory listings do not describe one interchangeable office.
Ask what the status means: active parole, active probation, transferred supervision, alleged violation, warrant, completed supervision, or final discharge. An alleged absconder or warrant status is not a new conviction. Use the supervising agency and issuing court for verification. A court discharge order is strong proof that probation ended, while a TDCJ certificate or status record is the better proof for parole or sentence discharge. More detail appears under Parole / Probation.
Schleicher Release Record Retention
Online visibility and legal retention are separate. Schleicher County has no public jail roster whose display period can be measured. Underlying booking logs, release entries, photographs, fingerprints, and court records may belong to different record series with different schedules. A person disappearing from VINE or a state search does not establish destruction, sealing, expunction, or even release.
When an old record cannot be located, identify the exact document and ask the custodian which retention schedule and disposition rule apply. For a corrected or cleared record, distinguish an objective error from a legal restriction on access. Expunction can direct named agencies to remove, return, or destroy covered records as the order provides. Nondisclosure restricts public release of qualifying information but permits statutory exceptions. The clerk that entered the order and each agency named in it are the proper sources for implementation.
Schleicher County Jail Credit
The local Justice of the Peace page lists “Jail Credit” among alternatives involving fines and costs. Jail credit is a court-resolution detail, not a bond release, dismissal, or recent-release feed. It cannot be inferred from a missing custody result. The court entry must show whether and how credit applied in the individual matter.
For an exact exit, pair that court record with the Sheriff book-out entry. One shows the legal basis; the other shows the custody event. This distinction is especially important when a sentence, fine, or transfer overlaps another hold.
Schleicher County Release Facility
Schleicher County Jail is the sole locally identified detention facility. It holds local pretrial and county-jail custody under the Sheriff's Office. Releases may go to the community, TDCJ, another county, federal or immigration custody, or an out-of-county housing site. No TDCJ prison, BOP institution, dedicated ICE center, or separate municipal lockup was verified within the county.