Wilbarger County Jail Roster Overview
The official Wilbarger County jail roster is a dated PDF linked from the Wilbarger County Sheriff's Office page. It is not a searchable online inmate database with last-name boxes, filters, profile buttons, or live pagination. Current June 2026 examples are CrimeStar Law Enforcement Records Management System PDF rosters, including the June 30, 2026 roster PDF. Because the roster is date-specific, the first record issue is always whether the document came from the current sheriff page or from an older search-engine result.
The roster should be treated as the local adult custody source for people held at Wilbarger County Jail. It does not replace court records, prosecutor filings, TDCJ state-prison records, BOP federal inmate records, ICE detention records, or victim-notification portals. If a person was arrested in Vernon as an adult, the Vernon Police FAQ says adult arrestees go to Wilbarger County Jail. Juveniles age 16 and under follow a separate juvenile path and should not be expected to appear in the adult jail roster.
How to Use the Wilbarger County Inmate Roster
For the question "how do I find someone in the Wilbarger County jail," start from the sheriff page rather than a copied PDF URL. The sheriff page is the parent source that points to the current roster, City Tele Coin phone and commissary services, and bonding rules. Once the PDF opens, use the browser or PDF viewer find tool and confirm the roster date before relying on a result.
- Open the Wilbarger County Sheriff's Office page.
- Choose the Wilbarger County Jail Roster link under the sheriff page's helpful links and forms.
- Check the PDF date, because examples are named as dated files such as 6-30-26.pdf.
- Use PDF find for a last name, first name, or alternate spelling. If the search misses a name, manually scan the roster before assuming the person is not in custody.
- Call Wilbarger County Jail at (940) 553-1351 if the arrest is very recent, the roster looks stale, the name is spelled differently, or the person may have been released or transferred.
- Use TDCJ, BOP, ICE, or IVSS only when the custody type has moved beyond the county jail roster.
Wilbarger County Roster Search Fields
The Wilbarger roster does not accept structured search fields. There is no local public form for last name, booking number, facility, date range, charge level, or release status. The working "search field" is the PDF viewer's find command, paired with checking the roster date and calling the jail for live custody confirmation.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| PDF/browser Find text | Browser or PDF viewer text search | No | Search a last name, first name, or visible roster text after opening the PDF. |
| Roster date | PDF filename and document date | Yes by context | Confirm the roster is the latest document linked from the sheriff page, not an archived PDF. |
| Name | Roster text | Not a form field | Exact name formatting was not fully extractable from accessible text, so search multiple spellings. |
| Booking or charge details | Roster text | Not a form field | Open the PDF directly for the fields currently published. Do not rely on snippets alone. |
| Search buttons | None | N/A | No Search, Reset, advanced search, export, or pagination controls were located. |
| Login | None | N/A | The roster PDF is publicly linked and free in the official sheriff page workflow. |
What a Wilbarger County Inmate Record Shows
The safest answer to "what does a roster record show" is to inspect the current PDF itself. The research confirmed the sheriff source, dated PDF pattern, CrimeStar RMS examples, and local custody context, but accessible text did not expose every row and column. The public roster should be used as the official county custody document, while court clerks and state or federal locators handle later legal status.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Agency/source | Wilbarger County Sheriff's Office, the operator of the county jail. |
| Roster date | The date attached to the PDF roster, useful for judging whether a release, transfer, or new arrest may be missing. |
| Records system | Current examples are identified in search snippets as CrimeStar Law Enforcement Records Management System PDFs. |
| Name and custody entry | Visible roster text should be searched directly in the PDF. Exact public column order was not verified from extracted text. |
| Charges or bond details | May appear in the current roster, but exact fields were not fully extractable. Confirm active bond and holds by phone. |
| Mugshot | Not confirmed from accessible research. Do not assume booking photos appear in the roster. |
Finding County, State, and Federal Inmates
Wilbarger County Jail is the local adult jail. It can hold pretrial defendants, local sentenced misdemeanants, bench-warrant holds, parole violators, state-jail felony categories awaiting transfer, and other agency holds when applicable. Once a person is sentenced to state custody, the county PDF is no longer the best locator. The same is true for federal sentenced custody and immigration detention. No official Wilbarger County sheriff inmate-search app was located in the reviewed agency links or app-store research, so use the sheriff page, jail phone, and official statewide locators instead.
| Custody | Where to Look |
|---|---|
| Adult pretrial or short local sentence | Open the sheriff-linked Wilbarger County Jail roster PDF and call (940) 553-1351 if no match appears. |
| Sentenced Texas prison or state-jail custody | Use the Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate search. |
| TDCJ notification or parole custody | Use TDCJ IVSS for TDCJ custody, parole, or mandatory-supervision notification. |
| County-custody notification | Use Texas IVSS-Counties, which the Texas Attorney General identifies for county-custody notification. |
| Federal sentenced custody | Use the Federal BOP inmate locator for federal inmates from 1982 to present. |
| Immigration custody | Use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System by A-number and country or by name, birth date, and country. |
Wilbarger County Jail Facility
The facility map identified one adult detention facility for Wilbarger County: Wilbarger County Jail. No TDCJ prison, BOP prison, ICE detention center, or separate adult city jail facility was located in Wilbarger County official-source research. Adult Vernon arrests route to the county jail, while juveniles age 16 and under are handled separately through juvenile detention or interrogation locations.
Wilbarger County Jail
5215 College Drive
Vernon, TX 76384
(940) 553-1351
Call before visiting, mailing items, posting bond, or relying on a dated roster result.
Booking Process in Wilbarger County
A local booking usually begins with an arrest, warrant service, or hold by the sheriff's office, Vernon police, or another agency. Vernon Police confirms that arrested adults are taken to Wilbarger County Jail on Hwy. 70 in Vernon. Jail staff then verify identity, create the booking event, record arrest information, inventory property under jail policy, and complete screening and classification steps required by Texas jail standards.
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 66 shows the kinds of identifiers and event data that can exist in criminal-history systems: name, aliases, date of birth, physical description, arresting agency, arrest charge, offense code, incident number, offense level, arrest date, prosecution data, disposition, and sentencing information. Not all of that appears in the public Wilbarger roster, and booking charges can differ from charges later filed by the prosecutor.
After intake, a person may appear on the dated PDF roster if the roster has been updated and the person remains in adult county custody. The next steps can include magistrate warnings, bail, a no-bond hold, court filing, release, transfer, or continued detention. Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 17 governs bail, and the sheriff page states that the sheriff accepts bail for prisoners in custody. Always confirm active bond, payment method, and release-blocking holds with the jail before traveling or paying anyone.
Visitation Hours and Rules
Wilbarger County official pages reviewed did not publish a full public visitation schedule, visitor approval process, dress code, child visitor rule, attorney visit process, remote visit vendor, or mail policy. The sheriff page publishes the jail phone and links City Tele Coin for inmate commissary and phone services. Because local jail rules can change for staffing, lockdowns, holidays, housing status, discipline, or medical restrictions, use the jail phone rather than older third-party schedules.
| Topic | Official Finding | Practical Step |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visitation schedule | Not located in official sources reviewed | Call Wilbarger County Jail at (940) 553-1351 before traveling. |
| Visitor ID | Not located | Confirm photo-ID and approval rules with jail staff. |
| Dress code | Not located | Ask for current restrictions before arriving. |
| Child visitors | Not located | Confirm age, guardian, and paperwork requirements directly. |
| Attorney visits | Not located | Attorneys should contact the jail or court directly for current procedures. |
| Remote or video visits | No Wilbarger-specific video visitation page located | Do not assume remote visits are available unless the jail confirms. |
How to Contact a Wilbarger County Inmate
The sheriff page links City Tele Coin as the inmate commissary and phone website, so phone and account setup should begin from the sheriff-linked vendor path. The sources reviewed did not confirm Wilbarger-specific phone rates, tablet services, deposit limits, kiosk locations, mail scanning, book-vendor rules, or inmate mailing format. The facility address is public, but it should not be treated as the inmate mail format until jail staff confirm the current addressing rule.
For public-information requests, no sheriff-specific online form was located. A written request under Texas Government Code Chapter 552 should identify the person, booking date if known, arresting agency if known, and the exact jail or booking record requested. If the record is a Vernon Police incident or offense report rather than a jail custody record, Vernon Police records questions can go to the records clerk at (940) 553-3311, and City of Vernon public-information requests go through the City Secretary process.
Commissary, Phone Accounts, and Inmate Funds
Wilbarger County's sheriff page points users to City Tele Coin for inmate commissary and phone services. That link confirms the vendor channel but does not, by itself, prove every available deposit method, fee, delivery schedule, refund rule, or account restriction for Wilbarger County Jail. Check the current vendor workflow and verify custody with the jail before sending money, especially if the person was recently arrested, released, transferred, or placed under a hold.
Note: Confirm custody with Wilbarger County Jail at (940) 553-1351 before scheduling a visit, sending funds, or relying on an older roster PDF.