This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody or release, free a person, post bond, or pull an official booking record. Contact the office that holds the record.
Official Offices for Records
The right contact depends on the custody event. The official Deaf Smith County Sheriff page does not publish jail hours, a records email, a request form, or a confirmed mailing address for release records. Call first rather than sending a request to an assumed address.
Deaf Smith County Sheriff
Sheriff: J. Dale Butler
Jail and office line: 806-364-2311
Web: Official Sheriff page
Records delivery and hours: Ask by phone
For a local release, ask the jail for the current public-information officer and accepted request method. For the court authority, use the appropriate clerk.
Deaf Smith District Clerk
Gloria Ellis
235 E. Third St., Room 304
Hereford, TX 79045
806-364-3901
Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; closed noon to 1 p.m.
Deaf Smith County Clerk
Rachel Garman
235 E. Third St., Room 203
Hereford, TX 79045
806-363-7077
Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; open through lunch
Use the District Clerk for felony and district-court records. Ask the County Clerk about the correct misdemeanor case-access method and current copy fees. Its listed land-record vendors are not a proven criminal-case search.
- For a released person or local release record, the home page gives the full search and request path.
- For state parole or local probation, use Parole / Probation. Deaf Smith state parole maps to the Amarillo District Parole Office at 806-355-9218.
- For recent county departures, use Released Last 24 Hours to frame a bounded report request.
- For a projected date or alert, use Inmate Release Date and VINELink Release Check.
- For the local facility, use the Deaf Smith County Jail page and confirm its public entrance before travel.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, call the TDCJ locator at 936-295-6371 or 800-535-0283, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the responsible BOP, U.S. Marshals, federal court, or ICE channel rather than the county jail.