This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, or obtain an official booking record for a visitor. Contact the responsible office directly.
Choose the Correct Record
Different offices answer different parts of a McMullen County custody history. The home page gives the full released-person search and records-request sequence. Use Parole & Probation for post-release supervision, the 24-Hour Release List for the manual recent-release route, and Projected Release Date with VINELink Check for state dates and alerts.
- For a McMullen arrest, begin with the Sheriff and ask which jail physically held the person.
- For the case outcome, bond order, judgment, or docket, contact the combined County/District Clerk.
- For a sentenced Texas prisoner, use TDCJ inmate information.
- For parole or mandatory supervision, use TDCJ Parole Division and BPP.
- For federal or immigration custody, use BOP, the federal court and USMS, or ICE as appropriate.
McMullen Sheriff Contact
The Sheriff is the originating local contact. The official page does not identify 401 Main Street as an operating jail and publishes no inmate roster. Call first to identify the actual housing jail for the booking date. That jail may hold the physical release log and booking photograph.
Sheriff Emmett Shelton
P.O. Box 242
401 Main Street
Tilden, TX 78072
Phone: 361-274-3311
Fax: 361-274-3736
Email: Sheriff@mcmullencounty.org
The county lists general courthouse hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at 501 River Street. It does not state that a jail records desk follows those hours. Confirm availability before visiting.
McMullen Clerk Contact
The combined clerk holds court records that can explain charge, bond, disposition, judgment, sentence, jail credit, dismissal, or revocation. A court order does not always establish the moment a jail physically released or transferred a person.
McMullen County Courthouse
501 River Street
P.O. Box 235
Tilden, TX 78072
Phone: 361-274-3215
Fax: 361-274-3858
Email: Mattie.Martinez@mcmullencounty.org
Confirm current staff details before sending private information. Use the official County Clerk or District Clerk page for live routing. The county land-record portal is not a criminal case search.
Texas Corrections Contacts
TDCJ inmate information provides online, email, and telephone choices for state-prison records. The listed email information service is free and does not provide photographs. TDCJ is not the source for an ordinary county bond release.
Main office: 512-406-5452
Parole status line: 844-512-0461
TDCJ Parole Division, Corpus Christi District Office
422 Sunbelt Drive
Corpus Christi, TX 78408
Phone: 361-888-5698
The parole-office mapping covers McMullen parole and mandatory-supervision cases, but assignment can depend on approved residence. Confirm the person’s actual office before visiting.
Probation and Records Help
Adult Probation for the 36th Judicial District is a court community-supervision contact, not TDCJ parole. The McMullen probation page lists a George West office at 361-449-2733 extension 1012 and a Sinton office at 361-364-4243. The clerk should confirm which department holds a specific case.
For Texas Public Information Act procedure, the Attorney General’s open-government hotline is 877-673-6839 and the cost hotline is 888-672-6787. No McMullen-specific copy or booking-photo fee was published in the reviewed material. Ask the record custodian for an estimate and prefer electronic copies when available.
Transportation Information
McMullen County’s Need a Ride page identifies AACOG Alamo Regional Transit at 866-889-7433 for rural demand-response, curb-to-curb service. It is not a guaranteed jail-release shuttle. Confirm the actual housing jail, service area, reservation lead time, pickup point, and operating hours before making plans.