This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release anyone, post bond, pull an official booking record, change a court file, or answer for the Washington County Sheriff's Office. Use the official offices and tools below for those tasks.
Official Places to Start
For a person currently held in the county jail, start with the Washington County Jail roster or the Sheriff's Office. The jail operates around the clock, but the research did not locate public administrative counter hours, so call before visiting for records business.
Washington County Sheriff's Office and Washington County Jail
1206 Old Independence Road
Brenham, TX 77833
Main phone: (979) 277-6251
Email: sheriff@washingtoncosheriff.org
Non-emergency dispatch: (979) 277-7373
Sheriff: Trey Holleway
- For a current local custody check, use the jail inmate records guide and the Washington County roster at https://washington-911-tx.zuercherportal.com/#/inmates.
- For booking photos shown on the roster or requested from the originating office, use the jail roster mugshots page.
- For charges and court files after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest. Felony criminal and court-file searches are routed through the District Clerk and iDocket.
- For facility details, use the local page for Washington County Jail.
- For a sentenced Texas prisoner after transfer, use the TDCJ locator at https://inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.action.
- For custody outside the county system, check the BOP locator at https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ or ICE ODLS at https://locator.ice.gov/odls/#/search. Texas custody notifications may be available through VINELink Texas.
Court and Clerk Contacts
Washington County District Clerk, Carli Koehne
100 E. Main, Suite 304
Brenham, TX 77833
Phone: (979) 277-6231
Use this office for felony criminal court-file routing and iDocket file-search information.
Washington County Clerk, Nick Prenzler
100 E. Main, Suite 102
Brenham, TX 77833
Phone: 979-277-6216
Use this office for county clerk record questions, not for current jail custody confirmation.
Public Information Requests
Texas public-record requests are governed by the Texas Public Information Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 552. Washington County also maintains a local public-information page, and the Sheriff's published email is the practical starting point when a booking record, incident record, or mugshot is not available through the roster.
State statute: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.552.htm