This is a privately operated reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, authorize a release, accept bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Direct those needs to the government office that keeps the record.
Official Shackelford County Record Contacts
For a county-custody question or an existing booking record, begin with the Shackelford County Sheriff's Office and the county's Arrest/Jail Report. Sheriff Edward A. Miller's office and the Shackelford County Jail are listed at 791 U.S. Hwy 180, West Albany, TX 76430. The administrative number is (325) 762-9500. Dispatch is available 24 hours at (325) 762-9555. The official page does not publish a separate jail-records email, booking-photo request form, or fixed booking-photo fee.
For courthouse business, use the county courthouse at 225 South Main Street, Albany, TX 76430, main number (325) 762-9400. Published courthouse hours are Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday, 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. These are county-office hours, not jail or dispatch hours. County/District Clerk Cheri Hawkins is listed at (325) 762-9415 for court records and later case dispositions.
- For a Shackelford County booking search, use the county-linked public inquiry from the Arrest/Jail Report. A date-bounded result is not a promise of same-day completeness.
- For an existing booking record or photo not available through the inquiry, send a written request under the Texas Public Information Act to the Sheriff’s Office and ask which records custodian should receive it. The Texas Attorney General's request guidance explains that a written request should seek existing records.
- For a court case or its disposition, use the County/District Clerk. The booking inquiry is not the court's final record.
- For a person sentenced to state custody, use the official TDCJ inmate-information service, rather than the county inquiry.
- For federal custody, use the Bureau of Prisons inmate locator. For current ICE or certain CBP custody, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator.
- For a warrant question or a sighting, use the sheriff's administrative number or 24-hour dispatch. Do not approach a person. Call 911 for an emergency.