Texas, county records
Find the right office in Austin County. Court cases, deeds and parcels, sheriff and jail records, vital records and county filings, each linked to the office that keeps them.
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Police & jail
The District Clerk in Bellville keeps the files of the district court, including felony criminal cases, divorces, civil suits and protective orders, and explains record searches.
Open official site Austin County District ClerkProperty records
Austin County Tax Assessor and Collector, the office that values property for tax, with parcel data, assessment records and appeal information.
Open official site Austin County Tax Assessor and CollectorPolice & jail
Austin County Sheriff's Office, the elected county law enforcement office, with incident reports, warrants and jail information as the office publishes them.
Open official site Austin County Sheriff's OfficeVital records
Austin County Clerk, the office that keeps county filings and public records, with the copies and searches it publishes.
Open official site Austin County ClerkCity records
Austin County Directory, the county government site, with its department pages, elected officials and contact information.
Open official site Austin County DirectoryState records
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport: Directions and contact information to local public airport, on the official site of the office that keeps it.
Open official site Austin-Bergstrom International AirportFederal
United States Census Bureau figures for Austin County, Texas, with population, housing, income and business counts from the latest estimates.
Open official site Austin County CensusCity records
Austin County Archives, with the newspaper pages, archive records and local history material it holds.
Open official site Austin County ArchivesProperty records
Austin County Appraisal District, the office that values property for tax, with parcel data, assessment records and appeal information.
Open official site Austin County Appraisal DistrictPolice & jail
The Austin County Sheriff's Office jail page in Bellville, with visitation days and rules and the jail phone number, 979-865-5321.
Open official site Austin County JailCity records
Austin County General Services: Find contacts and information on local county services.
Open official site Austin County General ServicesCourt records
Austin County District Clerk, with the court location, contacts and the case records this office keeps.
Open official site Austin County District ClerkEverything else, organized
27 more Austin County sources not listed above.
Local record guide
County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Austin County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in Austin County, particularly in the unincorporated areas.
Police Departments. In addition to Austin County Sheriff's Office, several municipal police departments operate within Austin County. Each department handles law enforcement within its respective city limits, while the Sheriff's Office covers the unincorporated areas.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Austin County Sheriff's Office, led by the elected Sheriff, is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas of Austin County and operates Austin County detention facility. The official website is www.austincountysheriff.com, where citizens can access non-emergency services information.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Austin County are maintained by Austin County Sheriff's Office. Residents and attorneys can request arrest records by contacting the Sheriff's Office directly.
Jail & Inmate Records. Inmate information can be accessed through the Sheriff's Office, which provides an inmate lookup service.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Austin County are taken and retained by Austin County Sheriff's Office during the booking process. These photos are part of the arrest record and can be accessed through the Sheriff's Office.
To search for someone recently arrested in Austin County, Texas, you can contact the Austin County Jail located at 417 N Chesley St, Bellville, TX. The jail provides an inmate lookup process that can be accessed by calling their main line at (979) 865-5321.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 2 mine sites inside the county: 1 prospect or occurrence that was never worked, 1 site producing when the record was made; the old survey maps add 81 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The mineral the records name is Halite.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area.
Austin County sits over a mapped coal field and the coal there is lignite, worked mostly at the surface. The two federal files record a shaft, an adit or a deposit where one was drawn on a survey sheet or catalogued as a site; neither file carries the outline of the workings, so the counts above are not the measure of what was mined under this county. The record that shows it is the mine map, held by Railroad Commission of Texas, Abandoned Mine Land data map and linked below.
Texas abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 17 investigations in Austin County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $328,251 in back wages agreed for 129 workers. The county is the one the Census Bureau puts each employer's ZIP code in. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment.
| Employer | City | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Five Oaks Achievement Center, LLC | New Ulm | 1 | $259,994 | 53 |
| Knesek Brothers | Sealy | 1 | $23,573 | 4 |
| Western International Gas & Cylinders, Inc. | Bellville | 1 | $14,094 | 9 |
| Vital Link, Inc. | Sealy | 2 | $8,539 | 3 |
| Prairie Harbor LLC | Wallis | 1 | $8,375 | 39 |
| AARVI Business INC | Sealy | 1 | $7,740 | 7 |
| Hinze, LLC | Sealy | 1 | $2,909 | 8 |
| Bal-Con Builder, LLC | Sealy | 1 | $1,536 | 1 |
| Lil' Red Barn Steakhouse | Bellville | 1 | $870 | 1 |
| Ranch Country Manufactured Homes, Inc. | Sealy | 1 | $529 | 1 |
| Smith Dairy Queens, Ltd. | Bellville | 2 | $522 | 9 |
| Boyett Enterprises, LLC | Bellville | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Las Lomas Mexican Restaurant | Bellville | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Austin County | Bellville | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Rush Truck Centers of Texas, L.P. | Sealy | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer on the Austin County record, by back wages agreed; 5 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Texas wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
Straight answers
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Austin County Sheriff or a city police department in Austin County. Ask that agency for its record. Texas Business and Commerce Code chapter 109 covers businesses that publish criminal record information, arrest photographs included, taken from public records or bought from DPS and that charge $150 or more to remove it or any fee to correct it; they must keep it complete and accurate and may not publish records they know are expunged or under an order of nondisclosure.
The Texas criminal history record comes from the Texas Department of Public Safety, Crime Records. Run an online name based search of deferred adjudication and conviction records through the DPS Criminal History Conviction Name Search, or have fingerprints taken by appointment at a DPS FAST location. Fee: $10.00 for a name based check done offline through DPS; $15.00 for a fingerprint based check, plus $10 for fingerprinting at a FAST location.
Search the Texas Department of Public Safety Sex Offender Registry, or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Register with the county voter registrar or through the Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division. Texas has no online voter registration. Your county voter registrar must receive your application at least 30 days before an election; you can fill out the application online, but you must print, sign and mail it to the registrar.
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Austin County are kept by the Austin County clerk. Property values are set by the county appraisal district, and tax bills come from the county tax assessor-collector. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for Texas come from the Texas Department of State Health Services, Vital Statistics. You can get vital records in the county, city or district where the event occurred, and some local offices also provide birth records from anywhere in the state. Online at Texas.gov, by mail to Texas Vital Statistics, Department of State Health Services, P.O. Box 12040, Austin, TX 78711-2040, or in person at the Austin office or a local office. Fee: $22.00 for a certified birth certificate, long or short form.
Business entity filings are searched with the Texas Secretary of State, Business and Public Filings. The State of Texas does not require a general business license; the Governor's Business Permit Office says local permit requirements must also be met.
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Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.