Waller County Busted Mugshots is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, arrange a release, post bond, or obtain an official booking record. Contact the government office that holds the record for those services. Call 911 for an emergency.
Where Waller County Records Are Held
Use the office that maintains the particular record. The Sheriff is the primary route for current county custody and Sheriff-held records. The County Clerk and District Clerk handle the court side after a filing. A city police department can be the custodian of its own incident report even when a person later appears in county custody.
Waller County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff Troy Guidry
100 R. Glenn Smith Drive
Hempstead, TX 77445
979-826-8282
Sheriff Records Requests
Attn: Public Information
645 12th Street
Hempstead, TX 77445
The Sheriff’s records page says requests must be in writing and lists up to 10 business days under the Texas Public Information Act. It also asks for a clear description and identifiers such as a name, date, case number, incident type, location, and parties. The published crash-report fee does not establish a fee for a booking photo or arrest record, so ask the custodian for a current estimate.
- For a current county-custody check, start with the official Waller County inmate search.
- For an arrest report, booking record, or record no longer visible online, use the Sheriff’s written Public Information Act request route.
- For a misdemeanor case, filing, or disposition, contact the Waller County Criminal Court and County Clerk.
- For a felony or district-court case, use the District Clerk or its official public-access portal.
- For custody notifications, correspondence, or jail procedures, consult the official Jail FAQ; it points to VINE/VINELink for notifications.
- For a person in Texas state prison rather than Waller County custody, use the official Texas Department of Criminal Justice offender search.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the official Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator.
For a city arrest, ask the arresting city agency which office has the incident file. Hempstead Police contact details are confirmed in the TCOLE directory, but its public website was unavailable during the research review and no current public records form was located. The Waller County roster can answer a current county-custody question, but it is not a substitute for the city’s original report or a court disposition.