Karnes County Busted Mugshots is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, release someone, post bond, or obtain an official booking record. Use the responsible public office below for those actions and confirmations.
Karnes County Records Contacts
Start with the office that holds the record. Karnes County’s official sources distinguish current jail custody, a written public-information request, and later court records. The Sheriff’s Office has not published a separate records-unit email, public-records hours, booking-photo fee, or photo-release policy, so do not treat an unrelated clerk fee as the price of a booking photo.
Sheriff and County Jail
Karnes County Sheriff’s Office and Karnes County JailSheriff Steven Bailey
500 E. Wall Street
Karnes City, TX 78118
Non-emergency: (830) 780-3931
Emergency: 911
The official Sheriff page provides the general contact and points to VINELink for custody-status and notification research. The county directory names Jail Administrator Mace Martinez and Assistant Jail Administrator Justin Resendez. Confirm routing with the Sheriff before sending a booking-photo request.
Written Public-Information Requests
County Attorney, Karnes County public-information route101 N. Panna Maria Avenue, Suite 302
Karnes City, TX 78118
public.records@co.karnes.tx.us
The county says Texas Government Code Chapter 552 governs these requests and that it responds within 10 business days. Use the county’s public-information page and its request form to describe the record, identify the date range, and provide the required signature. Reproduction and postage charges can apply. Ask the custodian whether a booking record or photograph is releasable and what charge, if any, applies.
Court Record Follow-up
Karnes County Clerk210 W. Calvert, Suite 100
Karnes City, TX 78118
(830) 780-3938 | Fax (830) 780-4576
Weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., closed noon to 1:00 p.m.; doors close at 4:45 p.m. Karnes County District Clerk
101 N. Panna Maria, Suite 104
Karnes City, TX 78118
(830) 780-2562 or (830) 780-3065 | Fax (830) 780-3227
Weekdays 8:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The County Clerk and District Clerk handle court-record follow-up, not Sheriff booking-photo custody. The County Clerk’s copy, certification, fax, CD, and processing fees apply to its own records only.
Use the source that matches the question:
- For possible current custody or notifications, use the Sheriff-linked VINELink route and confirm with the Sheriff’s Office.
- For a Karnes County booking record or photograph, submit a precise written request through the County Attorney’s public-information route.
- For a filed charge or disposition after booking, ask the County Clerk or District Clerk that holds the case.
- For a person sentenced to state prison, use the Texas Department of Criminal Justice offender search.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Bureau of Prisons locator or the ICE Online Detainee Locator.