Erath County Jail Roster Overview
The official route for Erath County inmate records starts with the Erath County Jail page. The county links the public to an "Inmate Listing" that opens the Tyler PublicAccess portal. The accessible portal home shows Jail Records and Jail Bond Records as separate options. Those two labels are important because custody and bond questions are related but not identical. A jail record may explain booking or custody. A bond record may help show whether a release condition is listed.
Erath County Jail is operated by the Erath County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff Matt Coates is listed in the official staff directory, and the jail directory lists the jail phone as 254-965-3221. No official Erath County Sheriff mobile app with an inmate roster or warrant search was found during research. When the Tyler portal will not load, the jail phone, in-person contact, and the sheriff's open-records process are the documented fallbacks.
Use the Erath County Inmate Roster
The county roster path should be used before search engines, social media, or private aggregator pages. Start from the county site because it confirms the official vendor and reduces the risk of using stale or copied data. The direct jail-search endpoint returned a human-verification page during static inspection, so the confirmed public path is the county jail page to Tyler PublicAccess, not a guessed field-by-field search form.
- Open the official Erath County Jail page.
- Select the Inmate Listing link that leads to Tyler PublicAccess.
- Use Jail Records for current jail booking or custody questions.
- Use Jail Bond Records when the question is release status or a bond entry.
- Call Erath County Jail at 254-965-3221 if the portal returns a challenge, does not show a recent booking, or does not answer the custody question.
- Submit a sheriff open-records request when a released or historical booking record is needed.
For booking photos tied to jail records, use the separate Erath County jail mugshots page because the research could not confirm whether Tyler profiles display mugshots.
Erath County Roster Search Fields
The visible portal inventory is limited, but still useful. It confirms that the county's public access system is organized around jail records and jail bond records. It does not confirm a last-name field, booking-number field, date field, or visible mugshot field for an Erath inmate profile. That distinction keeps the Erath County jail roster page accurate to the research.
| Field or link | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jail Records | Link / launched search | n/a | Opens JailingSearch.aspx?ID=400 from the Tyler portal. |
| Jail Bond Records | Link / launched search | n/a | Opens JailingSearch.aspx?ID=500 for bond-related jail records. |
| My Account | Portal link | Optional | The county's public route does not state that an account is required for basic access. |
| Help | Portal link | Optional | General Tyler help link. |
| Logout | Session link | n/a | Portal session-control link. |
Erath County Inmate Profile Details
A sample Erath jail profile was not available from the static capture because the search endpoint blocked non-browser inspection. Use the field list below as a profile inventory with confirmed and unconfirmed limits, not as a promise that every item appears online. The separate Jail Bond Records link is the strongest clue that bond data may be searchable apart from the main jail-records path.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | The detained person's name, although exact formatting was not confirmed. |
| Booking or jail record | Likely booking or jail-event information, with exact Erath booking-number format not confirmed. |
| Bond record | Separate bond-search category for release or bond information. |
| Charges | Commonly shown in jail systems, but Erath sample charge fields were not visible in static inspection. |
| Mugshot | Not confirmed. No standalone public mugshot gallery was found. |
| Release or housing | Not confirmed in the visible portal home. |
Find County, State, and Federal Inmates
Erath County inmate records do not all live in one system. The county jail roster is for people held in local jail custody. The TDCJ inmate search is for sentenced Texas prisoners after transfer to state custody. The BOP inmate locator is for federal prisoners, while ICE ODLS is for immigration detainees. Texas VINELink can provide custody notifications but should not be treated as the official Erath booking record.
| Custody type | Where to look | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Current county jail custody | Tyler PublicAccess and jail phone | Local arrest, booking, jail bond, or hold status. |
| Sentenced Texas prisoner | TDCJ locator | State prison records after conviction and transfer. |
| Federal prisoner | BOP locator or USMS channels | Federal custody is separate from the county roster. |
| Immigration detention | ICE ODLS | ODLS is a detainee locator, not an Erath roster. |
Erath County Jail Facility
The facility map resolved one local detention facility for Erath County. The jail is the place to contact for current custody, visitation scheduling, portal failures, and questions about a person newly booked after arrest. The sheriff administrative office is nearby but uses a distinct address in county materials.
Erath County Jail
1043 Glen Rose Road
Stephenville, TX 76401
254-965-3221
Visits are scheduled by calling the jail.
Erath County Sheriff's Office
1043 Glen Rose Highway
Stephenville, TX 76401
254-965-3338
Administrative and records routing.
Booking Process in Erath County
After an Erath County arrest, booking usually means transport to Erath County Jail, identity verification, paperwork, property inventory, fingerprints, a booking photograph if taken, medical or mental-health screening, and classification. Classification is the jail process that decides custody level and housing based on charges, warrants, behavior, medical needs, safety needs, gender, and custody status. The TCJS population categories confirm that Erath County holds local pretrial detainees, convicted misdemeanants, parole or blue-warrant inmates, state-jail-felony detainees, TDCJ-sentenced categories, and contract inmates.
Roster timing is not published by the county jail page. If a person was just arrested and does not appear online, call the jail before assuming they were released or transferred. Bond and first-appearance information can also lag because a magistrate or court must set release conditions, and the Tyler portal has a separate Jail Bond Records route for that part of the record.
Erath County Jail Visitation Rules
The official jail page publishes detailed in-person visitation guidance. Visitors must call the jail to schedule, and visits are first come, first served. Each inmate receives two visits per Monday through Sunday week, with at least one visit on the weekend. The normal visit length is 20 minutes, and one 40-minute visit may be requested when scheduling. Because the posted text refers to guidance issued after GA-34 in 2021, confirm current rules before traveling.
| Rule | Official detail |
|---|---|
| Scheduling | Visitors must call the jail and schedule a time. |
| Days and hours | Monday through Sunday, beginning at 7 a.m. and ending at 9 p.m. |
| Visit length | 20 minutes normally, with one 40-minute visit possible if requested at scheduling. |
| Arrival | Visitors must arrive 10 minutes early to sign in. |
| ID | All visitors must be named when scheduling and must bring valid government-issued identification. |
| Prohibited items | No food, drinks, candy, purses, bags, carrying devices, phones, or electronics in visitation. |
Released Erath County Jail Records
Historical or released inmate records may require an open-records request. The Sheriff's Office open-records page says public records requests are processed in order received, and basic public information is released within 10 days from request receipt or the office has 10 days to respond or release information. The sheriff uses the NextRequest portal for online requests, and the public documents area has included released inmate arrest report material.
When requesting jail records, include the person's full name, date of birth if known, date of arrest or booking, any case number, and whether the request is for booking records, an arrest report, bond information, or a booking photo. If costs exceed $40, the sheriff's policy refers to an itemized cost estimate under Texas Government Code Section 552.2615 and advance payment rules.
Official Erath County Roster Route
The screenshot below is from the Tyler PublicAccess portal linked by Erath County as the inmate-listing route.
Use the portal together with the jail phone fallback because the deeper jail-records and bond-records endpoints may present a human-verification challenge.
Erath County Jail Record Terms
Jail records often use short terms that can affect whether a person can be found or released. A charge is an accusation listed at booking or filed in court. A bond is a court-set release condition. A detainer is a hold from another agency or jurisdiction. A blue warrant is a Texas parole warrant or hold. A PR bond, also called a personal bond, is release on a promise to appear, often with conditions. Paper ready means a person is ready for TDCJ transfer after sentencing paperwork is complete.
Note: Confirm custody with Erath County Jail before sending money, scheduling travel, or relying on a bond entry.