![]() ![]() Under the State's Public Information Act known as Texas Government, Code 522 citizens are permitted free access to criminal and court records without offering an explanation of why they want to see them. Also, most urban counties in Texas offer online search engines that provide public criminal records free to the public but this requires knowing the county where the incident occurred. ![]() While some cities publish booking photos and names of suspects online for everyone to see, some cities publish mugshots only if the suspect is eventually convicted and some even demand a written request to the sheriff's office.When it comes to the search for criminal records, these are accessible online at the Texas Department of Public Safety website for a small fee. However, arrest records publication varies across Texas depending on which city or county the arrest happened. Arrest records in the state of Texas have always been accessible to the public, which means that anybody can obtain the information and publish it. Only arrests of persons age seventeen or older are reported in the system. At the moment of an arrest in Texas, after the suspect has been assigned an Incident Tracking Number (TRN) and other details filed, the fingerprints and a booking photograph are taken and then processed into the DPS website. ![]() Typically, what is referred to as a mugshot or booking photograph is the photo taken at the time of an arrest. ![]()
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