This is a private reference site, not a Matagorda County office. We cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, schedule visits, or pull official booking records. Use the government contacts below for those requests.
Official Matagorda Contacts
Use the office that controls the record or service you need. Jail custody questions go to the Matagorda County Jail or Sheriff's Office. Filed criminal case documents go to the right clerk. Written Public Information Act requests for county records route through the County Attorney PIA process.
Matagorda County Sheriff's Office
2308 Avenue F
Bay City, TX 77414
Sheriff main line: 979-245-5526
Jail line: 979-241-3275
Matagorda County District Clerk
1700 7th Street, Room 307
Bay City, TX 77414-5092
Phone: 979-244-7621
Email: dclerk@co.matagorda.tx.us
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; closed 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Matagorda County County Clerk
1700 7th Street, Room 202
Bay City, TX 77414
Phone: 979-244-7680
Fax: 979-244-7688
Email: coclerk@co.matagorda.tx.us
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; closed 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Matagorda County PIA Requests
Matt Sloan, Matagorda County Attorney, PIA Request
1700 7th Street, Room 305
Bay City, TX 77414
Email: mcpir@co.matagorda.tx.us
Fax: 979-244-7647
PIA questions: 979-244-7645
The county states that Public Information Act requests must be in writing and that phone calls are not PIA requests. The PIA page also says public court records and records already available on the county website should be obtained through the clerk or online services first.
- For someone in the county jail, start with jail inmate records or call the jail line.
- For booking photos, use the jail roster mugshots information and the written PIA route if needed.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the correct clerk office.
- For the local detention facility, use the Matagorda County Jail page linked in the footer.
- For sentenced state prisoners, use the Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate search.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator.