This website is a private reference guide, not a Panola County office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule visitation, or obtain an official booking record for you. Use the government office that controls the record you need.
Where to Ask for Jail or Court Records
For current county custody, start with the Panola County Detention Center. For sheriff records, use the Sheriff's Office. Court filings and prosecutor records are routed through the clerk or district attorney office tied to the case.
- Panola County Detention Center: 319 W. Wellington, Carthage, TX 75633; 903-693-0359.
- Panola County Sheriff's Office: 314 W. Wellington, Carthage, TX 75633; 903-693-0333.
- Published hours: the research materials did not publish jail lobby, bond-desk, or booking-window hours, so call the Detention Center before visiting.
- District Clerk: use the District Clerk for district-court criminal case records and copy requests after a felony-level filing or district-court proceeding. Mail requests go to 110 S Sycamore Street, Rm 227, Carthage, TX 75633; in-person office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm.
- County Clerk: use the County Clerk for county-level judicial records and County Clerk public-information requests. The researched County Clerk public-information email for County Clerk records only is countyclerk@co.panola.tx.us.
- Criminal District Attorney: use the Panola County Criminal District Attorney for prosecutor-office routing when the question concerns prosecution rather than custody or clerk copies. Larry Fields is listed at 108 S Sycamore Room 301, Carthage, TX 75633; 903-693-0310.
Choose the record path by the type of question you have:
- For a person currently held in the county jail, use jail inmate records and the Detention Center phone number.
- For booking photos from the local roster, use jail roster mugshots and the jail-record request process when a photo is not online.
- For charges filed in court after booking, use court records after a jail arrest and the appropriate clerk's office.
- For facility-specific details, use the Panola County Detention Center page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Texas prisoner, search through the Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate locator rather than the county jail roster.
- For federal sentenced custody or immigration detention, use the Bureau of Prisons inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.