The Central Magistrate is often called C-Mag or Mag’s Office. It is a joint processing area that includes City and County personnel. If an individual has been arrested for the first time on a charge he will be taken to the Magistrate’s Office to be processed. (Individuals arrested on warrants go straight to the jail). The arrested person will see a magistrate (judge) who will decide if he gets bond and how much that bond will be.
P.R. Bonds will interview the individual to see if he is eligible to be released on his personal recognizance, which is sort of like giving his word to appear in court. While P.R. Bonds is validating the information he gave, County officers will begin verifying his identity which will include taking his fingerprints and photo. If a P.R. bond is denied, the individual will be sent to the County Jail to complete the booking process. If it is approved the individual will be released once the book-in then book-out processes are complete.
This system was set up to help with the overcrowding at the County Jail. But because of this system the Central Magistrate’s Office frequently knows if someone has been arrested before the people at the jail do. If you call Central Records to find out information on someone who just got arrested and they don’t show him in the system, try calling the Magistrate’s Office.
Central Magistrate (City side): 210-207-7532
Or go to the joint County and City Central Magistrate website.
NOTE: City is having some problems with their phone number. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. If it is not working when you call try 210-207-7534 instead.
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I found the individual I was looking for, however under comments it says “PR/YF”. I have looked up the acronym dictionary and can not find anything for “YF”. Can you please help?
Jamie – Please give us more information. Where were you looking? Was it in the activity log? Could we have the information on the individual you were looking up? Name and DOB please. We will not print that information when we find out the answer and post it.
I am in the Central Magistrate webpage which seems realy great for getting uptodate info on someone recently arrested. i do a search by last name and birthdate and get most of what i need until the initials part. a lot are not on the definitions page the Magistrate website offers. this would be a great addition to this already very useful site. that being said. Does anyone know what 2 RELS 1st means. I think it means to be realsed 1st shift but in not sure.
Josh – We appreciate the suggestion and the compliment. You are not the only person to ask a question of this type. The abbreviations used on the Magristrate website are non-standard. They are a sort of shorthand that the person entering the information uses. It appears to vary from shift to shift and day to day. We will do our best to get some kind of list generated to help out but since we have to go on a case by case basis we are unsure how long it will take.
I am looking for my son Asa Green, I can’t get any info from the system.
Cheryl – Call Central Records at 210-335-6201. If he is in the Bexar County Jail then they should be able to help you.
How can I findout the conditions of someones PR bond? And where to I call to report violation of ones pr bond?
Lori – Call PR Bonds at 210-335-6315.
how do I pick up property from an inmate & I do I know if I’m allowed to pick it up where can I call to find out so I know before I go down there
No Name – Call the Banking department at 210-335-6287. I believe you will need signed consent from the inmate.
My friend turned herself in when she heard about her warrant, what is the benefit of doing this when magistrate does not let the indictee speak during bail hearing?
Jeff – The way a person should handle turning themselves in is to first go to an attorney or a bonds company to have the bond ready to go as soon as the booking process is completed. That cuts down drastically on the amount of time the individual spends in jail. It also avoids situations like getting pulled over and getting arrested. If that happens your car will be towed. If you have children with you they will be turned over to CPS and heck if I know what they do with any animals you may have with you.
As for the bond amount, those things are already determined at the time the warrant is issued. There is no arguing the amount at the time of magistration.
can you send care packages toinmates or do they have to purchase everything from commenssary
I am trying to make sure my daughters letter reaches her father. It says the booking agency is bexar county central magistrate.
Walter – You can send care packages through iCare. Anything else has to be bought through commissary.
Walter – Go to the category titled “Sending & Receiving Mail”. Once there click on the link “Addressing a Letter”. It will give you instructions on how to fill out the letter. Do NOT put Bexar County Central Magistrate. There is no such agency. It is a place where SAPD and Bexar County work together (the central part) to get people magistrated. From there they are sent to the Bexar County Adult Detention Center.
I tried the number you have listed above for the magastrates office and a recording comes on stating this is not a working Number. The person who created this web page needs to update the phone information
DCGDLN/MAR
what does it mean?
Rose – It is a correct number but City has been having some problems with that extension. Call 210-335-7534.
Bev – Are those initials somewhere on the Jail Activity Lists? We are not familiar with them. The Central Magistrate is a combination of Bexar County, SAPD and the courts. They may be initials that one of the other agencies uses.
the central magistrate website as well as the jail activity reports say my brother was released on bond. And me and my mother did indeed post the $3500 bond but he was never released. He was sent from the magistrates detention to bexar county jail and then placed under ICE hold. Why does it say he was released? Did we just get cheated out of $3500?
Alexa – No, you did not get cheated. You paid the bond for the charge that Bexar County had on him so Bexar released them from their custody but in your brother’s case another agency wanted him also. That agency placed a “hold” on him. It’s sort of like them saying, when you are done with him hold him for us because we want him too. ICE will hold a hearing. If they determine he is here legally they will release him. If you had not paid the bond and ICE decides to release him they would have then sent him back to Bexar County to take care of the charge that Bexar County wanted him for. You kept that from happening.
im trying to find out on my sons case i cant seem to find him on the search. my son was sentence to six years but given time served for what ever time he has done already. when i called to county court 186 they said he haves 494 days of time served. how long until his egible for parole and if is my information correct please help on obtaining info on my son.
Julia – You will need to contact the State system. They determine if parole is going to be granted and when.
Hi there my brother recently got arrested from a warrant. Wats the procedure? what will happen now? Also he has car keys we would like to pick up up, are we able to go pick them up? His warrant is 15000 what else can we do if we can’t pay it?
Rita – The car keys will be in his property. You can call the Banking department to ask about the keys. Their number is 210-335-6287. They are a 24/7 department. For his bond, you can try calling different bonds companies to see what their price would be. Some of them even have coupons in the back section of the phone book.
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