CENTRAL MAGISTRATE



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Central Magistrate (City side): 210-207-7532

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.

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.

 

 

241 thoughts on “CENTRAL MAGISTRATE

    • admin

      Chris – Personal recognizance. PR bond is when a person, instead of paying a bond amount, signs paperwork saying they promise to appear. They do have to pay a paperwork processing fee.

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      Tammy – DC stands for district court.

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  1. susan

    what does CC-WAR mean i think cc means county court but war? is it for warrant? and also is the cmag relase/date time mean they will be getting out of jail?

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      Susan – County court warrant would be out guess also. On the cmag release date and time that depends. It could be the time he is getting released from the cmag if his bond has been paid or it could be when he is being released to the jail. It’s kind of hard to tell without knowing more.

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  2. Crystal

    MY HUSBAND WAS PICKED UP FOR TRANSPORT YESTERDAY MORNING FROM LAMESA, TX AND I STILL HAVE YET TO HEAR FROM HIM… SHOULD I BE CONCERNED?

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      Crystal – When inmates are picked up it is usually done by a bus that takes a route to get as many as possible. It’s not a straight to a location and then immediately back. If the route takes a while they will stay at various jails so the driver can get some sleep.

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      Grace – We have some problems getting information on the judicial side. We believe that means that the district court approved the bond. If any of our readers have information on this would you mind passing it on for everyone.

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  3. Rose

    How will someone call me from magistrate office.. Will it be collect or will it have a name of a company they call from.. And if so what s at name of he calling company.

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      Rose – They are supposed to get a free call. After that there is probably a charge. We’re not sure how the number shows up. Can any of our readers help?

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      MB – No. That’s the first place it will show up.

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      Alex – It either means bond eligible or bond eligibility.

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  4. Esmeralda

    My nephew is in magistrate and he has a aggravated robbery & assault bodily injury-married, his bond is 3,500 and 50,000, He is illegal here if we pay for a bond , can he get out of jail here ? Without ICE picking him up

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      Esmeralda – Under normal circumstances we would say no, they will hold him for ICE. But right now, we just don’t know. They are trying to keep the numbers down and they are not required to honor a hold by ICE. It is not an official warrant. That doesn’t mean they won’t honor it. Again, we just don’t know.

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      Allison – The second part means guidelines. We know there are guidelines for county courts and district courts. They usually use the guidelines to signify why someone did not qualify for a bond. We’re not 100% on this one but we think it may be Attorney General guidelines. That’s the only thing we know that gets abbreviated as ag.

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      Jack – It sounds like they are saying the the individual got released by PR bond on two charges. They make up their own codes so it’s not always easy to tell.

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  5. Charles

    If someones bond has been posted and they have been physically released , will they still show up on central magistrate search?

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      Charles – I believe so. At least for a while. That’s the judicial side. It’s not really the area we deal with.

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      Rachelle – The case was rejected. The magistrate is going to release him. This doesn’t mean that new charges can’t be filed. It depends on why it was rejected. But at least the current arrest has not been accepted.

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      Steph – You are having a hard time because they frequently make up abbreviations. SAFP stands for Substance Abuse Felony Punishment. He is being sent to a SAFP facility. A pen pack is a penitentiary packet is the documentation packet on the inmate in preparation to being transferred. It is sent on to the receiving facility. Routed to CLO is a mystery to me. It could be the initials of a person. Like we said, the jail staff, heck all the other agencies here too, make up their own abbreviations for things making it really hard on the public.

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      Maranda – PRB usually stands for probation, but the people who enter the information make up their own abbreviations all the time. It’s not impossible that it stands for something like P.R. Bond.

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      Lisa – I can think of two reasons off the top of my head. One, that the D.A. did not feel there was sufficient evidence to win a case in court. And two, that the D.A. felt the officer did his/her job incorrectly and tainted the case. I’m sure there are other possibilities.

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