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Live Oak Jail Overview

Live Oak County Jail is operated by the Live Oak County Sheriff's Office. The county's official sheriff materials place the jail and sheriff office at 200 Larry R. Busby Drive in George West, Texas. Sheriff Larry Busby is listed by the county government as the sheriff, and the jail page describes the sheriff's duties as including operation of the county jail, safekeeping of inmates, and operation of the jail commissary.

The facility is not limited to arrests made inside Live Oak County. The sheriff's jail page says it houses Live Oak County inmates, McMullen County inmates, and people from federal or other jurisdictions when housed by agreement. That detail matters for a custody search because a person arrested or charged outside Live Oak County can still be held in the George West jail. The sheriff also states that the office moved to the current Larry R. Busby Drive facility in February 2009.

The closest match from the image set is the official county sheriff office page, which lists the sheriff office contact block used for jail routing.

Use that county contact page with the sheriff jail page facts when you need the correct address, phone line, or records office before making a trip.

Live Oak Jail Population

The jail has a published capacity of 96 inmates. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards current population workbook reported 45 people in the Live Oak County Jail on June 1, 2026, which was 46.875 percent of rated capacity. The related TCJS incarceration-rate workbook listed a Live Oak average daily population of 51 for the same reporting date. These are snapshots and reporting measures, not a count of all bookings during the month.

Live Oak Jail Lookup

No official online Live Oak County Jail roster, current-inmate list, or mugshot feed was located in the sheriff or county web pages reviewed. The correct search path starts with the jail phone line or a written public-information request to the sheriff. If the person has moved to a Texas prison, federal prison, or immigration custody, the lookup system changes.

1. Call the jail at 361-449-8041 or 361-449-2271 and give the person's full legal name, date of birth if known, arrest date, and arresting agency.
2. Ask whether the person is in custody at Live Oak County Jail and whether the public record shows charges, bond, court, booking date, or release status.
3. If staff cannot release details by phone, submit a request to the sheriff by mail, email, contact form, or in person under the Texas Public Information Act.
4. If the jail says the person was sent to TDCJ, use the TDCJ Inmate Information Search instead of the county jail.
5. If the case is federal, use the BOP Inmate Locator. If an immigration hold is possible, check ICE ODLS and ask the jail whether a detainer affects release.

Live Oak Jail Contact

For custody questions, visitation questions, and records routing, use the sheriff office and jail contact information published by official Live Oak sources. The sheriff contact page also lists info@liveoaksheriff.com and a web contact form with name, phone, email, and message fields. The county government page lists fax numbers, but the phone lines below are the main public path for jail questions.

For broader record access, the sheriff office can receive requests at the same address. A request should name the inmate, give a date range, and state the exact record needed, such as a booking sheet, booking photo, charge list, or release record. For more detail on local booking records, the Live Oak County jail inmate records page separates jail custody from court and prison systems.

Live Oak Jail Visits

The sheriff publishes a weekend and holiday visitation schedule by inmate group. Visits are 30 minutes. Sign-in ends 30 minutes before the end of the time block. A person in custody is allowed one visit per day, with a maximum of five visitors during that visit, including children. Visitors age 18 or older need valid government photo ID, and minors must be with an adult.

All visitors and items brought into the facility are subject to search. The sheriff rules bar weapons, tobacco, alcohol, purses, bags, phones, cameras, and other electronic devices inside the facility. Clothing with suggestive, obscene, offensive, or inflammatory wording or logos is not allowed. Infant or child items need advance jail staff approval before entry. A long-distance visitor with valid government photo ID may be considered for up to 30 more minutes, but that is not guaranteed.

Live Oak Jail Mail

Mail for an inmate at Live Oak County Jail uses the inmate name and the jail address. The sheriff states that incoming mail is delivered Monday through Friday except county holidays, and outgoing mail is sent Monday through Saturday. Authorized mailed items include prescription glasses, prescription medication subject to Medical Director approval, one plastic rosary, one softback Bible, and up to 10 photos that are not Polaroids and are not sexual in nature.

Money brought to the sheriff office is not accepted for inmate funds. Commissary is ordered on Tuesdays and delivered Wednesday through Thursday. Unauthorized mailed items are destroyed, not returned to the sender and not placed in inmate property. Family and friends may not drop off property unless the item is medical and approved by Administration. Inmate property or funds may be released to a designated person with valid government photo ID, and property not picked up within 10 days of release or transfer will be destroyed.

The JailATM deposit page is one of the web options named in sheriff research for inmate account deposits.

Use the inmate's correct name and facility choice before sending money, because a rejected or misdirected payment can delay commissary access.

Live Oak Jail Booking

Official Live Oak sources do not publish a step-by-step booking manual, so the public record should stay narrow. After an arrest, a person brought to the jail normally goes through identity checks, search, property inventory, fingerprints, booking photo, medical screening, classification, and placement. Classification means the jail decides where a person can be housed based on safety, medical needs, charges, separation concerns, and other custody factors.

Magistration and bond usually follow booking, but the jail charge is not always the final court charge. A magistrate reviews early release conditions, while the prosecutor and clerk records show what is later filed in court. A detainer or hold means another agency has asked the jail to keep or notify before release. That can block release even when a local bond is paid.

About Live Oak Jail

The jail's local role is unusual for a small county because the sheriff page says the current facility supports Live Oak County, McMullen County, and contract housing for federal or other jurisdictions. TCJS data also showed male federal inmates in the county jail population snapshot for June 1, 2026. That does not make the jail a BOP prison. It means the sheriff jail can hold some people for another authority while the federal BOP facility in Three Rivers remains a separate prison system.

The sheriff page did not publish named jail programs, pod names, or an ACA accreditation statement. County jail standards in Texas are governed by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards under state law. For current local custody, call the Live Oak County Jail. For the wider Live Oak County inmate population, distinguish the sheriff jail from TDCJ, BOP, ICE, and VINELink before assuming where a person will appear.