24th Judicial District CSCD Refugio Records

Refugio CSCD Supervision Role

The 24th Judicial District CSCD directory identifies a Refugio Unit. CSCD means Community Supervision and Corrections Department. It administers probation ordered by local courts and serves a district covering Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Refugio, and Victoria counties. It does not decide a TDCJ parole case and does not operate the Refugio County Jail.

A probation judgment is the legal source. It identifies the court, cause number, term, conditions, and any credited custody. CSCD verifies administration of that order. If county jail time came first, the Sheriff's booking-out record supplies the physical exit. These records should be paired because community supervision and release are related but not identical events.

Confirm Refugio Probation Status

Choose the court from the case level. County and misdemeanor matters generally route through the Refugio County Clerk. Felony and district matters route through the District Clerk. The county's publicsearch.us link is presented for official or property records and should not be described as a criminal release search. Docket PDFs help locate a cause, but a hearing setting is not proof of release.

1. Obtain the full legal name and cause number when lawfully available.
2. Ask the proper clerk for the judgment, probation order, modification, or discharge order.
3. Confirm that the identifiers, court, offense, and date match the person.
4. Contact the Refugio CSCD Unit to verify that it administers the order.
5. If jail custody preceded supervision, request the sheriff's separate booking-out entry.
6. For completed probation, obtain the final court or supervision discharge record.

Use the county docket archive as navigation evidence only. It reaches back to 2017, but it does not state the jail gate time.

Refugio CSCD Office Contact

The Refugio Unit sits in the county courthouse. Call before visiting because the researched source does not establish a separate public-record counter schedule for CSCD. Give the cause number and sentencing court when available. Staff may need to protect private supervision details even when the underlying judgment is public.

The courthouse is at 808 Commerce in Refugio. Verify access hours and record-room cutoffs before travel. The clerk owns the court file; CSCD owns supervision-administration records. Send each request to the office that created the record instead of asking one office to interpret the other's data.

Refugio Probation Versus Parole

Probation and parole both place a person in the community under conditions, but their legal paths differ. Refugio probation comes from a court and is administered by CSCD. State parole follows imprisonment and a Board decision, then TDCJ Parole Division supervises the releasee through Victoria DPO. Mandatory supervision also belongs on the state side.

Calling the wrong office can create a false no-match. A missing TDCJ parole result says little about a valid local probation order.

Refugio Probation Release Evidence

Pair records to answer the exact question. A judgment placing a person on community supervision explains the legal status. A sheriff booking-out entry establishes when local custody ended. A CSCD confirmation shows who administers the order. A later discharge order establishes completion more directly than an old active entry.

Conditions and violations should be stated only from the governing order or an official record. An alleged violation does not by itself establish revocation or renewed custody. A court can modify, continue, revoke, or discharge supervision. If the person is arrested on a warrant, check the new booking and court action rather than assuming an online supervision status is current.

Probation

Court-ordered community supervision.

Revocation

A court action ending supervision and imposing a lawful consequence; an allegation alone is not revocation.

Discharge

Formal completion of the supervision term.

Cause number

The court identifier that ties orders and docket entries to one case.

Refugio CSCD Is Not Custody

The office does not hold detainees. A person reporting there is in the community, subject to an order. If the question is whether someone is still in the Refugio County Jail, call booking at 361-526-1698, option 1. If the person was transferred to TDCJ, use the state offender search. If the record names federal or immigration custody, continue with the receiving system.

The Refugio County released-inmate workflow compares these channels. Record the office, search or call time, identifiers, and exact words used by the custodian.

Refugio Transfers to ICE

Probation status does not rule out a separate immigration matter. When jail or court paperwork documents a transfer to ICE, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator. ICE says it can include people released from immigration custody within the past 60 days. Search by exact name, country of birth, and A-number when known.

A Refugio jail transfer to ICE is continued custody, not a CSCD release. After the short ODLS window, direct contact or records may be needed through the ICE attorney and detention resources. Keep the probation order, county custody event, and immigration status as separate entries in the timeline. Verify each final order with its proper court clerk.

Historic Refugio Jail Context

A secondary local-history source says an older Refugio jail structure was moved to Tivoli, later placed behind the Refugio fire station as a museum artifact, and eventually destroyed by a severe storm. It is not the courthouse CSCD office. The operating jail is identified by the official county page at 405 Mesquite Street.

Clear labels prevent old jail history from being mistaken for a current reporting address. CSCD's Refugio Unit is in courthouse Room 8, and it supervises court orders rather than detention cells.

Reconcile Refugio Probation Dates

The sentence date, jail book-out date, supervision start, modification date, and discharge date may differ without conflict. A clerk-certified order explains the legal change, while CSCD confirms how the active order is administered. Retain the source and query date with each status. If a same-name match lacks a cause number, court, or date of birth, do not present it as confirmed. A narrow request is more useful than asking CSCD for every record tied to a common name. When two dates conflict, ask whether one marks a signed order and the other marks its operational effect. The distinction keeps a later court filing from being mislabeled as the day someone physically left jail.

Refugio Probation Court Records

A community-supervision file begins with the sentencing court, not the TDCJ offender search. For a county or misdemeanor cause, the County Clerk supplies the judgment and later orders. For a felony or district cause, the District Clerk owns those court records. Ask for the judgment, order placing the person on community supervision, later modifications, revocation disposition if one exists, and final discharge order. The cause number is the best bridge between the clerk and CSCD.

A docket entry alone is not enough. It may show a hearing was set without showing what the judge decided. A signed order carries stronger legal weight, while the sheriff booking-out entry establishes when local custody ended. If a person received time served plus probation, preserve both the jail exit and supervision start. If the judge later revokes probation, obtain that signed action and any new booking rather than inferring custody from an old active status.

Refugio CSCD Status Boundaries

CSCD verification can show that its Refugio Unit administers a matching order. Some supervision details may be protected, and a public judgment may disclose more legal context than an office telephone response. Ask only whether the identified cause is active, transferred, modified, revoked, or discharged when that information is releasable. Preserve the response date because supervision changes.

A probation transfer between district offices does not mean the court order ended. Completion of one cause does not clear another hold or sentence. Check each cause number and agency separately. If a TDCJ number appears, determine whether a distinct state sentence or parole matter exists. If immigration or federal paperwork appears, use that receiving system. This record-owner approach keeps Refugio probation from being misreported as prison parole, full discharge, or freedom from all custody.