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Broaddus Criminal History Checks

A Broaddus record check begins with the creator of the record. Broaddus's official police page refers police service to San Augustine Police Department, but that does not prove SAPD handled every event near Broaddus. A sheriff’s deputy, constable, or Texas DPS trooper may have made the report. Broaddus Town Hall can address records Broaddus itself holds. The county jail answers current custody questions, and the correct court clerk takes over after a charge is filed.

Use this five-part route to keep a Broaddus search tied to official sources:

1. Identify the responding agency from the citation, report number, officer, or known event location.
2. Request that agency’s report; for Broaddus-held information, submit a written request through a Broaddus channel.
3. Ask Broaddus Town Hall which court issued a citation when the Broaddus site does not name the venue.
4. Call the San Augustine County Jail for custody, then contact the proper county or justice court clerk.
5. Use Texas DPS for reported public conviction and deferred-adjudication history across Texas counties.

No single Broaddus portal completes all five steps. The Broaddus record type and issuing office determine the right channel.

Broaddus Police Referral Explained

Broaddus does not publish its own police department or town police records unit. Broaddus's official Police Department page directs police matters to San Augustine Police Department at 810 US Highway 96, telephone 936-275-2384. That is the controlling local source and should not be replaced with an invented Broaddus department, records desk, app, or report portal.

The official Broaddus police referral shows the town’s stated service route.

The referral gives Broaddus residents a police contact, yet the report still belongs to whichever agency actually responded and created it.

When SAPD handled the event, request the SAPD incident or arrest report directly. Give a name, date and time range, place, event type, and report number if known. When another badge appears on the paper, contact that agency instead. This small check prevents a Broaddus request from landing at the wrong office.

Records at Broaddus Police Department

The heading reflects the city-page anchor, but the local fact is an absence: no Broaddus Police Department is published. Broaddus police record questions follow the town’s SAPD referral. A police report can contain the event narrative, officer, time and location, involved roles, initial allegations, and evidence or property references. Protected details may be redacted, and an incident can exist without any arrest.

If SAPD made an arrest, its report remains separate from the booking record made by the San Augustine County Jail. Later, a filed court case can change the charge label or end without a conviction. The Texas DPS public name search is narrower still because it releases reported convictions and deferred adjudications, not the full Broaddus police report or every nonconviction event.

Note: The official referral does not turn every rural event around Broaddus into an SAPD record.

Broaddus Written Record Requests

Broaddus's open-records overview explains that Broaddus requires a valid public-information request to be written. A requester may hand-deliver or mail a form obtained at the office, or send a written request to a government employee by email, fax, or letter. The Broaddus page provides no interactive web fields, login, tracking system, published fee, or stated turnaround. A casual oral question may help identify an office, but it is not Broaddus's stated request method.

Describe the record with enough detail to locate it: category, date and time, place, involved Broaddus office, case or report number, and preferred delivery. Ask for an itemized estimate when cost is unknown. If the record was made by SAPD, the sheriff, a constable, or DPS, send the request to that creator rather than to Broaddus Town Hall.

The Broaddus public-information instructions confirm the written channel and its delivery options.

Booking and Arrest Records in Broaddus

Broaddus has no published town jail, booking roster, arrest blotter, or custody app. For a recent arrest, first identify whether SAPD, the San Augustine County Sheriff, a constable, or Texas DPS handled it. Then call the San Augustine County Jail at 936-275-2424 for current custody. Give the full legal name, date of birth, approximate arrest date, and arresting agency. The jail and sheriff are at 219 North Harrison in San Augustine.

A Broaddus arresting agency creates the report. The jail creates the booking number, intake time, custody status, booking charges, bond, and release information. A clerk creates a cause-numbered court file only after charges are filed. Because no official web jail roster exists, Broaddus readers should not substitute a private arrest list for the jail’s direct answer.

The county arrest search page gives deeper treatment to each agency and custody channel.

Broaddus Arresting Agency Check

Overlapping rural jurisdictions make the badge check especially useful around Broaddus. The town’s referral page identifies SAPD as its police contact, while the sheriff, four county constables, and Texas DPS also create their own reports. Look at the citation, incident number, officer’s agency, or the header on any paperwork. If none is available, ask the jail which agency booked the person.

This comparison keeps a Broaddus police referral from being mistaken for proof of authorship. The agency that made the record is the proper first custodian.

The Broaddus Municipal Court File

No Broaddus municipal court page, court contact, or public case portal was located. Do not assume that Broaddus Town Hall keeps the case or that a citation belongs to a Broaddus court. Ask Broaddus Town Hall which venue issued the citation, and read the citation face for the court name, appearance details, and case or citation number. Then contact that named court.

A missing Broaddus court page is a routing fact, not proof that no record exists. County and justice court offices may hold the filed matter.

Broaddus Website Record Access Milestone

Broaddus announced its new municipal website on November 18, 2025. The launch added public-information and open-records pages plus email and text alert subscription. It improved Broaddus's digital directions, but it did not add a police-record database, case-name search, jail roster, or online request-tracking portal.

That distinction makes the Broaddus site useful without overstating it. Readers can confirm how Broaddus accepts a written request and find Broaddus Town Hall information. They still need the responding agency for police reports, the county jail for custody, and the responsible clerk for a filed criminal case.

The official Broaddus Town Hall location page documents the public counter that supports the town’s current access point.

The Broaddus Town Hall view represents a real counter for Broaddus records, not a substitute for the separate police, jail, or court custodians.

How Broaddus Records Reach the County

A Broaddus event can move through several agencies. SAPD may create a report under the official referral, but the sheriff, a constable, or DPS may be the actual creator. The county jail makes booking and custody data after intake. A prosecutor decides the filed charge, and the proper county or justice court clerk keeps the docket and final order. Reportable arrest and disposition events can later reach the Texas Department of Public Safety CCH repository.

Record flow: Broaddus police-service agency › San Augustine County courts › Texas Department of Public Safety CCH

For recent Broaddus activity, use the report creator and jail first. For a filed outcome, use the clerk. The DPS public name product answers a narrower statewide question about reported convictions and deferred adjudications. It does not replace a local report or certified judgment.

Keep the report number, booking number, and court cause number separate. Each identifier points to a different Broaddus record stage and custodian.

Broaddus Rural Record Scale

The Texas Demographic Center ranking records 184 Broaddus residents at the 2020 Census. Broaddus sits in the Piney Woods near Lake Sam Rayburn. Its scale helps explain why official record access rests on a small set of contacts and written requests instead of a large municipal portal. Population adds context, but it does not permit assumptions about informal access or unwritten release rules.

Broaddus Town Hall is at 1101 FM 2558 West, Broaddus, Texas 75929, telephone 936-872-3006. Its official hours page shows weekday blocks from 8 to 11 and 12 to 3, but it also contains an apparent AM/PM typo. Confirm the current hours before visiting. That caution is more useful than silently correcting Broaddus's posted text.

Distance also shapes a Broaddus record search. Town Hall is local, while police contact, jail custody, and most criminal court files lead toward San Augustine. A precise call can save an unneeded trip. Before leaving Broaddus, ask whether the office has the record, whether the file is electronic or archived, which identifiers will narrow the search, and whether a plain or certified copy is needed. No official source publishes parking, entry screening, or other visit details for the county offices, so those points should be confirmed rather than assumed.

Note: Broaddus record access is small-scale, but each written request still follows Texas law and the custodian’s review.

Broaddus Issuing Court Search

If the issuing court is absent from the Broaddus site, start with the citation or other case paper. It may name a justice court, County Court, or District Court rather than a Broaddus municipal venue. Broaddus Town Hall can help identify where a Broaddus citation was routed. Justice Court at 221 North Harrison handles precinct fine-only cases and warrants; its telephone is 936-275-3552.

The San Augustine County Clerk at 223 North Harrison, 936-275-2452, holds applicable Class A and B misdemeanor files. The District Clerk at 100 West Columbia, Room 202, 936-275-2231, holds felony files in the 1st and 273rd District Courts. Give the full name, approximate year, cause number if known, and the exact item wanted. A docket, charging instrument, order, judgment, or certified copy is more precise than asking for a broad Broaddus background check.

Once the court is known, the county court case lookup explains the filed-record path.

Broaddus Record Access Rules

Broaddus town records and agency reports are subject to the Texas Public Information Act, but the office may withhold material when another law or a valid exception applies. Active investigative details, juvenile records, protected victim information, medical data, private identifiers, expunged material, and nondisclosed records can be restricted. Filed court records go to the clerk that holds the case rather than through Broaddus's executive-record request channel.

Send a written Broaddus request to the government body that holds its own record. Use the arresting agency for its report, the jail for booking, the clerk for the court file, and DPS for CCH. Clear routing is the best safeguard against a false no-result.