Texas People Search: A Prison Search by SID, a Conviction Name Search on a Public Site, a Registry Anyone May Download, and a Register of the Data Brokers

Written by SearchSystems.net from Texas's own systems: the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Texas Office of Court Administration, the Texas Medical Board, the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, the Texas Department of State Health Services, the Texas Secretary of State, the Office of the Texas Attorney General, each read on October 13, 2026 by the SearchSystems editorial team.

The TDCJ inmate search

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Inmate Information Search takes any of a last name, first name, TDCJ number, SID number, gender and race. The department says the service is for the convenience and safety of the public, that unauthorized use is forbidden, that it warrants nothing about accuracy or completeness, and that the site is updated on working days only with information at least 24 hours old; relatives are told to call the unit before coming to pick someone up. Questions go to classify@tdcj.texas.gov. The SID, the state identification number, is the second identifier that pins down a common name.

The DPS conviction name search

The Department of Public Safety's Crime Records Division lists a Criminal History Conviction Name Search among its popular services, alongside fingerprinting and the sex offender search, on its Crime Records page. The division acts as the state control terminal for eight state and national criminal justice programs and compiles what local agencies submit into statewide databases forwarded to the FBI. Its Criminal History Search site explains that the secure site is for legislatively authorized entities such as housing authorities, in home service companies, schools, hospitals and local governments, and that anyone not eligible for it can still use the public website at publicsite.dps.texas.gov; both run on purchased credits. The search was recently updated to start narrow and widen, trying last, first and middle name, then last and first alone, then a name match with the same birth month and day, with a full date of birth narrowing results; batch results stay in search history for seven days and downloads for 30. The Access and Dissemination Bureau answers at 512-424-2474, and individuals review their own record by fingerprint.

The registry: search, subscribe, download

Under Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 62.005 the Department of Public Safety runs the Texas Public Sex Offender Website as the official public access to its sex offender registration central database, with a registry search, a subscription service that emails database changes to account holders, and a download of the entire public registry for anyone who wants to compare it against their own systems, combine it with other data or run statistics, plus additional access for social networking site operators. Registration information comes from TDCJ, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department and local agencies; DPS cannot guarantee a record relates to the person sought, name and date of birth searches are not always accurate, and only fingerprint verification positively links a person to a record. Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, telephone numbers and online identifiers are withheld by statute, not every offender appears on the public database under Chapter 62 and judicial orders, the map cannot place every address, and using the information to injure or harass anyone invites prosecution. All information on the site is open record.

Courts: re:SearchTX and the county clerks

The Office of Court Administration's re:SearchTX answered SearchSystems with its title only, so its coverage, registration and fees are set on the application; it is the state's court records search, and the Texas county pages at SearchSystems list the county court clerks who hold each county's files.

The Texas Medical Board and the franchise tax account search

The Texas Medical Board search covers physicians, physician assistants, acupuncturists, medical physicists, medical radiologic technologists, perfusionists and respiratory care practitioners licensed by the state, including temporary licenses and permits; its data was last updated on October 13, 2026, the day it was read, is refreshed daily, and is partly submitted by the licensees themselves, with the call center at (512) 305-7030. The Comptroller's Franchise Tax Account Status Search finds a taxable entity by an 11 digit taxpayer number or 9 digit federal EIN, by entity name of 2 to 50 characters, or by Secretary of State file number, and offers API access to the data; it is a search by business, and the Secretary of State's own business filings run through its SOSPortal. The Secretary of State's voter lookup redirected to a login application and VoteTexas.gov refused the automated read, so the voter search is named here without description.

Vital Statistics: certificates and indexes

The Department of State Health Services' Vital Statistics Section maintains Texas birth and death certificates, marriage applications and divorce records, and its site sets out costs and fees, acceptable identification, the persons qualified to request or change records, processing times, requirements for mail, in person and online orders, and a directory of local vital record offices across the state. It also publishes birth and death indexes and marriage and divorce indexes, runs the Central Adoption Registry and the paternity registry, and issues heirloom birth and anniversary certificates. The indexes are the people search angle: they show that an event is on file before any certificate is ordered.

Unclaimed property, the ACP and the Public Information Act

The Comptroller's ClaimItTexas answered with its title only, so its search is on the site. The Attorney General's Address Confidentiality Program page and its Open Government page each delivered only a navigation menu to an automated reader, so neither the program nor the Public Information Act is described here beyond the official addresses.

The Texas data broker registry

Texas governs data brokers under Chapter 510 of the Business and Commerce Code and the Secretary of State's rules in 1 Texas Administrative Code Chapter 106, and the office's Data Brokers page explains that Section 510.005 requires a data broker to register before doing business in Texas, by filing Form 4001 with a $300 fee for a certificate good for one year and renewable for $300, with a new online registration available. The Secretary of State keeps a searchable central Data Broker Registry under Section 510.006, but it is only the filing officer and cannot regulate, investigate or enforce. Section 510.004 requires a broker with a website or app to post a conspicuous notice in the language of the administrative code, and Section 510.007 requires a comprehensive information security program. For a Texan who appears in a people search report, the registry names the companies that must be registered to sell it.

Texas: re:SearchTX, TDCJ and the DPS name search

Texas answers the custody and registration questions free and sells the conviction name search on a public site. The medical board and the franchise tax search tie a name to a livelihood, DSHS indexes confirm births, deaths, marriages and divorces, and the county offices hold the cases and the deeds, listed on the Texas county pages at SearchSystems.

Paid people search reports on Texans are sold by brokers the state now registers, built from these records and from the registry file DPS gives away; the DPS search and the county clerk are where their claims are checked.

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