Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 1, 2026.
Buda, Texas, in Hays County, has about 16,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Buda is held at the county jail, run by the Hays County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Buda
The county jail, run by the Hays County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Buda, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Hays County Sheriff's Office at hayscountytx.gov/sheriff/correctionsbureau (page title: Corrections Bureau Services | Hays County Texas | San Marcos, TX), phone 512-393-7800, 810 S Stagecoach Trail San Marcos, TX 78666, Monday through Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 429), so open it in a browser.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 512-393-7800.
The Hays County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 440 people on an average day, up from about 310 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 633 beds, and it is running at 69 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Hays County has about 292,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 15 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Hays County Jail
The Hays County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Buda (filed by the FBI as Buda Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Buda.
The FBI's agency list also places six other agencies and one campus police department in Hays County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The Austin Police Department is listed by the FBI across three counties including Hays County, so its arrests are not broken out for Hays County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were San Marcos's 2,027 for 2025, Kyle's 1,294 for 2025 and the Hays County Sheriff's Office's 1,153 for 2025.
Together, the four agencies in Hays County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,754 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Buda arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Hays County serves the sentence in a facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, whose inmate locator is at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Buda?
Ask the Hays County Sheriff's Office at 512-393-7800; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at hayscountytx.gov/sheriff/correctionsbureau.
How many people are in the Hays County jail?
About 440 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 633 beds.
What is the phone number for the Hays County jail?
512-393-7800, the number on the page of the Hays County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Hays County go?
To a facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; its inmate locator is at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
Is this the official Buda website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.