Mission Statement

The mission of the Harris County Sheriff's Report Section is to provide professional, courteous, and efficient service to the citizens of Harris County, as well as to other governmental agencies. 

Report Section Responsibilities
The Harris County Sheriff's Report Section is responsible for the development and production of the Uniform Crime Report (UCR), entry, modification, cancellation and validation of items entered into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and the Texas Crime Information Center (TCIC), providing public release offense reports and location/grid searches to the general public, providing international travel letters, providing other government agencies with copies of offense reports for official purposes, and police record checks to military recruiters. 

Address and Business Hours
The Harris County Sheriff's Report Section is located at the corner of 601 Lockwood Drive and Crites Street, Houston, Texas 77011, 2nd floor (key map 494 P). Normal business hours are from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday, excluding County holidays. Request for Public Information is available to the public during normal business hours. If you appear in person, your request will be processed immediately and payment is due upon receipt.

If you request the information by mail, please allow up to 10 business days for delivery. You will be notified of the cost either by telephone or by mail. Please mail your request to:

Harris County Sheriff's Office
1200 Baker Street, Houston, Texas 77002
Attention: Report Section.

We do not accept fax or email requests, nor do we fax or email information back to the requestor. We accept cash, business checks or money orders.

Most commonly requested reports are:

• Location Search/Calls for Service
• Grid Search/Calls for Service
• Public Release 

LOCATION SEARCH/CALLS FOR SERVICE

This report is an actual list of the calls for police service regarding a specific address or listed block numbers.

• Provide an exact address or series of block numbers and street name, such as 7910 Will Clayton Parkway or the 7900 through 8900 blocks of Will Clayton Parkway.
• Designate a date range, such as January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000. Research can only be performed one year at a time.
• Cost is based on CPU minutes. 

GRID SEARCH/CALLS FOR SERVICE

This report is an actual list of the calls for police service from a specific key map page.

• Provide an exact key map page and/or grid alpha. (Houston/Harris County key maps only.)
• Designate a date range, such as January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000. Research can only be performed one year at a time.
• Cost is based on CPU minutes. 

PUBLIC RELEASE OF AN INCIDENT/OFFENSE REPORT

This is the investigative report prepared by the deputy concerning the incident/criminal offense. Public release offense reports contain a brief summary of the crime, the complainant's name and address, and the names of the responding/investigating deputies. Suspect information is not listed.

• Provide the incident/offense report number.
• If you do not have the report number, provide the exact location, date of the incident/offense and time.
• If you do not have the report number or location, provide the names of person(s) involved in the incident and their dates of birth, race, and sex, if possible.
• The cost of the report is 10¢ per page. 

ACCIDENT REPORTS

Accident reports are maintained at the Sheriff's Substations covering the geographical location where the accident occurred. Please contact the following substations for requested accident reports:

POLICE RECORD CHECKS FOR MILITARY RECRUITERS

This service is provided to military recruiters. A research is performed by utilizing the Justice Information Management System (JIMS).

• Military recruiters must submit the Police Record Check form in person at the Report Section, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding County holidays. We do not accept facsimile requests unless out of county or out of state.
• No cost for this service. 

OTHER POLICE RECORD CHECKS

This service is provided to other governmental agencies. A research is performed by utilizing the Justice Information Management System (JIMS).

• Agencies may submit the appropriate forms in person or by facsimile to 713. 921.8760.
• Researched information will be mailed or faxed back to the requesting agency.
• No cost for this service.

Please be advised that the Harris County Sheriff's Office is prohibited by law from releasing certain reports and/or information that is confidential. 

The Public Information Act
Texas law gives you the right to access government records and government officials may not ask why you want them. All government information is presumed to be available to the public. Certain exceptions may apply to the disclosure of the information. Governmental bodies shall promptly release requested information that is not confidential by law or information for which an exception to disclosure has been sought. For more information about the Public Information Act, CLICK HERE.

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