Camp County DWI Guide

Camp County has no public jail roster, so the only way to confirm whether someone's actually in custody, or what their bond is, is a phone call to the jail itself. There's no portal to check and no magistration schedule posted anywhere online.

Camp County is the third-smallest county in Texas by land area, just 203 square miles, with Pittsburg as both the county seat and the only real municipality. Population sits around 13,400. The Camp County Sheriff's Office, Pittsburg Police Department, and Texas DPS Highway Patrol handle enforcement here, though specific annual DWI arrest figures for the county aren't published anywhere.

Because Camp County's population falls well below the 110,000 threshold Texas law sets for mandating a Bail Bond Board, the county doesn't have one. That means there's no centralized public list of which bail bond companies are actually approved to write surety bonds at this specific jail — confirming that takes a call to the jail or the court clerk directly.

Getting Your Car Out of Impound

Allen's Body Shop & Wrecker Service, right in Pittsburg, handles most local impounds and runs 24/7. Because the facility operates around the clock, Texas regulation requires it to also release vehicles around the clock — there's no lunch closure or daily cutoff to work around here, which isn't the case everywhere.

State law caps the tow fee at $272 and daily storage at $22.85, plus up to $22.85 for securing the vehicle and a one-time $50 notification fee if it's held past 24 hours. The facility can't demand proof of insurance before releasing a car, and it has to accept at least one electronic payment method — if its card reader goes down, it's barred from charging extra storage fees past the day someone tried to pay.

Bail and Jail Release

Statewide averages put a first-offense DWI bond around $500 to $3,000, rising to $3,000 to $7,000 for a second offense, and $7,500 and up for anything involving a child passenger. Rural Texas counties, Camp County included, tend to lean toward the higher end of these ranges and use personal recognizance bonds less often than urban courts do.

Two bondsmen cover the county: one based right in Pittsburg, open 24 hours and close to the jail, and a second based about 40 minutes away in Yantis that also covers Wood, Rains, and Upshur counties and notably accepts Cash App as a payment option. Either way, the standard premium is 10% to 15% of the total bond, non-refundable.

Once bond is posted, the delay shifts to paperwork moving between the magistrate, the clerk, and jail staff. Shift changes around 6 to 7 a.m. and 6 to 7 p.m. routinely stall processing, so posting bond right around those windows means a longer wait for the actual release.

What Happens in Court

First and second-offense DWIs go through Camp County Court, presided over by the County Judge, with felony cases elevated to the 76th or 276th District Court. The courthouse itself is split across two buildings: the County Clerk's office sits at 126 Church Street, while the Commissioners Court operates out of a separate address on Dr. M L King Jr. Avenue — worth confirming which address applies before a hearing.

The Clerk's office closes for lunch from noon to 1 p.m. and shuts early on Fridays at 4:30, which matters for anyone trying to file a motion or post a cash bond right up against those hours. Camp County does have a working online case lookup, unlike many comparably sized counties.

Formal pretrial diversion programs aren't something Camp County runs on its own; rural counties without a dedicated DWI docket typically negotiate any diversion case-by-case between defense counsel and the prosecutor, and standard probation is the more common outcome here than a formal diversion agreement.

License and DMV Consequences

Texas gives a defendant exactly 15 days from the date of the suspension notice to request a hearing contesting an Administrative License Revocation. Miss it, and the suspension kicks in automatically on day 40 — a deadline that catches a lot of unrepresented defendants who assume their license status gets sorted out at the first criminal court date.

Camp County has no local DPS Driver License office at all. Anyone needing an occupational license or handling a reinstatement has to travel to Tyler or the Garland Mega Center, both by appointment only through the state's online booking tool, with wait times that can stretch for weeks.

Sources

• Camp County Jail
• Camp County Clerk
• Camp County Public Records