Texas Vine
Victim Information & Notification

Texas VINE allows you to register for automatic notification
24-hours a day of court events and changes in county jail
status. You may need to register separately for each type of
notification. (The suspect/offender will not know that you
are registered with Texas VINE).

To register for automatic notification...

• Call toll free 1-877-TX-VINE (1-877-894-8463)
  from a touch tone phone. If calling from a rotary
  phone, please stay on the line to speak to an operator.
  
• Follow the voice instructions using the information you
  wrote on the bottom of this section.
  
• Provide...
  

          1. Phone number where you wish to be notified. Register
as many numbers as you like, including your home and work
phone. Do not register a phone number that rings to a
receptionist or a switch board.
          2. 4-digit PIN ( Personal Identification Number). You
may use the same PIN number with each phone number you
register.

• Provide suspect's/offender's name by entering the
  person's name as a number on your phone keypad. To
  do this, match each letter of the name to a number.
  Use 1 for "Q and Z". For example. "John" would be
  entered as 5646.
  
• Provide the court case number- you can obtain this
  from your District Attorney's Victim Witness Office,
  phone number (713) 755-6655.
  

  A Booking Number is assigned by law enforcement  when
a person is booked into the county jail. You will be given the
offender's booking number the first time you access the
system. If you forget the booking number, you can still access
VINE information by entering the person's name in the
number format.

  Texas VINE will automatically notify registered persons of
suspect/offender status (transfers or releases) and court dates
scheduled or changed. To confirm that you have received the
notification, enter your 4-digit PIN. TEXAS VINE WILL
KEEP CALLING FOR 24 HOURS UNTIL THIS PIN
IS ENTERED.


                   VINE Information Summary

Suspect's/Offender's Name:___________________
Suspect's/Offender's Name as Number (phone pad):_______
Court Case Number:________________________
Booking Number:__________________________