What Do Those Letters Mean?
We know we are missing a lot of abbreviations and acronyms. We’re working hard to get answers but have been having some difficulties. The judicial side is not being very cooperative at this point. We will continue to ask for the information that the public needs. Thank you for your patience.
NOTE: The abbreviations are put in by several different agencies (jail, D.A., courts…). There are no standard abbreviations. The employees make up their own so if you see something that looks like it’s the same, it probably is even if it’s slightly different.
Add On – A charge that is added after the initial booking
Adm – Administrative
AFIS – Automated Fingerprint Identification System
APPL – Applied
AWHC – Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus (this information is from one of our readers)
AWTG – Awaiting
B.C.A.D.C. – Bexar County Adult Detention Center
BND – Bond
CC – County Court
CCBGDLNS – County Court Bond Guidelines (does not qualify for a PR-bond due to County Court Bond Guidelines)
CCPRB – County Court P.R. Bond. This is abbreviation is listed when an individual is already on a P.R. bond
CLR – Clear
CLSD – Closed
CMAG – Central Magistrate’s Office
CONV – Convicted
CRT – Court
CRTC – Court Residential Treatment Center
D.A.C.T. – Drug & Alcohol Facility
D.A.P.V.F. – Drug Alcohol Probation Violators Facility
DC – District Court
DCPRB – District Court P.R. Bond. This is abbreviation is listed when an individual is already on a P.R. bond
DEF ADJ – Deferred Adjudication
Denied/SomeLetters – It means they were denied a PR bond. The letters after the slash are just the initials of the person who entered the data into the system
DKT – Court Docket
DPS – Department of Public Safety
DSMD – Dismissed
FBGDLNS – Felony Bond Guidelines. (does not qualify for a PR-bond due to Felony Bond Guidelines)
FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation
FILE – Case file. (Referring to the actual documents)
FS – Felony, State Jail
GDLNS – Guidelines
GPS – Global Positioning System
HSP – Hospital
ICE – Immigration and Customs Enforcement
ILO – Interlock Order (ignition lock for a vehicle)
IPTC – In-Prison Therapeutic Community
ISF – Intermediate Sanction Facility
JAL – Jail
LDC – Seen in the the attorney section, stands for Legal Defense Counsel
MATCH – Mothers and their Children
MCRT – Municipal Court (I think)
MHMR – Mental Health and Mental Retardation
MIOF – Mentally Impaired Offender Facility
MTN ENT ADJ GUILT – Motion Entered Adjudicated Guilt
MTRP – Motion to Revoke Probation
NCIC – National Crime Information Center
NG – Non-Guidelines. (PR Bonds is now allowing all misdemeanor charges to be considered for a PR bond. The normal official guidelines have restrictions of what can be considered even for misdemeanors)
NHOI – No harmful or injurious contact (this information was a reader’s submission).
NLETS – National Law Enforcement Telecommunication System
NM – Night Magistrate
NOLO CT – Nolo Contendere ( a Latin term meaning ‘I do not wish to contend’). You may hear it said as ‘no contest,’ in other words they are not going to fight the charges.
NOT HANDLED – This comment is used when the charge is not eligible for a P.R. bond.
OTHR – Other
OTOFCO – Out of County
PAR – Parole
PATCH – Papas and their Children
PEN PK – Penitentiary Packet
PICU – Population Impact Control Unit is the meaning we got from the jail. Yes, they do monitor the population levels. However, a reader gave an additional meaning. If what you are looking at may be referring to something to do with mental health, then it could mean Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit.
POSS – Possession
PPOU – Prohibited Possession of Unregistered (We are not sure about this one. No one we spoke to knew for sure, but thought it might be this).
PR – Personal Recognizance (bond)
PR/SomeLetters – The PR is defined above, the letters after the slash are just the initials of the person who entered the data into the system
RC – Restitution Center
RCO1 & RC02 – The person has been released. RC stands for release cell. They are old designations that differentiate between the cell for males and the cell for females. Note: a person can be listed as released and still be at the jail because they are going through the releasing process.
REC – Received
REFUSEDX2 – This means they tried to interview the inmate for a P.R. bond but he refused. In this case he refused two times.
REL – Released
RELPR – Released on a Personal Recognizance Bond
RWOB – Remanded without Bond
SAFP – Substance Abuse Felony Punishment (same as below but sometimes written this way).
SAFPF – Substance Abuse Felony Punishment Facility
SATF – Substance Abuse Treatment Facility
SBIR – Surety Bond in Route
SBIH – Surety Bond in Hand
SHR OFC – Sheriff’s Office
ST MT SUPPLMNT PND – State Motion to Supplement Pending (means they are going to add more information)
T.A.I.P. – Treatment Alternative to Incarceration Program
TCIC – Texas Crime Information Center
TDC – Texas Department of Corrections
TDCGDLNS – Texas Department of Corrections Guidelines
TDCJ – Texas Department of Criminal Justice
TLETS – Texas Law Enforcement Telecommunication System
TO REL – To be released
TO SUB – To Submit
Tresps – Trespass
TRMT BED – Treatment facility bed / spot to sleep in
TRF – Transfer
VA-IMPACT SENT MT – Veteran’s Affairs-Impact (court) Sent Motion (This has not been confirmed. It was the best guess from a county court employee but it sounds reasonable).
VINE – Victim Information & Notification Everyday (It lets victims know when an inmate has been released so they can get to a safe place if they need to.)
VIP – Victim Impact Panel
Thank you for this website it has helped in a few different situations
Can you advise
RES JRY TR – CT
I realize , its a reset for jury trial but not sure what CT means also not sure why it keeps resetting ( this is the 4th or 5th reset )
Bob – Normally CT stands for court. Unfortunately, there is not a standard set of abbreviations. Everyone seems to make up their own. It could even be the initials of the person who entered the information though they usually use a slash, not a dash. Do any of our readers know what this means? Please share your knowledge if you do.
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What is COND RLS H/F TARRANT CO SO *BOND TO BE
Bob – Condition of release – hold for Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office. It seems they ran out of room regarding what was going to happen with the bond. Unfortunately there is nothing uniform about the abbreviations used. The people entering them in the computer make up their own shorthand.
Conditions for release HOLD for tarrant county sheriffs office.
If there is no amount after bond to be, could mean it’s not yet been decided the bond amount. It’s up to tarrant county
Can someone please tell me what this abbreviation means out of bexar county magistrate “2 RLS PR”
Jonathan – RLS PR usually stands for “release, P.R. bond.” It looks like it’s saying he was released on two charges through a P.R. bond.
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I’ve got several abbreviation questions. If someone could help me, I would definitely appreciate it. (Background on the person in jail (trying to be as unbiased as I can here)). Woman charged with the Murder of her estranged husband on 12/17/2021. They had 2 children together, ages 4 and 8 at the time. Looks like trial date has been set to 7/21/2022. I believe she tried to plea insanity (she’s NOT legally insane). Bond was set at $200k, has a court appointed attorney. It may have been requested that she has NO contact with the children ages 4 & 9, but I can’t tell by this list? I believe Psych evaluations were requested. Anyway, here are some things I don’t understand what they mean (I will put them in date order from earliest to latest (12/17/21 to 4/18/22):
1. ORDR OF REFERRAL & SEALED MF PSYCH EXAM (1/13/22)
2. NO CONTACT ORDER V1645P0210-GRANTED (1/13/22)
3.CRT ORD PSYCH EVAL V1628P1852(SANITY) (2/24/22)
4.CASE HANDLD M.A.C. SEAL MT SNTY (2/24/22)
5. REFERRED TO CLM SEAL MT SNTY (2/24/22)
6.MF BOND REDUCTION(3/10/22)
7.VA-IMPACT SENT SR (3/15/22)
8.MAG RCVD ORD OF RE FERRAL FOR MTN BND (3/18/22)
9.VA-IMPACT RECEIVED SR (4/4/22)
10.REFERRED TO CLM SANITY DISP (4/21/22) **Why is this a future date of Thursday?? Today is 4/18/22)**
11.REFERRED TO CLM BND REDCT (4/21/22)** Why is this a future date of Thursday?? Today is 4/18/22)**
12. TRAIL DATE SET (7/21/22).
Any help I can get on understanding what each of these means would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance for any help you can give me. I just want to understand everything. Basically want to make sure she is held responsible and justice is served for my cousin and his 2 precious children. I don’t want to see her bond reduced, don’t want to see them deem her insane (like I said she is not insane or mentally handicapped at all. She’s actually pretty intelligent.). I want to see her stand trial, fairly, and be held responsible for murdering the father of her children. We’ve been thru so much, especially my Aunt & Uncle and their 2 precious, innocent grandbabies who are suffering from the lose of both parents!! (But she definitely doesn’t deserve or should ever be allowed to have any contact with them until it’s their choose past the age of 18.)
Also, with the court date set for July 21, 2022 … Is that an open court room? Like would I be able to travel there and attend the court hearings and proceedings or would I have to have special permission to attend.
Thanks,
A grieving cousin in Texas, L.A.Z.
Leigh Anne – First, our condolences on the loss of your cousin. The information you have listed is judicial information. The area we focus on is the booking and detention of individuals. What we can tell you is that yes, a psychological evaluation was ordered by the court. And yes, there is also a no contact order which we presume applies to the children and other family members. Unfortunately it does appear that her bond was reduced. Understandably, you have a lot of questions. We recommend you call the court clerk, for the court where the trial is set to be held, to get clarification on what their judicial is saying and on how to attend the trial.
Leigh Anne, agree with what admin said, one thing i wanted to point out is the VA-IMPACT statement it says sent and received, I’m assuming your relative with the initials SR. That’s who it was sent too, the fact that it says RECEIVED is good. It means that the victim/your family filled out and returned the victim statement which is written explanation of the financial, physical, psychological and emotional impact it’s had on the victim and family members VA impact statements are very important in situations like this. It’ll help tremendously. Make sure to let your family know to be very hands on and active with the case meaning the more persistent, cooperate and vocal your family is about how y’all wish to see justice be served the better. They take the victim statements seriously. So sorry for your loss
Ps- call the court to find out about the trial hearing and ask them any questions you have about attending
Lauren – Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you so much Lauren for your knowledge. Yes, SR is the victims mother and she has custody of my cousins children. I’m assuming a No Contact order was granted so the person in jail who committed the murder can NOT have contact with the children. The bond was reduced on 5/14 to 100k from 200k but I’m hoping noone gets her out of jail!!! Thanks again. Can you tell if the Psch evaluation showed that she can NOT claim insanity. I’m praying she doesn’t because she is NOT insane. She is crazy but NOT legally insane!!!! Thanks again!!
I need help in finding out what all this means. On the case above, my nephew’s murderer looks like she took a plea deal, but how do I find out what the plea deal was??? It says, Judgement Deferred. Awaiting Sentence and Disposition says: PG CT-GUILTY. Charges are: Murder
Please please help me!!
Leigh Anne – I understand your distress. Unfortunately that’s on the judicial side. It’s not really what we deal with. You could try contacting the District Attorney’s Office to find out, but I’m not sure if they will tell you. I thought in big cases they spoke to the family if they were going to offer a plea deal, but I don’t know that for sure. If any of our readers, particularly any attorneys, know what she can do, please share your knowledge. Thank you.
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Thank you for your comment. I’ve tried to research everything I see on the notes and it seems as though she waived a jury and plead guilty to Murder but it looks as though she is only going to receive probation w/ or w/out rehab? I’m just very ANGRY that she is getting such a light sentence for my cousins murder. I mean, she walked into his home to drop their 4 yr old son off with his father, shot and killed him in his bedroom and left the 4 yr old there with his deceased father and left the home, calling to turn herself in hours later….. I’m very, very disappointed that she was even “offered” such a joke of punishment by the Bexar County D.A.’s office. Not even getting punished for the unlawful use of a gun, leaving the scene, leaving her 4 yr old at the scene of a murder she just committed?????? I mean, come on …. She plead Guilty to Murder and she’s going to get freaking probation??? I’m just so disappointed beyond belief. THERE IS NO JUSTICE FOR MY COUSIN!!! This is completely INSANE!!
Leigh Anne – I’m so sorry for the pain your family is going through. The only thing I can recommend is trying to contact a reporter to bring this situation to light. Best wishes.
What does dvd. Sent to scan mean n ART 2.1397 RCVD mean ??
Jose – It sounds like it was archived.
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DVD sent to scan means documents/evidence was sent to be put on file.
Art 2.1397 RCVD means the written report/statement about the incident was submitted by Law Enforcement to the States attorney (the DA), and received by the DA
What does dc-110 mean in comments under an arrest record?
Kim – Normally dc stands for district court but we don’t have a DC110. Can any of our readers help with this?
What’s does BE-GOV mean?? Can’t find that anywhere?
Kory – Good question. Can any of our readers help with this one?
What does LDC- Request Denied
Buh – Legal defense counsel. This is indicating that it was denied because someone determined he could afford to pay for an attorney.
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I bonded out my (for lack of a better description ) common law son- I am now considered il loco parentis to a 19 year old with some mental illness issues. I see on his bond in the criminal records detach this abbreviation AFF And AFF SURETY TO SURR. Anyone have a clue or direction they could point me?? I’d appreciate it
That should say criminal record SEARCH sorry
Christopher – That stands for Affidavit of Surety to Surrender. I’ll quote Google on what it is. “When you are on bond with a bonding company, they may seek to get off the bond. Two reasons the company may do this is because the defendant has failed to pay or because the defendant is not checking in with the bonding company.” Basically, whoever is responsible for bonding you out, no longer wants to be involved.
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Sorry I should of submitted all my abbreviation questions in one comment but I didn’t realize I had questions on other abbreviations until I decided to look at other case. So I apologize. What does APPT OF ATTY FLD mean?
Or ART 2.1397 RCVD mean?
And EFILE ENVELOPE NBR?
Or DISP/NO FORF 0604 1822111
and ER2 ADDED BY C6BCREX
All details found in the events when searching my cases. Thank u for taking your time to help not only me but others understand abbreviations and other things relating to Bexar county jail. I absolutely love this website and recommend anyone I come across who may have questions regarding the jail to check it out.
Brit – You are in the judicial part which is not really what we do, but I’ll try my best. APPT of ATTY FLD appears to mean “appointment of attorney field”. This would be where they would enter the name of the court appointed attorney. I don’t know what Article 2.1397 is, but RCVD would stand for “received”. EFILE ENVELOPE NBR (number) would be tracking information. DISP/NO FORF is disposition/no forfeiture. ER2 means a charge other than the first charge. It’s a format (NIST, if you want to know who requires it) of how the charge is submitted electronically. All it’s saying is a charge was added. In your other message you asked what GJ means. Grand Jury. If any of our readers want to add to this or correct anything, please share your knowledge. Thank you.
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OK thank you so much for your help! I will be sure to spread the word on how helpful and resourceful this website is when dealing with Bexar County jail.
Can you please tell me what does DSMD-CNDTNL mean? I see Dismissed first and then DSMD-CNDTNL on the timeline of the case.
Brad – I would have to say CNDTNL stands for conditional.
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What does ag-gdlns in the comments of the magistrate info mean?
Sarahjane – Attorney General guidelines.
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What do these ORD MOD & EXT PROB DENIED mean
Melissa – It looks like it’s saying the order was modified and that an extension of probation was denied.
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LTR RCVD FRM DEF FWD TO CRT
What does this mean.?
Tiffany – Letter received from defendant forward (or forwarded) to court.
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Magistrate Release Date:
“BE-GDLN what does that mean ?
Daniella – GLDN stands for guidelines, but we haven’t been able to find anyone who can tell us what the BE stands for. A lot of the time they make up their own abbreviations. It could stand for Bexar, but there’s no way to be sure without calling and asking.
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Rc02 meaning?
I know what rc01 means but cant seem to find any info on what RC02 means
Sara – That’s decades old terminology. It stands for releasing cell 1 and releasing cell 2. One of the cells had females who were being processed to be released and the other had males. Many things have changed since then, but the terminology stuck.
What does REJ-DECLINATION mean in case events description? I know case status says closed but it doesn’t say closed because of dismissal it says closed and then the last notation is REJ-DECLINATION
Reynaaa – According to thelawdictionary.org, which cites from Black’s Law Dictionary, Declination means: “A plea to the Jurisdiction, on the ground that the judge Is interested in the suit.” It sounds like the judge has some personal interest or connection. That could be many things such as being a friend of, or even a relative of, the person being tried or any of the attorneys. Or maybe there’s a financial interest. Anything that could cause the judge to be biased could fit in this category. We recommend you speak to the individual’s attorney to find out what is happening.
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What does OR I/I REMOVAL V0000P0000 and IN LIEU OF I/I ORDER AND CONT W/NO mean?
Nichole – I haven’t seen this one. Do any of our readers know what this means? If so, please share your knowledge with our community. Thank you.
Im having a hard time understanding
1: A/A:REF TO DRUG COURT;DEFT TO
2: REMAIN IN CUSTODY UNTIL REFERRAL
3:IF NOT ACCEPTED DEFT TO SAFPF
Ellie – I’m not sure what A/A stands for, but the rest says: Referred to drug court. Defendant to remain in custody until referral. If not accepted, defendant will be sent to the Substance Abuse Felony Punishment Facility.
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What does these 2 mean?
Date Description
2/14/2023 EFILE ENVELOPE NBR 72766740
2/14/2023 MT MOD CONDIT BOND
Kathy – The first is just a location number. The second appears to say that a motion has been entered to modify the conditions of the bond.
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