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. People 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
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 – The person has been released
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.
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.
What does dvd. Sent to scan mean n ART 2.1397 RCVD mean ??
Jose – It sounds like it was archived.
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