Texas, Tarrant County
Where Fort Worth's records are kept. Fort Worth has its own city government, police department and municipal court; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Fort Worth's own offices, along with State of Texas offices; the Tarrant County offices are on our Tarrant County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
City of Fort Worth, Texas, home to more than 1 million residents, with animal services, water bill and parking ticket payment, careers, garbage and recycling, development and permitting and city news.
Open official site City of Fort WorthPolice & jail
Fort Worth Police Department website with online police report filing, police report search, crime reports and mapping, department reports on transparency, the auto pound and recruiting.
Open official site Fort Worth Police DepartmentPolice & jail
City of Fort Worth Open Records Center for police records, municipal court records, other city records and EMS records, explaining public information requests and exemptions under state law.
Open official site Fort Worth Open Records CenterCity records
The Fort Worth City Secretary at 100 Fort Worth Trail records and preserves the city's legislative history and official documents and handles council agendas, speaker registration, elections, boards and alcohol permits.
Open official site City Secretary's OfficeCity records
Fort Worth public records search covers council agendas, minutes, M&Cs, informal reports and contracts, with public information requests online, in person, by mail or email to 100 Fort Worth Trail.
Open official site Public RecordsMunicipal court
Fort Worth Municipal Court, a court of record for fine only Class C misdemeanor cases, handles parking and traffic citations, court payments, virtual court appearances, case lookup and warrants.
Open official site Fort Worth Municipal CourtPolice & jail
FBI national most wanted criminals, search for Fort Worth area subjects.
Open official site FBI Most WantedPolice & jail
Texas Department of Public Safety division that compiles criminal history sent by local agencies into statewide files, with a criminal history conviction name search, fingerprinting services and the sex offender search.
Open official site Texas DPS Crime Records DivisionProperty records
Texas Comptroller pages on property tax exemptions, appraisal protests and appeals, appraisal review boards, statewide tax rates and a directory of each county's appraisal district and tax office.
Open official site Texas Comptroller Property Tax AssistanceVital records
USAGov explains how to get certified copies of birth and death certificates, copies of marriage and divorce records, and replacements for lost or stolen government ID cards.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Copies of Vital Records and IDsCounty court
The federal judiciary's national index of district, bankruptcy and appellate court cases. Searching needs a free PACER account; pages cost $0.10, capped at $3 per document, with quarterly charges of $30 or less waived.
Open official site PACER Case LocatorFederal
USAGov sends you to your state's unclaimed property office, which holds most unclaimed money, and to federal searches for back wages, pensions, IRS refunds, savings bonds and deposits from failed banks.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Unclaimed MoneyVital records
The Social Security Administration explains survivor benefits, monthly payments to eligible relatives of workers who paid Social Security taxes before death, including who qualifies, possible amounts and when to report a death.
Open official site Social Security Survivor BenefitsPolice & jail
U.S. Department of Justice search of public sex offender registries from every state, territory and many tribes by name or ZIP code; address radius searches cover only states that send coordinates.
Open official site Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public WebsiteFederal
USAGov explains checking your registration through Can I Vote, which opens your state's election website, and advises doing it before the state deadline, which can be up to 30 days before an election.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Confirming Voter RegistrationCounty court
Federal judiciary guide to finding a case in PACER: search the court where it was filed for current data, or the nationwide PACER Case Locator, updated daily. A PACER account is required.
Open official site PACER Find a CaseState records
Quick search for missing children near Fort Worth Texas.
Open official site Center for Missing & Exploited Children, TexasFederal
The Census Bureau's QuickFacts tool for Fort Worth city, Texas, home to 918,915 people at the 2020 Census, gives basic statistics on its people, businesses and geography.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsEverything else, organized
17 more Fort Worth sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Fort Worth, a place of 918,915 people, is the seat of Tarrant County. Court and property records sit with Tarrant County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Texas. Fort Worth's own offices are in the cards above, and our Tarrant County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 8 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 1 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 63 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The mineral the records name is construction sand and gravel.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
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Voter registration in Texas is run by the Texas Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, polling places and the local election office for Fort Worth. New voters can fill in the Texas application online, but it must be printed, signed and mailed to the Tarrant County voter registrar; driver license holders can also register when they renew or update the license online with the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Deeds for property in Fort Worth are recorded by the Tarrant County Clerk, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Tarrant County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Texas come from the state vital records office, Texas Vital Statistics. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Same county
Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.