Texas, Colorado County
Where Garwood's records are kept. Garwood has no town government, so its court and property records sit with Colorado County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Texas.
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Garwood has no town government of its own and relies on Colorado County and the State of Texas for its public records. The cards below are the Texas state offices, and the Colorado County offices are on our Colorado County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
Find the location and release information of individuals incarcerated with the Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice.
Open official site Texas Inmates and Offender InformationPolice & jail
Search for felony or misdemeanor criminal charges by requesting records from the Texas state repository.
Open official site Texas Criminal History Background CheckPolice & jail
The FBI Houston Field Office covers Colorado County, Texas. Report federal crimes and tips to this office; your own FBI record comes from the FBI Identity History Summary service.
Open official site FBI Houston Field OfficePolice & jail
Department of Public Safety page on the sex offender registration program, linking the public sex offender registry search, Chapter 62 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and common questions.
Open official site Texas Sex Offender Registration ProgramPolice & jail
Current posting of fugitives and absconders from the Texas Dept. of Public Safety.
Open official site Texas Most WantedPolice & jail
The Texas DPS Highway Patrol patrols state roadways, enforces commercial vehicle rules and responds to crashes and disasters. The page describes its services, travel tips and school bus safety programs.
Open official site Texas Highway PatrolPolice & jail
Renew a Texas driver license or ID card, find a driver license office, apply for a handgun license, and request crime records such as criminal history checks.
Open official site Texas Department of Public SafetyState records
Buy a Texas hunting or fishing license, title and register a boat, read hunting and fishing regulations, and find state parks and make park reservations.
Open official site Texas Parks and Wildlife DepartmentState records
Manage a child support case, apply for crime victims' compensation, file a consumer complaint, and learn how members of the public request records under the Texas Public Information Act.
Open official site Attorney General of TexasState records
The Texas Rangers division of DPS handles major violent crime, public corruption, cold case and officer involved shooting investigations. The page explains its units, the Unsolved Crimes Investigation Program and contacts.
Open official site Texas RangersState records
Find active and inactive corporations by name from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
Open official site Texas Business & Corporation SearchPolice & jail
Information from the Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice about TX death row inmates.
Open official site Texas Death RowEverything else, organized
Local record guide
What we hold on Garwood, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Garwood is an unincorporated community in Colorado County, with no town government of its own, so its local records are kept by the county. The Colorado County offices are in Columbus, the county seat. Each Colorado County office is listed on our Colorado County page.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 1 mine site inside the city or town limits: 1 past producer, now closed; the old survey maps add 1 hole 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.
Garwood sits over a mapped coal field and the coal there is lignite, worked mostly at the surface. The two federal files record a shaft, an adit or a deposit where one was drawn on a survey sheet or catalogued as a site; neither file carries the outline of the workings, so the counts above are not the measure of what was mined under this town. The record that shows it is the mine map, held by Railroad Commission of Texas, Abandoned Mine Land data map and linked below.
Texas abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
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.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Texas is run by the Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division, and the county voter registrar keeps the roll for Garwood. Texas has no online voter registration: the form goes in by mail or in person at a registration office. Your county voter registrar must receive your application at least 30 days before an election; you can fill out the application online, but you must print, sign and mail it to the registrar.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Texas come from the Texas Department of State Health Services, Vital Statistics. The fee is $22.00 for a certified birth certificate, long or short form. You can get vital records in the county, city or district where the event occurred, and some local offices also provide birth records from anywhere in the state.
Deeds for property in Garwood are recorded by the county clerk, the county appraisal district sets the assessed value, and the county tax assessor-collector sends the tax bill. Our Colorado County page lists those offices.
Incident and crash reports for Garwood come from the Texas Department of Public Safety, the office linked above. Ask its records staff for a copy and give the date, the location and the report or case number if you have it.
Businesses that operate in Garwood register with the Texas Secretary of State, Business and Public Filings, which runs the state business entity search. The State of Texas does not require a general business license; the Governor's Business Permit Office says local permit requirements must also be met.
Texas criminal history checks are run by the Texas Department of Public Safety, Crime Records. The fee is $10.00 for a name based check done offline through DPS; $15.00 for a fingerprint based check, plus $10 for fingerprinting at a FAST location. Run an online name based search of deferred adjudication and conviction records through the DPS Criminal History Conviction Name Search, or have fingerprints taken by appointment at a DPS FAST location.
Same county
Other places in Colorado County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Colorado County records are on the county page.