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Second Court of Appeals for Montague County
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Montague County Sheriff
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Montague Vital Records
Montague Vital Records, the office that issues these certificates, with the application, identification and fee rules it publishes.
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Montague County Directory
Montague County Directory, the county government site, with its department pages, elected officials and contact information.
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Texas child support enforcement
The Texas Attorney General's child support division opens, enforces and modifies child support orders across the state and keeps the payment record of each case.
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U.S. Census Montague County
United States Census Bureau figures for Montague County, Texas, with population, housing, income and business counts from the latest estimates.
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Search Court of Appeals Cases Montague County
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Montague Voter Registration
Montague County Elections Administrator in Montague, Texas, the county office for voter registration and elections, reached by mail at P.O. Box 158 or on State Highway 59 North.
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Constable Montague
Constable Montague: Montague law enforcement, on the official site of the office that keeps it.
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Forestburg Independent School District
Forestburg Independent School District, with the district, school and program information it publishes for Montague County, Texas.
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- Montague County AuditorFinancial records Montague and balance sheet
- Montague County Emergency Management CoordinatorCounty emergency management and the safe room assistance program.
- Montague County Indigent Health Care ProgramResources for Montague indigent care
- Montague Cooperative Extension Office4H, agriculture, extension publiations
- Adult Probation MontagueFind information on Montague adult probation
- Montague Juvenile ProbationJuvenile probation office Montague
- Bowie Independent School DistrictParent, teachers, student, alumni resources, podcasts
- Montague Independent School DistrictFaculty, staff, parents, teachers resources
- Nocona Independent School DistrictParents, students, faculty, staff information
- Saint Jo Independent School DistrictTeachers, school board, parents, students resources
- City of Bowie TexasPublic Records and information for Bowie
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About public records in Montague County
County profile
Montague County at a glance
- State
- Texas
- County seat
- Montague
- Population
- 19,965
- Area
- 938 sq mi
- Founded
- 1857
- Cities and towns
- 5
Montague County offices and records
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Montague County Sheriff's Office is responsible for law enforcement in the unincorporated areas of Montague County.
Police Departments. Law enforcement in Montague County is provided by Montague County Sheriff's Office and several municipal police departments.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Montague County Sheriff's Office, located at 10875 State Highway 59 in Montague, Texas 76251, is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas of Montague County. Texas public records law, specifically the Texas Public Information Act (Texas Government Code Chapter 552), grants citizens the right to request arrest records, incident reports, and booking information from law enforcement agencies.
Arrest Records. They are maintained by the arresting agency, primarily the County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments.
Abandoned mine records
Old mine workings in Montague County
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
What is on record in Montague County
- Old mine sites
- 6
- Past producers, now closed
- 3
- Prospects and occurrences, never worked
- 3
- Producing when recorded
- 1
- Worked underground, in the mine records
- 1
- Main minerals
- Copper; construction sand and gravel
- Holes drawn on the old survey maps
- 72
- Shafts and tunnels
- 0
- What they are
- gravel pit, quarry, gravel/borrow pit - undifferentiated, clay pit
- Maps surveyed
- 1960 to 1982
- Sources
- USGS mineral file and USGS topographic mine features
Is an old working under a property here?
The mine records hold 7 mine sites inside the county: 3 past producers, now closed, 3 prospects or occurrences that were never worked, 1 site producing when the record was made; the old survey maps add 72 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Copper; 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.
Texas mine map and abandoned mine records
- Railroad Commission of Texas, Abandoned Mine Land data mapThe commission's map of abandoned mine land sites (a Power BI map).
- Railroad Commission of Texas, Abandoned Mine Land ProgramThe Surface Mining division program that reclaims pre 1977 mines and closes dangerous underground openings by backfilling, capping or gating.
Named workings recorded in Montague County (6 shown, 73 unnamed on the map)
- Beaver Creek-1Copper | Past Producer | Underground
- Belcherville-1Copper | Occurrence | Surface
- Blevins RanchCopper | Occurrence | Surface
- Pevler Spring-1,2,3Copper | Occurrence
- Nocona Rock Co PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Sadler Sand and Gravel Co Pit-PlantSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
Montague County lies on the edge of the Southwestern Region coal field and the coal there is medium and high volatile bituminous, worked underground in many places. 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 county. 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.
Labor Department file
Wage and hour cases in Montague County
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 46 investigations in Montague County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $206,592 in back wages agreed for 436 workers. The county is the one the Census Bureau puts each employer's ZIP code in. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment.
- Investigations closed
- 46
- Back wages agreed
- $206,592
- Workers due back wages
- 436
- Civil money penalties
- $3,878
- Employers on the record
- 41
| Employer | City | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel T. De Leon | Bowie | 2 | $47,205 | 50 |
| AHC Western Hatters, LLC | Bowie | 1 | $36,138 | 85 |
| Don W. Stark | Bowie | 1 | $33,374 | 7 |
| Johncy Corp. | Bowie | 1 | $16,577 | 38 |
| Arboreta Healthcare, Inc. | Nocona | 1 | $14,361 | 22 |
| Montague County | Montague | 1 | $9,293 | 7 |
| Nostalgia Antique Store and Soda Fountain | Bowie | 1 | $8,420 | 2 |
| Gilbow Tank Truck Service Inc. | Bowie | 1 | $7,598 | 78 |
| Tazco Group Inc | Sunset | 1 | $7,179 | 12 |
| Double X Veterinary Services, LLC | Sunset | 1 | $6,445 | 4 |
| Nocona Hospital District | Nocona | 1 | $6,320 | 23 |
| Nocona Market Place LLC | Nocona | 1 | $4,903 | 2 |
| Nocona Quick Stop | Nocona | 1 | $4,186 | 21 |
| RIA Investments, Inc. | Bowie | 2 | $3,727 | 20 |
| Ria Investment Corp | Bowie | 1 | $2,910 | 2 |
| Apollo HCM, LLC | Nocona | 2 | $2,311 | 15 |
| Hank A. Robertson | Nocona | 1 | $2,301 | 23 |
| Legacy Cleaners LLC | Bowie | 1 | $1,900 | 2 |
| Acme Overhead Door and Gate Company, LLC | Bowie | 1 | $1,185 | 3 |
| United Clinics of North TExas | Bowie | 1 | $675 | 10 |
| Longhorn Cafe House | Bowie | 1 | $668 | 2 |
| Baru Enterprises, LLC | Bowie | 3 | $538 | 8 |
| Blue Ostrich Vineyards, LLC | Saint Jo | 1 | $429 | 1 |
| Sweet Boy's DIner LLC | Bowie | 1 | $369 | 2 |
| My Guru Properties LLC | Bowie | 1 | $112 | 3 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 41 on the Montague County record; 8 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 16 more with smaller records are on the Texas wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
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Where can I find mugshots or booking photos in Montague County, Texas?
Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Montague County Sheriff or a city police department in Montague County. Ask that agency for its record. Texas Business and Commerce Code chapter 109 covers businesses that publish criminal record information, arrest photographs included, taken from public records or bought from DPS and that charge $150 or more to remove it or any fee to correct it; they must keep it complete and accurate and may not publish records they know are expunged or under an order of nondisclosure.
How do I get a criminal background check in Montague County, Texas?
The Texas criminal history record comes from the Texas Department of Public Safety, Crime Records. 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. Fee: $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.
How can I look up sex offenders in Montague County, Texas?
Search the Texas Department of Public Safety Sex Offender Registry, or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
How do I register to vote in Montague County, Texas?
Register with the county voter registrar or through the Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division. Texas has no online voter registration. 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.
How do I look up property records in Montague County, Texas?
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Montague County are kept by the Montague County clerk. Property values are set by the county appraisal district, and tax bills come from the county tax assessor-collector. Source: official state page.
How do I get a birth or death certificate in Montague County, Texas?
Certified birth and death certificates for Texas come from the Texas Department of State Health Services, Vital Statistics. 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. Online at Texas.gov, by mail to Texas Vital Statistics, Department of State Health Services, P.O. Box 12040, Austin, TX 78711-2040, or in person at the Austin office or a local office. Fee: $22.00 for a certified birth certificate, long or short form.
How do I find business license records in Montague County, Texas?
Business entity filings are searched with the Texas Secretary of State, Business and Public Filings. 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.
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