Texas, Bowie County
Where Texarkana's records are kept. Texarkana 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 Texarkana's own offices, along with State of Texas offices; the Bowie County offices are on our Bowie County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
City of Texarkana, Texas website with city news, council agendas and minutes, fine payment options, vital statistics, the code of ordinances, financial transparency and water utility links.
Open official site City of Texarkana, TexasPolice & jail
The Texarkana, Texas Police Department employs 91 officers, has been accredited by the Texas Police Chiefs Association since 2008, and posts its general order manual and a compliment or complaint form.
Open official site Texarkana, Texas Police DepartmentMunicipal court
Texarkana, Texas Municipal Court covers fine payments, citation dismissals, deferred dispositions, driving safety courses, trials, juvenile cases and warrants for cases filed with its clerk's office.
Open official site Texarkana, Texas Municipal CourtCity records
Texas Public Information Act requests go in writing to the City Secretary at 220 Texas Blvd., while police and accident records go to Central Records and Communications or its online GovTransfer portal.
Open official site Texarkana Public Information Act RequestsVital records
The Vital Statistics Office at Texarkana, Texas City Hall, 220 Texas Blvd, issues long form birth and death certificates on applications mailed in or dropped off weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Open official site Texarkana Vital Statistics OfficePolice & 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 DivisionPolice & jail
FBI wanted posters, from the Ten Most Wanted list to fugitives, terrorism suspects, kidnapped and missing persons, bank robbers and seeking information cases; tips go to tips.fbi.gov.
Open official site FBI Most WantedProperty 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Quick search for missing children near Texarkana Texas.
Open official site Center for Missing & Exploited Children, TexasFederal
Population, housing and economic facts for Texarkana city, Texas from the Census Bureau, including the July 1, 2025 estimate of 36,195 residents and a land area of 31.37 square miles.
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Local record guide
Local profile
Texarkana, a place of 36,193 people, is in Bowie County, whose county seat is Boston. Court and property records sit with Bowie County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Texas. Texarkana's own offices are in the cards above, and our Bowie 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 6 mine sites inside the city or town limits: 3 past producers, now closed, 1 site producing when the record was made, 1 processing plant, which is not a working, 1 site with no status in the record; the old survey maps add 6 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.
Texarkana lies on the edge of the Texas Region 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 and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, polling places and the local election office for Texarkana. New voters can fill in the Texas application online, but it must be printed, signed and mailed to the Bowie 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 Texarkana are recorded by the Bowie County Clerk, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Bowie 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.
Businesses that operate in Texarkana register with the Texas Secretary of State, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where Texarkana requires one, comes from the town or Bowie County.
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.