Texas, court records
Texas has no single database of court records: search appeals in TAMES, and trial court cases through each county's district or county clerk. Federal cases are in PACER.
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Home of the Texas Judicial Branch, with guides to the Texas court structure, annual statistical reports and links to the appellate courts.
Open official site Texas Judicial BranchCourt records
TAMES case and document search for the Supreme Court of Texas, the Court of Criminal Appeals and the numbered courts of appeals.
Open official site TAMES, Texas appellate case searchCourt records
How Texas trial courts work, where witnesses are heard, evidence is received and verdicts are reached, from district courts to justice and municipal courts.
Open official site Texas Trial Courts OverviewCourt records
Supreme Court of Texas, the court of last resort for civil matters, made up of the chief justice and eight justices.
Open official site Supreme Court of TexasCourt records
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state's highest court for criminal cases, with a presiding judge and eight judges. Death penalty appeals come to it directly.
Open official site Texas Court of Criminal AppealsCourt records
Anderson County government home page, with online court payments, commissioners court agendas and meeting videos, elections and county notices.
Open official site Anderson County, TexasCourt records
109th District Court of Texas in Andrews County: dockets, court schedules and the judge, at 201 N Main, Room 201, Andrews. Phone 432-524-1419.
Open official site Andrews County, 109th District CourtCourt records
Archer County District Clerk on the second floor of the courthouse at 100 S. Center, Archer City. Phone 940-574-4615.
Open official site Archer County District ClerkCourt records
Atascosa County government home page, with county departments, the public defender's office, notices and contacts for county offices.
Open official site Atascosa County, TexasCity records
Bailey County government home page. The county judge's office is (806) 272-3077, and the other county offices are listed on the site.
Open official site Bailey County, TexasCourt records
Bastrop County Court at Law at 804 Pecan Street, Bastrop, phone (512) 581-4277, with the judge, court staff and criminal court calendars.
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State Law Library guide to finding Texas and federal court records. It explains that Texas has no single database of court records.
Open official site Texas State Law Library, court records guideEverything else, organized
24 more Texas sources not listed above.
Guide
Texas divorces are district court cases kept by the district clerk of the county. The file is open unless sealed, with one statutory pause: Family Code 6.411 withholds a new divorce file from non-parties in a county of 3.4 million or more, which is Harris County, until service of citation or the 31st day after filing, whichever is sooner. There is no statewide financial affidavit; the sworn inventory and appraisement of all property and debts that the court may order under 6.502(a)(1), and that some counties require by local rule, in Tarrant County as an exchange between the parties, is public when filed, as are the decree dividing the estate, any mediated settlement agreement or agreement incident to divorce, temporary orders and qualified domestic relations orders.
re:SearchTX is the statewide search and district clerks run their own portals, Travis County's free with family cases from 2006 forward, with copies at $1 per page for the first 10 pages there. Rule 76a leaves Family Code filings outside its definition of court records, so its notice and hearing procedure does not apply to them, and sealing is by motion and order. The Texas asset search page explains what the inventory shows.
Guide
Record guide
At a glance
Texas trial court records are kept by the district clerk and the county clerk of each county; the State Law Library's court records guide explains where to look for each kind of case.
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State court records are usually free to view at the courthouse and often free online, with per-page fees for certified copies. PACER charges $0.10 per page (capped at $3.00 per document), waived under $30 per quarter.
No. A sealed case is hidden from the public docket index by court order. Its existence may still be confirmable by number, but documents are not accessible.
Civil cases involve disputes between parties (contracts, torts, family). Criminal cases are brought by the government. Both are indexed by the same court clerks but tracked in separate sub-dockets.
Not in one search. PACER covers all federal courts. Most states have a statewide judiciary portal that covers their state courts, but a few require per-county lookups. This page links to Texas's official portal.
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