Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Navasota, Texas, in Grimes County, has about 9,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Grimes County District Court and the County Courts and Justice Courts, and the file of each case, kept by the District Clerk for district court cases and the County Clerk for county court cases, is the public record of it. This guide says which court hears what, where to look a case up and who keeps the files.
This guide covers the courts, the records page, criminal cases, kinds of files and common questions.
Related guides: Navasota public records, Grimes County court records, Navasota arrest records, Navasota warrants, Navasota criminal records, Navasota police reports, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Navasota
In Navasota, the Grimes County District Court hears felonies, divorces, land title cases and civil cases without a dollar limit.
The County Courts and Justice Courts take misdemeanors in the County Court or County Court at Law; traffic tickets, evictions and small claims in the Justice Courts.
A city with a municipal court of its own tries the tickets written under its ordinances.
Divorces go to the District Court, and the file stays with the District Clerk.
The District Clerk for district court cases and the County Clerk for county court cases keep the files, and a copy of anything in a file comes from that office, under the court's own rules rather than the Texas Public Information Act.
Looking Up a Case from Navasota
For Grimes County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at grimescountytexas.gov/index.asp (page title: County Court Records Online | County Clerk | Grimes County, TX), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the County Courts and Justice Courts, not to the Grimes County District Court.
Texas has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The appellate courts' case search is at search.txcourts.gov/CaseSearch.aspx?coa=cossup.
What Reaches the Court from Navasota
Together, the three agencies in Grimes County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 375 arrests to the FBI that year; the District Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Grimes County District Court or the County Courts and Justice Courts.
The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at grimescountytexas.gov/district-attorney (page title: District Attorney | Grimes County, TX), phone 936-873-2137, Monday-Friday 8 am - 12 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
The Kinds of Court Files
The court file is one record with several readers: a criminal case from the arrest to the sentence, a divorce from the petition to the judgment, a traffic ticket from the citation to the conviction the court reports to the Texas Department of Public Safety, and an eviction or a lien on land.
The other Navasota guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Navasota criminal records, Navasota traffic tickets, Navasota DUI and Navasota property records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Navasota?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at grimescountytexas.gov/index.asp; it belongs to a lower court, the County Courts and Justice Courts, not to the Grimes County District Court.
Which court hears felonies in Navasota?
The Grimes County District Court, which hears felonies, divorces, land title cases and civil cases without a dollar limit. The County Courts and Justice Courts take misdemeanors in the County Court or County Court at Law; traffic tickets, evictions and small claims in the Justice Courts.
Who keeps the court records in Navasota?
The District Clerk for district court cases and the County Clerk for county court cases. Copies come from that office under the court's own rules.
Is there a statewide court case search in Texas?
No. Each court's records are looked up through that court.
Is this the official Navasota website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.