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 30, 2026 and October 1, 2026.
Ector County, Texas, has about 170,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Ector 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, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Ector County public records, Ector County arrest records, Ector County warrants, Ector County criminal records, Ector County police reports, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Ector County
Court cases from Ector County are filed in the Ector 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.
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 Ector County
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at co.ector.tx.us/page/ector.district.clerk.infopublicportal (page title: Information: Public Portal to Court Records | Ector County, TX), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 429), so open it in a browser.
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 Ector County
Together, the two agencies in Ector County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,631 arrests to the FBI that year; the District Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Ector County District Court or the County Courts and Justice Courts.
The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at co.ector.tx.us/page/ector.district.attorney (page title: District Attorney | Ector County, TX), phone 432-498-4230, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 429), so open it in a browser.
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 Ector County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Ector County criminal records, Ector County divorce records, Ector County traffic tickets, Ector County DUI and Ector County property records.
Cities in Ector County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Ector County District Court or the County Courts and Justice Courts; tickets under a city's own ordinances go to its municipal court where it has one.
The cities and towns in the county are Odessa and Goldsmith.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which court hears felonies in Ector County?
The Ector 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 Ector County?
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 Ector County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.