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 October 1, 2026.
Hays County, Texas, has about 292,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Hays 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: Hays County public records, Hays County arrest records, Hays County warrants, Hays County inmate search, Hays County criminal records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Hays County
Court cases from Hays County are filed in the Hays 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 Hays County
For Hays County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at hayscountytx.gov/492/District-Clerk-Records-Search-Copy-Reque (page title: District Clerk Records Search & Copy Requests | Hays County, TX), phone 512-393-7625, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 1, 2026.
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 Hays County
Together, the four agencies in Hays County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,754 arrests to the FBI that year; the District Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Hays County District Court or the County Courts and Justice Courts.
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 Hays County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Hays County criminal records, Hays County divorce records, Hays County traffic tickets, Hays County DUI and Hays County property records.
Cities in Hays County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Hays 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.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Hays County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own court records guide opens there:
- San Marcos (74,316)
- Kyle (65,833)
- Buda (16,090)
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Hays County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at hayscountytx.gov, phone 512-393-7625.
Which court hears felonies in Hays County?
The Hays 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 Hays 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 Hays 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.