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.
Henderson County, Texas, has about 87,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Henderson 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, directory links, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Henderson County public records, Henderson County arrest records, Henderson County warrants, Henderson County inmate search, Henderson County criminal records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Henderson County
Court cases from Henderson County are filed in the Henderson County District Court, which hears felonies, divorces, land title cases and civil cases without a dollar limit.
Below it, 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 Henderson County
For Henderson County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at henderson-county.com/departments/county-clerk (page title: County Clerk | Henderson County), phone (903) 675-6162, Monday - Friday / 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m., 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 Henderson County
Together, the 12 agencies in Henderson County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 882 arrests to the FBI that year; the District Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Henderson County District Court or the County Courts and Justice Courts.
The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at henderson-county.com/departments/district-attorney (page title: District Attorney | Henderson County), phone (903) 675-6100, 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 Henderson County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Henderson County criminal records, Henderson County divorce records, Henderson County traffic tickets, Henderson County DUI and Henderson County property records.
More Official Court Pages for Henderson County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Henderson County and Texas. These court pages from its Henderson County listing were opened again on October 1, 2026 and each one still answers:
- 25.0003, General statutory county court jurisdiction. (txcourts.gov)
Cities in Henderson County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Henderson 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 Henderson County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own court records guide opens there:
- Athens (13,575)
- Gun Barrel City (6,999)
Frequently Asked Questions
Which court hears felonies in Henderson County?
The Henderson 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 Henderson 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 Henderson 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.