Reviewed and updated October 11, 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 11, 2026.
Wichita County, Texas, has about 130,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Wichita 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: Wichita County public records, Wichita County arrest records, Wichita County warrants, Wichita County criminal records, Wichita County police reports, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Wichita County
In Wichita County, the Wichita County District Court 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 Wichita County
For Wichita County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at wichitacountytx.com/locations/district-clerk (page title: District Clerk | Wichita County), phone (940) 766-8100, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), 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 Wichita County
Together, the five agencies in Wichita County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,080 arrests to the FBI that year; the District Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Wichita 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 Wichita County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Wichita County criminal records, Wichita County divorce records, Wichita County traffic tickets and Wichita County property records.
Cities in Wichita County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Wichita 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 Wichita County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population:
- Wichita Falls (102,372)
- Burkburnett (11,101)
- Iowa Park (6,583)
Frequently Asked Questions
Which court hears felonies in Wichita County?
The Wichita 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 Wichita 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 Wichita 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.