About Texas Court Records

Texas court records are organized under the Office of Court Administration (OCA) per Government Code Title 2, Subtitle F. The Supreme Court and Courts of Appeals publish opinions at txcourts.gov; District, County, Justice, and Municipal Court records in the 254 counties are searchable through re:SearchTX (subscription) and many county-level public access portals.

Texas Court Records

Statewide Records

Alvin Court Records
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Search the City of Alvin, Texas Municipal Court Records by citation #, court docket #, name, date of birth, or drivers license number.
Texas 6 | Sixth Court of Appeals
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Case record and Opinion searches for the Texas Sixth Court of Appeals in Texarkana, including Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Panola, Red River, Rusk, Titus, Upshur, and Wood Counties.
Texas Supreme Court
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Supreme Court of Texas court calendar, oral arguments, administrative orders, case search, document search, and orders & opinions.

Federal Records

Judgments
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County Records

Collin County
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Collin County court case query. Search individual case types or courts for civil, family, criminal, Justice Court, and Probate case records.
Dallas County
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Civil, criminal, family and probate court records from the Dallas County Clerk and District Clerk.
Denton County
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Denton County Court at Law, District Court, Probate Court, County Court, and Justice of the Peace (JP) court records and calendars.
El Paso County Court Records
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Search El Paso County, Texas court records (all the classics here: criminal, civil, traffic, probate, and tax court). First search is free. Additional searches require paid subscription.
Hays County Court Records
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Hidalgo County Court Records
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Hill County Court Records
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Johnson County Court Records
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Kleberg County Court Records
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Kleberg County, Texas criminal, civil, traffic, probate, and tax court records. Their free Basic plan gives you one search each day. Pay subscriptions allow for more searches.
Lee County
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Lee County District Clerk case history records from civil, criminal, and probate courts.
Midland County
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Register with the Midland County Clerk to search civil, criminal, family, and probate court records.
Nacogdoches County Court Records
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Nacogdoches County, Texas criminal, civil, traffic, probate, and tax court record searches. The free BASIC PLAN allows for one search per day. Get the full paid plan for more searches.
Navarro County Court Records
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Navarro County, Texas criminal, civil, traffic, probate, and tax court records. A free Basic plan gives you one search each day. Paid subscription allows you to do as many as you want.
Nueces County
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Nueces County Courts civil, criminal, probate, guardianship, and family dockets and case records.
Parmer County Court Records
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Randall County Court Records
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Randall County, Texas criminal, civil, traffic, probate, tax court records. Sign up for a free basic plan for one search per day, or pay for a full subscription for multiple searches.
Refugio County Court Records
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Refugio County, Texas criminal, civil, traffic, probate, tax court records. Do one query per day with a Basic plan, or pay for a subscription to do multiple searches.
Victoria County Court Records
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Victoria County, Texas criminal, civil, traffic, probate, and tax court records. Perform one search per day with a Basic plan, or pay for a subscription to do multiple searches.
Williamson County
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Williamson County District Clerk, County Clerk, Judicial Districts, Courts at Law, and Justice of the Peace criminal, civil, family, and probate records, dockets, and calendars.
Wise County
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Wise County court hearings calendar and civil, family, probate, and criminal case records.
Young County Court Records
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Young County, Texas criminal, civil, traffic, probate, and tax court records. Do one search per day with a Basic plan, or pay for a subscription to do multiple searches.

City Records

* Texas 1 | First Court of Appeals
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Case record and Opinion searches for the Texas First Court of Appeals in Houston, including Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Waller, and Washington Counties.
* Texas 10 | Tenth Court of Appeals
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Case record and Opinion searches for the Texas Tenth Court of Appeals in Waco, including Bosque, Brazos, Burleson, Coryell, Ellis, Falls, Freestone, Hamilton, Hill, Johnson, Leon, Limestone, Madison, McLennan, Navarro, Robertson, Somervell, and Walker Counties.
* Texas 11 | Eleventh Court of Appeals
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Case record and Opinion searches for the Texas Eleventh Court of Appeals in Eastland, including Baylor, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Dawson, Eastland, Ector, Erath, Fisher, Gaines, Glasscock, Haskell, Howard, Jones, Knox, Martin, Midland, Mitchell, Nolan, Palo Pinto, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Stonewall, Taylor, and Throckmorton Counties.
* Texas 12 | Twelfth Court of Appeals
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Case record and Opinion searches for the Twelfth Eleventh Court of Appeals in Tyler, including Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Henderson, Houston, Nacogdoches, Rains, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Smith, Trinity, Upshur, Van Zandt, and Wood Counties.
* Texas 13 | Thirteenth Court of Appeals
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Case record and Opinion searches for the Thirteenth Eleventh Court of Appeals in Corpus Christi and Edinburg, including Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Cameron, De Witt, Goliad, Gonzales, Hidalgo, Jackson, Kenedy, Kleberg, Lavaca, Live Oak, Matagorda, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria, Wharton, and Willacy Counties.
* Texas 14 | Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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Case record and Opinion searches for the Fourteenth Eleventh Court of Appeals in Houston, including Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Waller, and Washington Counties.
* Texas 2 | Second Court of Appeals
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Case record and Opinion searches for the Texas Second Court of Appeals in Fort Worth, including Archer, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Hood, Jack, Montague, Parker, Tarrant, Wichita, Wise, and Young Counties.
* Texas 3 | Third Court of Appeals
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Case record and Opinion searches for the Texas Third Court of Appeals in Austin, including Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Coke, Comal, Concho, Fayette, Hays, Irion, Lampasas, Lee, Llano, McCulloch, Milam, Mills, Runnels, San Saba, Schleicher, Sterling, Tom Green, Travis, and Williamson Counties.
* Texas 4 | Fourth Court of Appeals
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Case record and Opinion searches for the Texas Fourth Court of Appeals in San Antonio, including Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Brooks, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, La Salle, Mason, Maverick, McMullen, Medina, Menard, Real, Starr, Sutton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Webb, Wilson, Zapata, and Zavala Counties.
* Texas 7 | Seventh Court of Appeals
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Case records and Opinions for the Texas Seventh Court of Appeals in Amarillo including Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Kent, King, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Lynn, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Terry, Wheeler, Wilbarger, and Yoakum Counties.
* Texas 8 | Eighth Court of Appeals
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Case record and Opinion searches for the Texas Eighth Court of Appeals in El Paso, including Andrews, Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Loving, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Reeves, Terrell, Upton, Ward, and Winkler Counties.
* Texas 9 | 9th Court of Appeals
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Case record and Opinion searches for the Texas Ninth Court of Appeals in Beaumont, including Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Montgomery, Newton, Orange, Polk, San Jacinto, and Tyler Counties.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I find Texas court records?

Use the statewide case-search portal under Statewide for state-court records; PACER for federal.

Are court records free in Texas?

Most case dockets are free online; certified copies and federal PACER have fees.

Can I see sealed or expunged cases?

No — sealed and expunged records are not publicly accessible.

How current are online court records?

Most state systems update overnight or within 24–48 hours of docket events.