Criminal Court Cases in Crane County
Crane County criminal court cases divide by court level. The 109th Judicial District Court has felony jurisdiction. Crane County Court holds the county criminal docket, chiefly Class A and Class B misdemeanors. Crane County Justice Court hears fine-only matters within its reach and also performs magistrate work. Crane Municipal Court keeps city ordinance and fine-only state-law cases filed within the city. An appellate record leaves the trial-court path and goes to the Eighth Court of Appeals.
The county and district sides share one records counter, but the dockets remain distinct. The Crane District Clerk page and Crane County Clerk page identify the combined office in Room 110 of the Crane County Courthouse. Tell the clerk whether the matter is a felony, county misdemeanor, justice citation, or city citation. That small step keeps a court case request from being sent to the wrong docket.
The Texas Judicial Branch trial-court overview shows the jurisdiction behind this split.
That statewide structure explains why a Crane County felony search and a city citation search require different custodians.
Two Crane County Criminal Dockets
Crane's combined county and district clerk creates one useful front door with two filing roles. The district side maintains the felony files of the 109th Judicial District Court. The county side maintains Crane County Court criminal filings. Andrea Flores is listed in both clerk roles, and both channels use 201 W. 6th Street, Room 110, Crane, Texas 79731, P.O. Box 578, telephone 432-558-3581, and coclerk@co.crane.tx.us.
A requester can call one office, yet should name the court and case level. Ask whether the Crane County court case is active, archived, on paper, or held in another format. If the case number is unknown, provide the party name and an approximate filing year. For a full file, ask whether the clerk can supply the docket sheet, charging paper, orders, judgment, sentence, and any appellate notice. Document access can vary when a record is sealed or contains protected data.
Combined County and District Clerk
201 W. 6th Street, Room 110
Crane, TX 79731
Mail: P.O. Box 578
432-558-3581
coclerk@co.crane.tx.us
Crane County Case Record Searches
Start with court level, not a broad name query. The official County Clerk Payments tool can search public violations without sign-in, but it is a payment and violation interface, not a complete image bank for every Crane County criminal case. The district clerk also links a public court portal. That portal returned an access error during the research inspection, so the counter, phone, email, and mail channels remain essential.
- Choose the likely court: district for a felony, county for a Class A or B misdemeanor, justice for a county fine-only citation, or municipal for a city case.
- Open the official County Clerk Payments search and use a case or citation number when known.
- When no number is known, use the name and date-of-birth route. Treat a no-result screen as a lead, not proof that no case exists.
- Try the district clerk's linked portal, then call or email Room 110 if access fails or needed file images do not appear.
- Contact Justice Court or Crane Municipal Court on its own for fine-only cases.
- Ask the correct clerk for plain or certified copies and a current price quote.
| Search route | Type | Required | Format or use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case or citation number | Text | Not stated | Best first route when the number is known |
| Driver license and state | Text and dropdown | Not stated | State list includes Texas and other U.S. jurisdictions |
| SSN and date of birth | Text and date | Not stated | Date format is MM/DD/YYYY |
| Plate number and state | Text and dropdown | Not stated | Vehicle-information route |
| First name, last name, DOB | Text and date | Not stated | Public name-search route |
| Business name | Text | Not stated | Separate business-name route |
The search page labels six routes and states no per-search fee, result limit, download option, or routine maintenance window. Confirm the official county link before entering a driver-license number, Social Security number, or other sensitive identifier.
Missing Crane County Court Cases
A “not found” message in County Clerk Payments does not establish that Crane County has no case. The service calls itself a violation and payment tool. A district felony, an older paper file, an archived case, or a lower-court matter may require another route. The portal itself tells users to call the court when a case cannot be found.
The district clerk labels its re:SearchTX-linked page as a civil and criminal public portal, but the research visit received HTTP 403. Texas also has no single statewide trial-court criminal search, and re:SearchTX must not be sold as one. The Texas Judicial Branch court-record FAQ directs a person to the clerk or court that holds the file.
The Judicial Branch source captures this key limit for Crane County court case research.
Use Room 110 by phone, email, mail, or counter when the online path fails, and check Justice Court or Municipal Court separately when the charge is fine-only.
Note: A portal miss is not a certified statement that no Crane County criminal case exists.
What a Criminal Case File Contains
A Crane County court case file may contain the filed charge and the court's work after filing. Do not assume every field appears online. No private case was opened during research, so the portal's result fields could not be verified. Ask the clerk whether the particular public file includes the items below, and name the document needed instead of asking for an undefined “background check.”
| Case number and court | Identifies the docket and the court that has authority over it. |
|---|---|
| Charging document | May be a complaint, information, or indictment, based on court and charge level. |
| Docket entries | Chronological register of filings, settings, orders, and recorded outcomes. |
| Hearing dates | Past settings and, where available, the next scheduled court event. |
| Disposition and judgment | Shows whether the filed matter ended in dismissal, acquittal, deferred adjudication, or conviction. |
| Sentence and conditions | Records punishment and court-ordered terms when a sentence was imposed. |
A booking label may differ from the charge later filed by a prosecutor. The judgment and disposition answer a different question from the initial arrest entry. For the broader path from custody to a filed case, use the county's Crane County arrest search only as a starting record, then return to the clerk's docket for the case outcome.
Crane County Criminal Case Copies
The Crane clerk's fee schedule distinguishes three forms of a court record. An ordinary copy is $1 per page. A certified copy costs $1 per page plus $5 certification for each document. Authenticated certification, where the clerk certifies twice, is listed at $10. The posted schedule took effect January 1, 2024, so confirm both the amount and accepted payment before ordering a large Crane County criminal file.
Plain copies are often enough for reading a docket. A certified copy bears the clerk's certification and may be needed when another office asks for official proof of a disposition. Authenticated certification is a distinct clerk service and should be requested only when the receiving office calls for it. Give the clerk a case number, document name, and page range if known. Ask for an estimate when the file is large or archived.
The Texas Office of Court Administration nondisclosure forms show that access status can depend on a court order.
A clerk copy request and a nondisclosure petition are separate tasks, even when they concern the same Crane County case.
Criminal Case Stages in Crane County
A Crane County criminal case develops in steps. Police or the sheriff may make an arrest, but the filed court record begins with the charging process. A complaint, information, or grand-jury indictment may follow, based on charge level. Arraignment places the charge and plea before the court. Pretrial settings can include motions, discovery disputes, plea work, and bond issues. The case then reaches a plea, trial, dismissal, or other disposition. A conviction can lead to judgment and sentence, while an appeal is searched with the Eighth Court of Appeals.
Case flow: Charges Filed › Arraignment › Pretrial › Plea or Trial › Disposition › Sentencing
Crane County posts a Standing Order for Felony Bond Conditions and annual 109th District schedules outside the payment result. Those documents can explain terms or dates that do not appear in a short payment screen. A docket entry is a signpost. The filed order remains the better source for its exact terms.
Read Crane County Case Outcomes
Outcome words carry precise meanings in Crane County court files. A dismissal ends a charge without conviction, but does not by itself prove that every related record has been removed. An acquittal is a not-guilty outcome. Deferred adjudication delays a finding of guilt while the person completes community supervision; successful completion does not automatically erase the arrest and supervision history. A conviction is a judgment of guilt after a plea or trial.
- Disposition
- The recorded result of the filed court case.
- Indictment
- A grand jury's felony charging instrument.
- Information
- A prosecutor-filed charge commonly used for misdemeanors.
- Nolle prosequi
- The prosecutor's formal decision not to continue a charge.
- Community supervision
- Texas's statutory term for what is often called probation.
Read the charge, docket, judgment, and sentence together. A Crane County booking event proves neither the filed charge nor the result. If the local court shows a result missing from a DPS criminal-history record, DPS requires a certified disposition from the court of jurisdiction for error resolution.
Older Crane County Criminal Cases
For an old or offline Crane County court case, call Room 110 with the person's name, likely court, and an approximate filing year. Ask whether the file is active, archived, paper-only, or stored in another format. Then ask whether copies can be mailed, how many pages the file may contain, and what certification will cost. The postal channel is P.O. Box 578, Crane, TX 79731. Email requests go to coclerk@co.crane.tx.us.
Counter hours conflict across three official sources. The district-clerk page shows a noon to 12:30 p.m. closure Monday through Thursday. The county-clerk page shows continuous daytime hours. The payment portal posts a noon to 1 p.m. closure on those days, while Friday is described differently. Anyone driving to the Crane County Courthouse near lunch should call 432-558-3581 first. Monetary transaction cutoffs also occur before the posted closing time.
Note: Confirm current hours and copy payment methods before making a long trip to the Crane County clerk's counter.
Access Rules for Case Records
Crane County court records are requested from the judiciary and its clerk. They do not always follow the same route as an executive-agency request under the Texas Public Information Act. Start by asking the proper court how its judicial records are made available. Public access does not erase limits on sealed material, protected juvenile records, victim-identifying data, or other confidential information. An online view may also omit a document that the clerk can lawfully provide at the counter.
Texas Government Code Chapter 411 limits access to nonpublic criminal-history information and governs orders of nondisclosure. Chapter 552 supplies a public-information process for government records, but it does not override confidentiality law. Expunction under Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 55 removes eligible arrest-related records through a court process. Nondisclosure restricts public release without destroying all government access. Neither remedy should be inferred from a blank portal result.
The official Texas Government Code Chapter 411 text provides the governing source.
The statute helps explain why a clerk may release one Crane County court document while restricting another.