Search Crane County Court Dockets

Crane County Court Docket Searches

Start by identifying venue. Felony, family, and district civil matters normally route to the District Clerk and the 109th District Court. Constitutional County Court matters, including county misdemeanors and probate, route to the County Clerk. Crane County Justice of the Peace records include lower-dollar civil claims and county traffic matters. City ordinance and city Class C cases stay with Crane Municipal Court. The county links re:SearchTX as the statewide electronic case route, but the service returned an access error during research. That makes the local clerk routes more than a backup.

Gather the cause or citation number, party name, case type, court, and a filing-year estimate. A broad name alone may match the wrong person or miss an unintegrated court. Use the following order:

1. Choose district, county, justice, municipal, or federal venue.
2. Search the matching official portal by number or name.
3. Compare the court, filing date, party role, and case type.
4. Read events and hearings without assuming every document is open.
5. Ask the correct clerk for a plain or certified copy.

re:SearchTX in Crane County

The official re:SearchTX guide splits Cases from Hearings and offers an Advanced control. Partial searches work too. Supported fields accept a wildcard like joh* for a party, attorney, or judge. You can sort results by newest filed date, oldest filed date, or case number. Open a result and you may see case information, parties, judicial officers, filings, documents, and hearings. Some documents require a cart and checkout. The index itself is free to view.

Do not treat the portal as proof of full Crane County coverage. Its landing page can return HTTP 403. No private Crane case has been tested against it. If it stalls, call the District Clerk, County Clerk, JP clerk, or Municipal Court. Pick whichever fits your venue. A blank result may mean a separate local system, restricted material, delayed integration, or a bad search. It does not mean no case exists.

Court Dockets: What They Show

A docket tracks a case's activity in order. It is not the whole case file. The state interface shows the location, case category, case type, and filed date. Parties, aliases, attorneys, and judicial officers get tied to the case as well. Event rows can carry the date, event, and type. Comments, documents, pages, price, and status may appear too. Filings and hearings show up wherever the court supplies them. Treat those labels as a statewide inventory. They are not a promise that every Crane County case fills in every field.

A schedule is a different animal. The 109th annual PDF groups possible settings but lists no party names or cause numbers. It cannot stand in for a case docket or a hearing notice.

Crane Docket Search Routes

Crane County offers several docket search routes because its courts handle different case classes. The District Clerk and the County Clerk share the courthouse address. Each still holds different legal custody. The JP runs a Tyler violation portal for county citations. Crane Municipal Court posts a court page and downloadable forms. It offers no public city docket portal. Federal matters go through PACER and the Western District of Texas systems. They do not go through a county office.

Texas Topics is its own separate channel. Its citation and notice search takes a name, cause number, court or county, and status. It does not cover traffic tickets.

Crane County Courts and Their Dockets

The 109th District Court serves Andrews, Crane, and Winkler Counties. Its Crane dockets include felony criminal cases, district civil matters, divorce, family law, and other district work. The constitutional County Court takes on statutory county matters like Class A and B misdemeanors, probate, juvenile cases, and certain civil filings. Crane County has no separate court at law. The JP handles Class C offenses. It also hosts four civil forums named in its packet: debt claim, small claim, repair and remedy, and eviction. Crane Municipal Court covers city jurisdiction.

Federal cases arising in Crane County belong to the Western District of Texas, Midland-Odessa Division. Bankruptcy goes through that district's bankruptcy court and its federal systems.

One Courthouse, Two Clerks

Andrea Flores appears on both current Crane County clerk pages. The office title still decides where your request goes. For a district docket, contact the District Clerk first. The County Clerk comes first for constitutional County Court records, probate files, and recorded instruments. Both pages list 201 W. 6th Street, Room 110, P.O. Box 578, Crane, TX 79731, phone 432-558-3581, fax 432-558-1148, and coclerk@co.crane.tx.us.

The official-record form wants a recorded name, instrument number, volume and page, and document type. Those fields suit land records far better than an unnamed lawsuit. To ask for a court docket, supply the exact court, cause number, style, case type, date range. Then name the item you need. Say whether you want a docket sheet, a filed document, or a transcript. Plain copies and certified copies count too. The form promises no complicated searches, no legal advice.

Court Dates in Crane County

Start with the official 2026 109th schedule when planning a Crane County court date. It sorts settings into Non-Jury, Civil Jury, Criminal Jury, and Special Setting Week. Those labels mark types of court work, not any single Crane County case. Special settings go through the court administrator. Jury settings can shift as docket conditions change. Treat the calendar as a plan, not a promise. A continuance or reset motion must say which numbered request it is. It might be first, second, third, or later. Temporary-order hearings get thirty minutes per side unless the court approves more.

Confirm any district date with the 109th coordinators at 432-524-1419. Give them the cause number. JP settings run on different local rules. In civil cases, the court sends a trial setting after an answer. The packet says notice generally comes at least forty-five days ahead unless an earlier setting is allowed. Municipal settings belong to the city clerk. The Crane County court schedule breaks out each of these paths. A jury date is only a planning marker. It is not proof that a named case will be heard.

Crane County Setting Terms

Setting words change what a date means. Read the docket event and the notice together. When they conflict, ask the clerk.

Non-jury

A setting handled without a jury, which may cover motions, bench proceedings, or other work.

Civil jury

A jury category for civil matters, not a list of all cases expected that day.

Criminal jury

A criminal jury category subject to case readiness and docket conditions.

Special setting

Time arranged through the court administrator.

Reset or continuance

A change to a setting that does not itself decide the case.

Trust a current hearing notice and a live clerk confirmation over an older PDF or an uncited calendar copy. Fresh word from the clerk wins.

Docket Access Under Texas Law

Texas does not run court records on a simple promise that every page is open. Access to a court case depends on rules, statutes, and orders. The status of the record itself matters too. The Texas Public Information Act matters as background. It will not replace a direct request to the clerk who holds the file. One layer can be public while another stays closed. An index entry may be open. An exhibit, a child-protection filing, a sealed motion, or personal data may remain unavailable.

Crane's local DFPS standing order adds a county-level boundary for covered child-protection files. Juvenile, expunction, nondisclosure, and sealed records need the same care. A missing result is never proof of a case outcome.

Crane County Copy Choices

Know what you are ordering before you pay. A docket sheet is one request. A filed document, a certified copy, and a transcript are three more. The 2024 county fee schedule puts plain copies at $1 per page. Certified copies run $1 per page. That comes plus a $5 certification charge per document, and authenticated-copy certification is $10. The county form also mentions a $5 search charge to a certain extent. Possible card convenience fees may apply as well. Those sources may not state a current universal docket-sheet price. Confirm the item and the amount before paying.

Portal document prices have shifted across official state materials too. Check the live cart and ask the court about certification.

How the Clerk Keeps Docket Records

The clerk keeps the record. Clerks receive filings and tie them to a cause number. They preserve the file and issue copies within access rules. They do not decide a case or give legal advice. The same room and phone appear on both clerk pages. So name the court you need when you call. A written request can go by mail. It can also go by the current email, once the office confirms the right channel.

Current county pages post Monday through Thursday hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Friday runs 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monetary transactions stop earlier. The JP portal announcement differs, so call ahead before any deadline-sensitive payment or visit.

Crane County Search Failures

Four outcomes get confused. They are a no match, a restricted result, a document that will not open, and a portal that will not load. Check spelling and the full case number first. Then verify the court and the filing year. If the portal fails, contact the keeper of that system. If an entry exists but the document is restricted, ask which rule controls access. Repeating a broad search will not open a sealed file. The county form describes public viewing stations and record books. So an office visit may work when remote access does not. Bring enough identifiers with you. For a court date, use the coordinator or clerk. City citations go to Crane Municipal Court, and federal filings move to PACER.

Electronic Access Reached Crane

Texas launched re:SearchTX in 2018. It then required county and district clerks to tie local systems in on a population-based timetable. Supreme Court Order 24-9030 put counties under 60,000 in the final phase. Their deadline was November 1, 2025. Crane County sits in that phase. State material described civil integration but treated criminal integration differently. So the county link does not prove every criminal docket is complete online. OCA materials describe case alerts and notices for attorneys and parties. Technology standards cover source data, roles, permissions, and case types. None of this erases the need for clerk confirmation. Local portals can fail. Courts stay separate, and protected material stays protected. The Crane County link marks the intended state route, while local offices supply the fallback.

City-by-City Dockets in Crane County

Crane is the county's only incorporated city. So the list has one municipal docket and one city page. No unincorporated places pad it out. Crane Municipal Court handles city ordinance and Class C matters. Its official page lists court contact details and forms, but no public municipal docket lookup. City cases do not land in the Crane County JP portal. That stays true even though both courts handle fine-only matters.

Crane County readers should keep two addresses straight. The municipal court sits at 115 W. 6th Street. City Hall is at 115 W. 8th Street. For docket business, contact the court directly rather than City Hall. A case can move through an appeal route. So ask the city clerk to confirm where the record now sits and how the process works.

Map and Directions to the Crane County Courthouse

District Court and County Court records for Crane County are kept at the Crane County Courthouse, 201 W. 6th Street, in downtown Crane. The District Clerk and County Clerk share Room 110 inside the courthouse, though the office title still determines which docket to request. The present courthouse dates to 1948, replacing the county's original 1927 building. The 109th Judicial District Court, which also serves Andrews and Winkler Counties, keeps its coordinator and reporter contacts in Andrews, but Crane case files remain with the Crane courthouse clerks.

Monetary transactions at the counter stop earlier than closing, at 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 3:30 p.m. Friday, and a separate JP portal notice lists slightly different hours, so call 432-558-3581 to confirm the current schedule before a deadline-sensitive visit. No parking, security-screening, or accessibility details for the courthouse were published in the sources reviewed.