Criminal Court Cases in Foard County
Foard County court case records are divided by the level of the charge. The 46th Judicial District Court is the felony trial court for Foard, Hardeman, and Wilbarger Counties. Its judge has a regional office in Vernon, but a Foard felony file stays with the Foard District Clerk in Crowell. The constitutional Foard County Court handles the county misdemeanor docket. Foard has no county court at law. Fine-only criminal and citation matters can instead remain with the countywide Justice of the Peace or the Crowell Municipal Court.
The same local official serves as County Clerk and District Clerk. That office dockets, indexes, records, and secures filed court documents. It is the best first contact when the charge level is unclear. The official District Clerk page describes the clerk's custody duties. The image below preserves that public source in context.
The clerk page confirms why filed pleadings and final orders belong at the courthouse rather than with the regional judge's Vernon office.
Foard County Court Case Levels
Choosing the court first prevents a wasted search. A felony complaint may begin before a magistrate, but an indictment and later felony docket entries are kept in the district file. A Class A or B misdemeanor generally belongs in the county criminal docket. The Justice of the Peace and Crowell Municipal Court handle their own fine-only or local matters. A search of one level does not prove that another level has no file.
| Court or office | Criminal record slice | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| 46th District Court and District Clerk | Felony filings and district criminal files | 101 S. Main St.; 940-684-1365 |
| Foard County Court | County misdemeanor docket | P.O. Box 660; 940-684-1424 |
| Countywide Justice Court | Fine-only cases, citations, and magistration | 101 S. Main St.; 940-684-1917 |
| Crowell Municipal Court | Municipal ordinance and fine-only state-law matters | P.O. Box 250; 940-684-1014 |
The official 46th District Court contact page shows the regional court connection.
That regional office does not change the local filing custodian for a Foard County case.
Foard County Case Record Searches
No official county name-search portal was found. Begin with the joint County and District Clerk, then check each lower court that could hold the matter. The state portal is supplemental because its coverage depends on participating courts and available e-filed material. Use exact identifiers when possible, and ask for the document that proves the result rather than relying on a docket label alone.
- Call the joint clerk at 940-684-1365. Give the full name, approximate filing year, and cause number if known.
- Ask for separate district felony and county misdemeanor index searches. Record the court, cause number, filing date, charge, and status.
- Check the Justice of the Peace and Crowell Municipal Court when the matter involves a citation, fine-only charge, or local ordinance.
- Use re:SearchTX as a statewide e-file lead, then verify each result with the Foard clerk.
- Request the judgment, dismissal, plea papers, or other needed file item. Ask for a written copy and certification quote before paying.
The official portal exposes these broad controls, but its guide does not confirm Foard participation, a historical cutoff, every filter, or a document price.
| Field or control | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search category | Tabs | Yes | Cases, Filings, Text in Documents, or Hearings |
| Search | Keyword text | Yes for keyword method | Press Enter or use the search icon |
| Left-side filters | Filter panel | No | Narrows the displayed result set |
| Sign in or Register | Account control | Yes | Uses an account or eFileTexas credentials |
| Export or Save search | Result action | No | Exports results or stores a query |
Foard County Case Clerk Counter
The joint clerk is at the Foard County Courthouse, 101 South Main Street, Crowell, Texas 79227. Mail goes to P.O. Box 539, Crowell, Texas 79227. The court-record phone is 940-684-1365 and the fax is 940-684-1918. Clerk hours are not posted, so confirm access before travel. For a fax request, first ask whether fax is accepted for that copy order and what form of payment the office requires.
County and District Clerk
101 S. Main St.
P.O. Box 539
Crowell, TX 79227
940-684-1365
Fax: 940-684-1918
The clerk publishes no criminal search, plain-copy, or certified-copy fee. Deed and vital-record amounts on the County Clerk page do not establish criminal case charges. Ask for a written quote that names the record, number of pages, certification charge, payment method, and delivery option.
The County Clerk contact and fee page illustrates the published county channel and its limits.
Because it does not state criminal copy prices, direct confirmation remains part of a sound Foard County case request.
Note: Clerk staff can supply records and procedural facts, but the county expressly warns that they do not give legal advice.
What a Criminal Case File Contains
A Foard County criminal case file documents what prosecutors filed and what the court did. It can contain much more than the charge shown in an arrest record. No private-person sample file was opened during research, and no official open sample was available. The field inventory below describes what to request, not a promise that each item is visible online or public in every case.
| Cause Number and Court | Identifies the file, trial level, filing date, case type, and current status. |
|---|---|
| Charging Document | The complaint, information, or indictment states the filed count, statute, and grade. |
| Docket Entries | Chronological filings, settings, motions, notices, pleas, and court actions. |
| Hearing and Plea Records | Arraignment, settings, plea papers, or trial events when filed and releasable. |
| Disposition and Judgment | The controlling outcome, such as conviction, dismissal, acquittal, or deferred adjudication. |
| Sentence and Financial Record | Confinement, community supervision, fines, costs, restitution, and payments where releasable. |
| Bond and Warrant Events | Bond type or amount and capias events when entered in the court file. |
Ask whether the copy is plain or certified. A certified copy carries the clerk's formal authentication. Personal identifiers, protected victim or minor details, sealed material, and nondisclosed information may be removed or withheld under Texas law.
Reading Foard County Case Outcomes
Case status words are easy to misread. “Pending” means the court has not reached a final result. “Dismissed” means the filed prosecution ended without a conviction on that count, but it does not erase the arrest record by itself. “No-billed” means a grand jury declined to indict that charge. An acquittal is a not-guilty result after adjudication. Deferred adjudication means the court put off a finding of guilt while the person completed community supervision; it is not the same as a charge that was never filed.
- Disposition
- The final procedural outcome recorded by the court.
- Information
- A prosecutor-filed charging paper commonly used for a misdemeanor.
- Indictment
- A grand jury's formal felony accusation, also called a true bill.
- Capias
- A court writ directing an officer to take a person into custody.
- Community supervision
- Texas's term for adult probation ordered by a court.
Read the judgment, dismissal order, or other final paper with the docket. A lone charge line cannot show whether the count changed, ended, or led to a sentence. For the arrest-side trail before filing, use the county's Foard County arrest search channels.
Criminal Case Stages in Foard County
After an arrest, Texas law requires magistration without unnecessary delay. The magistrate gives required warnings, deals with counsel and bail, and creates a separate record. A felony may move from complaint to grand-jury review. A true bill becomes an indictment in the district file. A county misdemeanor usually proceeds by complaint and information. Arraignment records the plea, followed by motions, notices, hearings, a plea or trial, and a final judgment. A qualifying appeal then moves to the proper appellate court.
Case flow: Charges Filed › Arraignment › Pretrial › Plea or Trial › Disposition › Sentencing
The re:SearchTX search interface can organize cases, filings, text, and hearings when covered material is present.
The interface is a search aid, not proof that every local filing, old paper case, or restricted document is included.
Foard County Prosecutors and Case Records
Prosecutors shape the filed charge, but the clerk remains the custodian of the court file. The Foard County Attorney handles county-level prosecution from Crowell. The 46th Judicial District Attorney serves felony matters across the three-county district from Vernon. That regional address does not move a Foard indictment into a Wilbarger County clerk file.
The Foard County Attorney page provides the local misdemeanor prosecutor channel.
This source helps identify the prosecutor, while copies of filed motions and orders still come from the clerk.
The 46th District Attorney page documents the felony prosecutor's regional office.
Together, the two prosecutor channels show why charge level controls where questions begin.
Access Rules for Case Records
Texas court files are generally open, but public access has limits. Juvenile records follow separate restrictions. Sealed or nondisclosed documents, protected victim and minor data, Social Security numbers, financial account details, driver-license data, and material made confidential by law may not appear in a public copy. An active law-enforcement matter can also affect access to related agency records, though the court file and police report remain different records.
If a Foard County case does not appear online, call the clerk. Ask whether it is paper, archived, off-site, sealed, or indexed under a different cause number. No local archival cutoff or retrieval fee is published. The absence of an online hit is not a finding that no case exists.
When Foard County Case Searches Miss
Start with what is known. A full name and approximate year can support a clerk index search even when the cause number is missing. Add the charge level, arrest date, or issuing court if legitimately known. Ask the clerk to check both the district and county criminal indexes. Then contact the Justice of the Peace and Crowell Municipal Court on their own lines because a lower-court matter may never appear in a district response.
For older files, ask whether inspection must occur at the counter or whether copies can be mailed. For a portal result with no document, give the clerk the cause number and exact title of the item needed. For a Foard case that has ended, request the final judgment, dismissal, acquittal record, or no-bill information that explains the outcome. This method preserves the difference between a filed court case and the broader Texas Department of Public Safety criminal-history product.
Note: A missing portal result should trigger a clerk search, not a conclusion about whether a Foard County criminal case exists.