How to Search for Texas County Warrants

Warrants are issued by courts and empower law enforcement agencies to detain an individual suspected of committing an offense.  The state of Texas is divided into 254 distinct counties which is more than any other state across the United States. Each of these counties contains a constitutional county court which serves as the legislative seat for their respective areas. Consequently, each warrant issued by a judge or magistrate can be retrieved from the records maintained by the clerks of the county courts. Various law enforcement authorities and jail houses as well as the Sheriff’s departments located within the counties also retain Texas County Warrants as a part of their records.

Almost every court record becomes public information in accordance with the government code of Texas, Chapter 552. The public is free to obtain information by conducting a warrant search through the various official data bases available statewide. Local police departments also maintain the warrants served by them and will make the information public on request. However, certain records are not considered to be public for reasons of security.

A warrant contains the full name along with other personal details of the accused individual. The nature of the offense as well as the probable cause of the crime can be found within the warrant. It is also possible to find the date of issue as well as the current status of the warrant from the court or police records of various Texas counties.

Texas County Warrant Search

The Austin Police Department provides the facilities for an online warrant search at http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/police/warrants/warrantsearch.cfm. Most of the warrants that can be retrieved by going through the database reflect court records and may not be very recent in origin. A few of the warrants may in fact be cleared by court appearance or withdrawn for other reasons.

It is possible to retrieve a specific warrant by conducting a search by name. Including the date of birth will help you to limit your search results appreciably. You can also call (512)974-4800 or (512)974-4879 in order to clear your own warrant from the database of the Austin Police Department.

The Warrants division of Harris County will help you obtain specific information about the warrants served by the Sheriff’s department of the county. The official Internet resource http://www.hcso.hctx.net/detective/warrants/wanted.asp displays a list of most wanted with the name, sex, last known address as well as the nature of offense. It is possible to contact the department at (713) 755-6055 in case you fail to find the information.

The Midlands County website (http://www.co.midland.tx.us/da/hotcheckwarrants/) provides an online search facility for warrants served by the county law enforcement agencies.  Conducting a search by name will help you obtain vital information regarding the status of a warrant. A partial name search will also return relevant results.

County Clerks

The clerks of each county court can be approached for warrant information. It is  possible to check out the address and location of each county court in the state of Texas by conducting a search through http://dm.courts.state.tx.us/OCA/DirectorySearch.aspx. The street address as well as the mailing address along with the telephone numbers can be found by accessing the judicial website of each county court in Texas.