Crockett County Civil Docket Searches
Crockett County has no single civil portal covering both courts. Go straight to the keeper of the record. The District Clerk holds 112th District Court civil and family files. The County Clerk keeps constitutional County Court civil and probate records. The state's official structure lists no County Court at Law for Crockett County.
Before you call, gather the cause number and filing county. Add the party names. Bring an approximate filing or hearing date and the exact item you want. Leave sensitive identifiers at home. Then try each route that exists:
- Check re:SearchTX for available public electronic records, but do not treat a missing result as final.
- Call the County or District Clerk at 325-392-2022 and name the court and case type.
- Confirm whether a request may be sent to ninfa.preddy@co.crockett.tx.us or faxed to 325-392-3742.
- Mail a focused request to P.O. Drawer C, Ozona, TX 76943, after asking about copy costs and payment.
- Arrange inspection or pickup at the courthouse counter, 909 Avenue D, because current public counter hours are not posted.
Be specific about what you need. A docket sheet, a single filing, an order, the judgment, and a certified copy are all separate services. Asking vaguely for a "civil file" just slows routing and muddies the fee estimate.
Crockett County Civil Docket E-Filing
The eFileTexas active-court chart shows civil filing as mandatory for Crockett County district, county, and probate courts. Search availability gets a "Limited" label. That pairing matters. A lawyer must file through eFileTexas, yet the public still has no complete Crockett County civil docket sitting behind one broad online search.
A filing system and a docket are different things. The first moves documents; the second records case events. re:SearchTX can serve as a document route, but OCA says no single Texas portal holds every trial-court case search. The public landing route itself throws an access block. None of that means a case is missing.
If a case is missing: Verify the filing county, court level, cause number, and date with the Crockett County clerk before changing search terms.
Civil Dockets: What They Show
Think of the civil docket as a timeline. Each entry marks a paper or order hitting the case file. That could be a petition, answer, motion, order, judgment, or service event. It may also list the next setting. The document itself, though, lives in the file behind the docket. It often needs its own request. Crockett County offers no public field-by-field portal display. So any inventory here describes what a register likely holds rather than a guaranteed screen layout.
| Cause number | The court's main identifier; no Crockett-specific public format was documented. |
|---|---|
| Case style | The non-sensitive caption identifying the parties. |
| Filings | Dated entries for petitions, answers, motions, and other lodged papers. |
| Settings | Scheduled motions, trials, prove-ups, or final hearings. |
| Orders and judgment | Entries showing that a ruling or final judgment was filed. |
When the wording of a document controls, open the document. A docket label can compress an order into one line, and a calendar setting never proves the hearing actually happened.
Crockett County Civil Docket Filing Rules
Civil cases in Crockett County follow state-wide practice rules, not local ones. The Texas Judicial Branch publishes those rules. Check the Texas court rules and standards page to see what any rule cited in a Crockett County civil docket actually says.
That official source puts a Crockett County civil docket entry in context. The clerk's register proves a paper or order exists. The governing rule and the filed document supply its procedural force.
The 112th District Court adds a geographic wrinkle. It spans five counties. Some civil motions filed in one may be heard in another. Final hearings and summary-judgment motions must stay where the case began. One caution: the practice site carries the court's branding. But it does not sit on a government domain. Confirm current instructions with the court administrator.
What Cases Fill the Civil Docket
Crockett County civil records divide by subject and by court. The 112th District Court handles the broader district civil and family load. The constitutional County Court reports civil and probate activity. Juvenile matters are different. Aggregate reports may show a juvenile category. Treat such records as nothing close to ordinary public civil records.
| Case type | Likely court route | Access point |
|---|---|---|
| District civil | 112th District Court | District Clerk |
| Family | 112th District Court | District Clerk, subject to privacy rules |
| County civil | Constitutional County Court | County Clerk or County Court |
| Probate | Constitutional County Court | County Clerk |
| Juvenile | Depends on proceeding | Restricted statutory route |
The state verification source lists active civil, probate, juvenile, and criminal caseloads for the County Court. Family is missing from that list. So start family requests with the District Clerk, not the constitutional County Court.
Crockett County Civil Docket Case Routes
Family and probate cases both sound "civil," but Crockett County splits them between keepers. The District Court handles family functions. Its files can hold protected addresses and details about children. Probate runs through the County Clerk and the constitutional County Court. EFileTexas marks probate filing mandatory. The county posts no public probate case-level search.
Name the exact case category when you ask. For family records, expect redaction or restricted access where Texas law shields personal or child information. For probate, ask the County Clerk whether the docket sheet, a filing, an order, or a certified copy is public. Ask also what identification or fee applies. Skip the marriage-record fee. That one covers a vital record, not a court file.
Juvenile records get their own answer. A zero in one district aggregate report proves nothing about what exists elsewhere. It also never makes such a record public.
Hearings on the Civil Docket
Civil hearings come in several flavors. A setting might cover a motion, a trial, a prove-up, or a final hearing. The 112th District Court practice site says most hearings happen in person. One Zoom docket each month is set aside for prove-ups and pleas. Want a trial date? The site sends parties to the court administrator. It also lays out local steps for motion and jury settings.
That same site allows a motion to be heard at another spot within the five-county 112th District. Final hearings and motions for summary judgment are different. Those stay in the county where the case was filed. So a hearing held outside Crockett County does not mean the Crockett County civil docket moved. It does not mean the filing county changed either. Always confirm with the latest setting and order.
The clerk posts no countywide daily civil calendar. Before you travel, call the clerk or the court. Confirm the date, time, county, hearing mode, and current status. The broader Crockett County court schedule can help you tell a planned setting apart from a filed result.
Note: A reset only moves the scheduled event. It does not dismiss the civil case or wipe out earlier Crockett County docket entries.
Crockett County Civil Docket Activity
Fiscal 2024 official reports split district and County Court work into separate rows. Crockett County's 112th District Court row closed with 266 civil cases and 102 family cases. The constitutional County Court row shows six civil cases. These numbers measure workload in distinct reports, nothing more. They cannot be merged into one public Crockett County civil docket. They also name no parties or documents.
The numbers come from the OCA annual statistical reports. They show local caseload size. For one specific civil case, a cause number and the right clerk still beat everything else.
Who Can See Civil Dockets
Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 76a starts from a presumption that court records are open. Yet the rule also builds in a process and standard for sealing. Other statutes can shield particular content. Family files may hold protected address or child information. Juvenile records face strict statutory limits. One caution: a redacted filing or a clerk referral never proves the original docket was wrong.
Key rules:
Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 76a presumes court records open but permits sealing only under its stated test and process.
Family Code §58.007 limits who may inspect or copy juvenile court and clerk records.
Family Code §85.026 protects certain address and telephone information in the protective-order context.
The Texas Public Information Act covers many county administrative records. It cannot replace case-specific court access. Rule of Judicial Administration 12 has its own limits too. It works as no blanket demand on every elected clerk. If access is denied, ask which rule, restriction, or court process applies. Get the answer in writing when you can.
Crockett County Civil Docket Copies
Decide first whether a plain copy will do. A certified copy carries the clerk's certification and may cost more. Crockett County posts no current general civil or probate court-copy schedule. OCA's civil cost material describes a county-clerk framework. That framework sets five dollars for certification plus one dollar per page. Applicability and current local charges still need confirming before anyone quotes a total.
District Clerk fees sit under a different statutory framework. Different documents carry different charges. A case search, a plain copy, a certified copy, a clerk's record, and an appeal record can each cost something different. re:SearchTX electronic document prices are separate from clerk fees as well. Ask the correct office for a written quote covering pages, certification, postage, format, and accepted payment.
Crockett County Clerk Offices
Ninfa Preddy
P.O. Drawer C
Ozona, TX 76943
325-392-2022
Fax: 325-392-3742
Email: ninfa.preddy@co.crockett.tx.us
One person holds both County Clerk and District Clerk duties publicly. Name the court in every request so the shared contact routes it to the right office.