Search Dawson County Court Dockets

How to Search the Dawson County Court Docket

Start with the court named on your notice, citation, or prior filing. That name decides where the record lives. The re:SearchTX portal covers participating Texas courts statewide. Dawson County coverage and document access vary by court and record type. A civil, family, land, or felony case in the 106th Judicial District Court should also be checked with the Dawson County District Clerk. County Court and probate matters begin with the Dawson County Clerk. Justice and municipal records stay with those lower courts.

Bring the cause or case number if you can. When the number is unknown, a party name, approximate filing date, case type, and originating court will narrow the search. Do not confuse citation numbers with cause numbers. The county Justice payment portal takes either one. But it does not show the full filing history a court docket carries.

1. Read the court name and record type on the document already in hand.
2. Try re:SearchTX by cause number, then use an authorized name search if needed.
3. Check the case details, filed documents, and hearings as separate result modes.
4. Contact the originating clerk or coordinator to confirm a near-term setting.
5. Ask that clerk for a certified copy when an official record is required.

Dawson County Docket Search Routes

Dawson County splits its records among several offices. Pick the wrong court and your docket search comes up empty. The case may still be alive. Filings for the 106th Judicial District Court start with the District Clerk. The County Clerk keeps the constitutional County Court files along with probate records. Justice Court staff manage their own dockets. These cover Class C matters, traffic cases, and small civil claims. Anything from Lamesa or O'Donnell municipal court begins at the city court itself.

Dawson County offers no single portal that covers every court at once. So if one route turns up nothing, look at the court named on your original paperwork and try that office directly rather than assuming the case vanished.

What a Court Docket Shows

Think of a court docket as the running diary of a case. It names the parties, the court, and the judge. It also tracks filing events, hearing settings, orders, and the final disposition. One caution applies to online views. A portal may leave out protected documents, or cases that have not yet been integrated, and it may tuck case details, documents, and hearings into separate tabs. Remember that a docket sheet is not the whole case file. And an online display is not a certified copy.

Dawson County Docket Terms

Dawson County forms use a few terms that trip people up. A request for a setting asks the court to put a matter on a docket. It does not prove the date was granted. A submission, in turn, may be decided without an ordinary oral hearing. That distinction matters here. The 106th District Court's standing order says summary judgment pleadings are heard by submission. That rule applies unless a written exception is entered.

Setting

A scheduled or requested court event. Confirm whether it has been granted.

Reset

A date or event moved to another time. It does not mean dismissal.

Submission

A matter considered from filed papers without the usual in-person hearing.

Certified copy

A clerk-authenticated record requested from the office that holds the file.

A docket term can shift what an appearance requires. The clerk or court coordinator in that case can confirm its current meaning.

Which Courts Keep Dockets

Several courts keep the records. The 106th Judicial District Court is Dawson County's main general-jurisdiction trial court. It also serves Gaines, Garza, and Lynn Counties. Its Dawson files sit with the District Clerk. The constitutional Dawson County Court keeps its own county-level docket. Justice Court takes minor civil claims up to the statutory limit. It also hears evictions and Class C or traffic cases in its jurisdiction. City ordinance, traffic, and other Class C matters filed by the city go to the municipal courts.

Dawson County Courthouse Records Hub

For in-person work, the courthouse at 400 S. 1st Street in Lamesa serves several court levels at once. The District Clerk office sits on the fourth floor. The County Clerk and Justice Court share the same courthouse address. Their duties stay separate, though. Lead any request by naming the court and the record type you need.

The official Dawson County site is the safest place to start for current department links. County pages and the Office of Court Administration directory disagree on the District Clerk's current name and telephone number. Check both before a time-sensitive visit. Do not trust one page alone.

Mail for several county offices goes to P.O. Box 1268, Lamesa, Texas 79331. The County Clerk asks remote requesters to enclose a prepaid shipping envelope. Before sending funds, ask about the current fee. Ask also about accepted payment and whether another office actually holds the record.

Finding Court Dates and Settings

Use the Hearings mode in re:SearchTX when the Dawson or 106th case is integrated. Write down the court, date, time, hearing type, status, and location exactly as shown. Then confirm a near-term appearance with the originating clerk or the 106th court coordinator. The official local documents page posts request-for-setting forms. But a filed request does not prove an approved court date.

Dawson County publishes no daily or weekly public calendar. The detailed Dawson County court calendar walkthrough covers every route. Phone, clerk-counter, statewide, mail, email, and setting-form options are all there. If a result leaves out a courtroom or start time, never guess at one.

Dawson County Docket Settings

A single date on the docket rarely tells the whole story. The 106th District Court setting forms prove it. The general Request for Setting wants to know if the case is civil or criminal. It asks jury or non-jury, and which judge holds it. It also asks whether another hearing is already set. How long the matter should take goes on the form, and so do the issues still in dispute. Mediation and interpreter needs go on the form too, along with every person entitled to notice. Pro se filers add a few more details. Those include the filing date and the case type. The form also asks whether the parties agree, and how the request gets delivered.

To get a hearing on the district court docket, a request can travel three ways. Email it to the published district court address, fax it to 806-872-7810, or mail it to the county post-office box listed on the form. None of these channels works as a public calendar service for Dawson County.

Public Access to Dockets

Access to a Texas court record depends on what kind of record it is. It also depends on who holds it. Rule 12 of the judiciary generally lets you inspect and copy judicial records during regular business hours. An exception can override that. Court records are not treated like ordinary agency records under the Texas Public Information Act. The Texas Judiciary explains the difference. So the route you take matters. A clerk-held file, a judge-held judicial record, and a county administrative record can each follow a different path.

Restricted Dawson County Dockets

A docket search that returns nothing does not mean no case exists. Sealed, expunged, nondisclosed, juvenile, protected family, and sensitive exhibit material may be withheld or redacted. Some courts list an event on the public docket while holding back the linked document. Other filings have not yet reached the public portal.

The 106th District Court's exhibit instructions warn about sensitive data. That includes photographs of children or injuries. Request only the docket sheet or document you actually need. Do not email private identifiers or sensitive attachments unless the court directs a secure process. The originating clerk decides what can be inspected or copied. The governing order and law control that call.

Questions about expunction or nondisclosure go beyond the docket. Eligibility and legal effect turn on current Texas law and case-specific advice. A public docket entry does not settle them.

The Clerk and Docket Records

No single clerk handles every docket in Dawson County. The District Clerk comes first for the 106th Judicial District Court and its records. The County Clerk serves County Court, probate, and county-clerk files. Justice and city court clerks each hold their own lower-court papers. Statewide search results can help you locate a case. But the originating clerk supplies the controlling file and certified copies.

The County Clerk page lists weekday counter hours and a public email address. For District Court records, use the District Clerk page and verify its contact details, since official sources conflict.

Dawson County Docket Copy Fees

The official fee material lists certified papers at a five-dollar certification charge plus one dollar per page or part, and noncertified papers at one dollar per page or part. Those files carry older date labels, so they do not prove the current price. Ask the right clerk to confirm certification, page count, postage, research time, electronic delivery, vendor costs, and accepted payment before you order copies.

A portal charges one document fee, while the clerk's copy counter charges another. For a certified copy of any Dawson County court record, only the office holding the original file can issue it.

Dawson County Docket District

The 106th Judicial District Court serves Dawson, Gaines, Garza, and Lynn Counties. That four-county structure matters for searches. Keep the county and court fields together in a docket search. A case assigned to the 106th district is not automatically held by the Dawson County District Clerk. The court number alone does not tell you that. Local setting forms name all four counties. Before requesting a document, confirm the county of filing from the cause number, caption, notice, or a clerk response. An appeal from a qualifying local trial court matter goes to the Eleventh Court of Appeals. That is the regional intermediate appellate court. Federal cases belong to PACER and the Northern District of Texas, not to any Dawson clerk search.

Note: The court number identifies the district court. The county of filing identifies the clerk who keeps that local case file.

Court Dockets by City in Dawson County

Dawson County has four incorporated places, and each has a city page here. Lamesa and O'Donnell have municipal courts. Ackerly and Los Ybanez do not have a separate current municipal-court listing. A city citation search must begin with the right court. Start with the issuing agency printed on the citation. Do not assume every city matter belongs in the Dawson County Justice Court.

Map and Directions to the Dawson County Courthouse

District Court records for Dawson County's 106th Judicial District Court are kept by the District Clerk on the fourth floor of the Dawson County Courthouse, 400 S. 1st Street, in Lamesa, the county seat. The County Clerk, the first stop for County Court, probate, and county records, is in the same courthouse building. Official sources disagree on the District Clerk's current name and direct phone number, so confirm the current contact when you call before a visit. The 106th District Court also serves Gaines, Garza, and Lynn Counties, but Dawson case files stay with the Lamesa courthouse clerk.

No official parking, security-screening, elevator, or public-terminal details for the Lamesa courthouse were located, so call 806-329-3315 to confirm hours and the current clerk before your visit; the 106th District Court's April 2026 courtroom rules also restrict weapons, food, and unauthorized recording inside the courtroom.