Criminal Records Online Texas

Match the Texas online service to the record

Texas DPS offers public criminal-history information about convictions and deferred adjudications reported to the state repository. It is a name-based record product, not a universal online court file or a guarantee that every Texas arrest is shown. For an individual prosecution’s filings, use the court and clerk holding that case. For your own identity-based review, DPS has a separate fingerprint process.

The Texas Judicial Branch says its website has no single portal for all trial-court case searches. OCA does not maintain individual case records. District and county cases go to the district or county clerk in the filing county; appellate, justice and municipal records go to the court directly. Use the Judicial Directory linked in its FAQ to locate the correct office.

For a person’s current TDCJ facility or scheduled release, use the Department of Criminal Justice’s Inmate Information search. TDCJ warns that scheduled release dates can change. That custody display is a different record layer from DPS history or the court’s judgment; for a federal prosecution in Texas, PACER and the relevant federal court are the separate court-record route.

Enter the public DPS service rather than Secure Site

Follow the Criminal History Conviction Name Search link from the DPS FAQ. DPS says a CRD Public Website account is required for its public conviction database. The CRD Secure Site is reserved for legislatively authorized entities; a public user should not apply as an eligible organization simply to reach a record. These services have different access rules.

The older crimerecords.dps.texas.gov link currently displays Secure Site language and a $1 search-credit price. That is not a verified public-site price. The public portal returned an access error during this review, so its current online credit price, checkout fees and payment options could not be independently confirmed. Before buying, confirm that you are on the Public Website and read its own price and debit rules; DPS support is 1-855-481-7071.

Prepare identifiers and check each candidate

Start with a person’s full first and last names and known middle or maiden name, plus a complete birth date when available. DPS explains that name searches can produce other people with similar names and can miss the intended record. Compare the identifiers displayed in each candidate before saving or sharing it. Do not convert a familiar name into a confirmed identity match.

Read the outcome as well as the arrest or charge. A deferred adjudication is a distinct disposition; do not relabel it as an ordinary conviction merely because it appears in the public conviction service. Keep the agency, dates and case references attached to the entry. DPS’s repository contains information submitted by Texas criminal-justice agencies, so a response should be described with that scope.

Turn a case reference into an actual court document

When the result identifies a court case, locate that county or municipal court through the Judicial Directory and use its official records search or clerk instructions. Supply the defendant, case number, filing date and exact document, such as the judgment or dismissal order. Ask for certification only if the recipient needs it. A docket listing may help locate a judgment without providing the judgment image itself.

Court access, copy charges and older-file retrieval differ by custodian; the statewide FAQ does not publish one statewide copy price or delivery deadline. Confirm the particular clerk’s rules before ordering. If the online screen omits a filing, ask that clerk whether it is paper-only, not available online or restricted rather than assuming that the document never existed.

Use personal review when identity is disputed

DPS directs a person disputing a name-search result to a fingerprint-based personal review. Its CR-63 instructions provide service code 11FT12 and scheduling through IdentoGO or 1-888-467-2080. The posted personal-review charges are $15 for the criminal-history response plus $10 for FAST fingerprinting. Bring accepted photo identification and payment; results are mailed or emailed to the designated address.

Keep the enrollment receipt and UE ID. DPS asks you to contact it within 14 days after fingerprinting if results have not arrived and says it will not send results for fingerprints over 30 days old. If you are outside Texas, follow CR-63’s pre-enrolled hard-card submission procedure through the vendor rather than mailing an unregistered card to an assumed address. For a FAST appointment, CR-63 lists credit cards, business checks, money orders and employer coupon codes, and excludes cash and personal checks. Bring accepted photo identification; if it is not an unexpired Texas driver’s license, consult the acceptable-ID list linked in the form.

Correct the source that is actually wrong

For missing or inaccurate DPS criminal-history information, the website support page lists 512-424-7256. Identify the disputed event and bring the court disposition or agency documentation that supports the correction. If the underlying court record is wrong, ask that court about its correction procedure too. A repository dispute, correction of a court entry, and a request to seal or expunge a record are different actions; a new search alone does not accomplish them.

Keep a usable result without overclaiming coverage

Save the official service name, search date, submitted identifiers and returned reference before closing the session. For a court document, keep its court and full case number with the file; for a history response, preserve the response itself rather than only a purchase receipt. A no-hit name search means no match for that service and query, not a fingerprint-confirmed statement that a person has no criminal record anywhere.