Searching Collingsworth County Criminal Dockets
Start with the court. Felonies belong to the 100th District Court. Its criminal records sit with the District Clerk. Collingsworth County Court, backed by the County Clerk, handles county-level misdemeanors. Fine-only matters fall to the countywide Justice of the Peace. Wellington Municipal Court runs its own ordinance and Class C docket. For online lookups, use the official re:SearchTX portal. It lets you search Cases, Filings, Text, and Hearings where records are available.
A cause number is your best tool. No official local number pattern exists, so resist guessing letters or punctuation. If you search by name, trim the results. Use county, court, case type, and date range. Then compare the court and case details closely before trusting any match as your case.
- Identify the court named on the notice, bond paper, citation, or filing.
- Search re:SearchTX by cause number or narrow court filters.
- Review public charges, filings, settings, and disposition entries.
- Treat an empty or partial result as inconclusive.
- Ask the responsible clerk for the public docket or a specific public order.
Collingsworth Criminal Search Limits
Check the eFileTexas active-courts list. You'll see two labels for Collingsworth criminal matters: Mandatory and Search Limited. They are not the same thing. Mandatory speaks to how attorneys file, not to what the public can browse. Search Limited means the court lacks full case-management integration. Only accepted filers may search their own cases under the portal legend.
The 2024 Texas Judicial Council report adds another wrinkle. re:SearchTX's document store excludes criminal case records. So a shell entry, a filing reference, or a hearing may show up. The full documents may not. A miss online can stem from integration gaps, indexing, access rules, or simply the wrong court. It does not prove the Collingsworth County criminal docket is empty.
Filing is not searching. eFileTexas sends filings to courts. re:SearchTX is a separate public search layer with incomplete local coverage.
Inside a Collingsworth Criminal Docket
Collingsworth publishes no sample docket or code legend. So treat each line as a dated event, nothing more. An entry can summarize a court act without attaching the document or explaining what it did; when shorthand confuses you, the clerk can confirm it.
| Cause number | The court identifier and strongest search key; no local format is published. |
|---|---|
| Court | District, County, JP, or Wellington Municipal Court. |
| Charge | The alleged offense; this does not establish guilt. |
| Setting | An arraignment, pretrial event, plea, hearing, or trial to confirm. |
| Motion or order | A request for action or the judge's written direction. |
| Disposition | The result or status, best read with the judgment or order. |
Keep expectations in check when reading entries. "Filed" is a request, not a grant. "Set" means scheduled, not decided. And "disposed" in an annual report is just an aggregate category, never a case-specific result.
Collingsworth Criminal Clerk Route
Jackie Johnson appears on both clerk pages, so pay attention to which office you need. The District Clerk holds the 100th District Court criminal records. The County Clerk holds Collingsworth County Court records. The JP and Wellington Municipal Court keep their own dockets. Both clerk pages list 800 West Ave., Wellington, TX 79095. Telephone 806-447-2408, fax 806-447-2409. Email collingsworthclerk@co.collingsworth.tx.us.
Call before you send anything. Ask whether the office takes mail, fax, or email. Then hold off on payment or private details until you know. The clerk pages state no public-terminal policy or current criminal copy fee.
County and District Clerk
800 West Ave.
Wellington, TX 79095
806-447-2408
Ask which clerk designation holds the cause before requesting a copy.
How a Collingsworth Criminal Case Moves
A docket builds as the case moves. A district felony might open with a complaint and later show an indictment. County, justice, and municipal cases may run on an information, a complaint, or a citation instead. Charge, court, plea, and rulings all shape the path.
Docket flow: Filing › Arraignment › Pretrial › Plea or Trial › Disposition › Sentencing
A continuance only moves a setting; the charge stands. A plea entry is not the judgment, and the judgment is not the sentence or supervision term. When short docket text leaves you guessing, request the related public order.
Collingsworth Criminal Activity Context
The FY 2024 OCA reports give you scale, not a live list of cases. The district row shows 18 criminal cases active at the start, 16 added, 41 disposed, and 11 ending active. For the County Court, the row appears to show 19 active at the start, 24 added, 12 disposed, one inactive, and 14 ending active.
JP figures count fine-only volume in an aggregate report. They do not count people, prove convictions, or tell you where one case stands today.
Courts Holding Collingsworth Criminal Dockets
The 100th District Court spans several counties and takes felony plus assigned district work. Collingsworth County Court is a constitutional county court. It is not a County Court at Law, and it handles the county criminal work within its role.
| Court | Route | Keeper |
|---|---|---|
| 100th District Court | Felony and assigned cases | District Clerk |
| County Court | County misdemeanors | County Clerk |
| Countywide JP | Fine-only cases | JP office |
| Wellington Municipal | Ordinance and Class C | Municipal Court |
Dodson shows no separate municipal court. Don't route a Dodson matter to Wellington just because Wellington has the documented municipal court.
Collingsworth Criminal Docket Terms
Short labels hide big distinctions. The terms here describe common docket events, but no single term states the full legal effect.
- Arraignment
- An appearance addressing the charge and plea process.
- Continuance
- An order moving a setting.
- Deferred adjudication
- Supervision under Chapter 42A, not automatic erasure.
- Disposition
- The resolution or recorded case status.
- Expunction
- A Chapter 55 process whose effect depends on eligibility and an order.
Deferred adjudication does not seal a court record; nondisclosure and expunction are separate legal processes.
Sealed Collingsworth Dockets and Access
Access in Texas turns on record type. It also turns on custodian, law, court rule, and any order in place. The Texas Public Information Act has limits. It does not turn every case file into an ordinary agency record. Rule 12 covers judicial records as that rule defines them. It leaves out many adjudicative files governed by other law. Begin with the clerk of the court that heard the case.
Juvenile records can be confidential under Family Code Chapter 58. Expunction, nondisclosure, sealing, and protected data can also block parts of a file. A case header may show up without attachments. Ask the clerk for the public portion and the reason anything was withheld.
Key rules: Family Code Chapter 58 governs juvenile confidentiality. Chapter 55 addresses expunction. Texas court rules supply the current statewide framework.
Requesting Collingsworth Criminal Copies
Be specific when you ask the clerk for something. Name the item. It could be a public docket sheet, a particular order, a judgment, or a certified copy. Give the court, the cause number, a narrow date range, and how you want it delivered. Say whether certification matters. The county posts no separate fee schedule for docket sheets, plain copies, certified copies, searches, or electronic documents. Ask the office for current cost and payment terms.
One charge you may see is easy to misread. The County Clerk's $16 first-page and $4 added-page fee applies to recording Official Public Records. It does not apply to criminal docket copies. The Collingsworth County case lookup explains how portal results differ from the clerk's official records.
Think about what you actually need. Looking at a file at the counter is one service. Walking out with a printout is another, and a certified copy is a third. Tell the clerk which one you want. If you send the request by mail, fax, or email, confirm first that the office takes that channel. Ask whether payment must come in advance. Include only the personal details the clerk needs to find the case. Part of a record may be restricted. Ask whether a public docket line, a redacted copy, or a public order is still available.
Note: A narrow, well-defined request works better than asking for everything tied to a name.