Get Ochiltree Court Records

How to Get Court Records

Pick the right custodian first. District Clerk Shawn Bogard keeps district felony, civil, and family files. County Clerk Sandra I. Limas holds county criminal, civil, juvenile, probate, and mental-health cases. The Justice Court handles traffic, small claims, evictions, and similar justice records. Perryton and Booker municipal clerks keep city cases of their own.

For eligible statewide matters, check re:SearchTX. Recorded instruments live in the County Clerk's records portal. That portal is not a universal case-file search. When the internet falls short, call or email. You can also mail a request or visit the office that holds the court record.

1. Identify the court and exact existing record.
2. Gather the cause number, party name, document title, and date range.
3. Choose online, phone, email, mail, or counter service.
4. Ask for electronic, regular, or certified copies.
5. Confirm the current search, copy, and delivery charge.
6. Keep the request and the custodian’s response.

Ochiltree Court Record Custodians

Several offices inside one building hold Ochiltree County court records. The courthouse sits at 511 S. Main Street, Perryton, Texas 79070. The District Clerk shares a phone at (806) 435-8054 and email at sbogard@ochiltree.net. The County Clerk works out of Suite 8. Reach that office at (806) 435-8039 or countyclerk@ochiltree.net. The Justice Court answers at (806) 435-8020 and justiceofthepeace@ochiltree.net.

Hours differ by office. County Clerk doors stay open Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. There is no lunch closing. The District Clerk closes at noon Monday through Thursday. It reopens from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and shuts down at 12:30 p.m. on Friday. Before driving to the courthouse for a docket or a case lookup, call ahead. Hours and practices can shift.

Types of Court Records

An Ochiltree County court record comes in layers, so ask the clerk for the layer you actually need instead of "everything." The docket is the chronological index. Filed documents carry the substance behind each entry. Administrative index data helps staff pull and copy the file once a case number is in hand.

• Docket sheets and chronological event entries
• Pleadings, motions, answers, and service returns
• Signed orders, judgments, and disposition documents
• Probate, guardianship, family, and juvenile files where access is lawful
• Justice Court petitions, answers, eviction records, and citation files
• Calendar settings and hearing-request information

Not every record is a case file. OCA activity reports tally aggregate data rather than individual matters. The 84th Court Daily Docket is a calendar, not the complete register of actions. And deeds, liens, and plats recorded by the County Clerk prove ownership interests. They do not prove that a civil lawsuit exists.

Ochiltree Court Systems Compared

OCA’s 2025 clerk verification names NetData as the case-management system shared by both the District Clerk and the County Clerk. No public NetData login exists. The official CARD directory supplies court and personnel search fields. re:SearchTX serves as the statewide repository for eligible cases, filings, documents, and hearings. eFileTexas handles filing and service, not historical public viewing.

A directory entry can tell you which Ochiltree County court handles a matter, but it will not hand over the actual court record. That part takes a separate step. Send your request straight to the office that keeps the filings once you know which court you are dealing with.

What a Court Record Contains

What sits inside an Ochiltree County court record varies. It depends on the type of case and how much of it the public may see. The pieces below reflect the layers the official forms and court sources describe. Treat it as an inventory of what a filing can hold. Live names are not something to guess at. Cause details from local civil and criminal dockets are not either. Every layer, from the initial filing to the final order, belongs to the record itself.

A docket entry that reads “motion filed” is only a request. It does not show the motion was granted. To know the outcome, read the signed order. A calendar entry proves just as little: it shows an event was scheduled, not what happened.

Ochiltree CARD Records Context

CARD stands for the Texas Court Activity Reporting and Directory system. It serves the whole state with two jobs. Its directory tools help you tell a court from a clerk. Its reporting tools pull aggregate activity numbers. It is not, however, a public warehouse of individual Ochiltree County pleadings and judgments. The CARD landing page keeps its reports and directory functions clearly apart. That page shows where each tool begins and ends. So you can pick the right one before you dig into a docket search.

Pay attention to which division handles the count. Big-picture totals say something about workload in Ochiltree County, but they prove nothing about one case. For a true result, read the docket of the court named on the matter and check the signed judgment.

Certified Copies and Fees

A regular copy just reproduces whatever the court record holds. A certified copy costs more. The clerk authenticates it for official use. Certification still does not make the facts current, and it settles no legal question. Before you pay, ask the office receiving the copy. Ask whether it wants a regular, certified, authenticated, or exemplified version.

These figures come from the 2026 County Clerk fee schedule. They apply only to County Clerk records. A District Clerk filing sits outside that schedule, so do not carry these prices over. There is no single response time or one set court-copy price across every office. Confirm the charges and the accepted payment methods before you send the request.

Ochiltree Record Request Form

The County Public Information Request Form asks for your contact and mailing details. You state whether you prefer written replies by email or standard mail. Describe the records precisely. You may add a date range. It also asks for a regular or certified copy choice. Whether you want an electronic copy and your consent choices for mandatory and discretionary redactions appear there too.

Read the warnings on the form. Clarification, narrowing, and charges may all apply. The form promises no fixed processing time, and it does not require government identification. It is a county-office form. Treat it as just that, not as a universal request for every court record. Check with the office that holds the file on how it wants the form delivered. Options include email, mail, or hand delivery. For a judicial file, name the court, the cause number, the document you need, the dates, and the format you want.

Public Access and Sealed Records

Access to Texas court records does not depend on a blanket claim. The Texas Public Information Act is not the route here. Government Code section 552.0035 treats judiciary information differently. Supreme Court rules, or other applicable law, control it. Rule 12 generally lets you inspect and copy nonexcluded judicial records during business hours. One limit stands out. The clerk need not create a new record that does not already exist.

Not everything in a court file is open. Sealed, expunged, juvenile, protected family, mental-health, medical, financial, and sensitive-identifier material may be withheld or redacted. Rather than guessing at restricted contents, ask the clerk whether a public docket event, a redacted copy, or a certified status record is available instead.

Ochiltree Court Jurisdiction Check

A record can look missing simply because you asked the wrong court. Texas district courts, constitutional county courts, justice courts, and municipal courts each hold different jurisdiction. Appeals generate their own records at the Seventh Court of Appeals. Federal matters involving Ochiltree County sit in the Northern District of Texas, Amarillo Division, which uses PACER rather than state or county systems. The Texas judiciary explains trial-court jurisdiction by level."]},{

Think of the comparison as a legal map for clerk routing. It cannot settle a jurisdiction fight in a disputed case. What it can do is point you toward the Ochiltree County office most likely to hold the court file you need.

Ochiltree Archived Record Boundaries

The County Clerk reports that current official records are scanned and indexed back to July 1974. Anything older may need a volume and page. Portal registration is free. Images stay distorted until you pay the locally stated $1 per page. That history covers the linked official-record workflow, not every district or court file.

A missing image can stem from an older paper index. Another clerk, a confidential file, a portal coverage line, or a lack of statewide integration can also be the cause. Give the clerk any document number or volume and page you already have. For mail requests, ask whether that transaction needs a self-addressed stamped envelope. One filing type’s rule may not govern every copy order.

Ochiltree Certified Record Checklist

Before ordering anything, confirm the precise purpose and what the recipient requires. A docket sheet may be enough to follow case events. A signed judgment may be required to prove disposition. A portal image is not a clerk-certified copy. Certification authenticates the reproduction itself, not your interpretation of it.

Keep the request, the receipt, and the response together in one place. If a record is unavailable, ask the custodian to identify whether another office, a rule, a statute, an order, or an expunction controls the outcome.