Bastrop County TX Criminal Records

Locate a case through the clerk’s official link

For Bastrop County, Texas criminal court records, open the District Clerk’s page and choose “Search Bastrop County Case Records.” The County Clerk also links its misdemeanor court records there. Use the court designation and case number returned by the index to identify the holding office. The County Clerk’s “Official Public Records” service also covers land, business and vital records; that label is not the criminal-case search.

The official case-search destination returned a redirect error during the October 2, 2026 research check. The clerks’ referral links remain published, so try the county’s entry point and use the telephone contacts below if it will not load. This access issue does not show that a particular case is missing. No live search of a person or claim of complete online document coverage is made here.

Choose the office from the case type

Do not select Precinct 1 solely because it is listed here: the citation’s precinct controls. The District Clerk expressly does not accept justice-of-the-peace or misdemeanor fees. A city-issued citation may identify a municipal court instead, so preserve the named court rather than sending every criminal or traffic request to the district office.

Ask for the filing that answers your question

Give the holding clerk the court and case number, defendant’s name, approximate date, and document title or event. Specify whether you need the charging instrument, judgment, dismissal, sentencing order or another filing, and whether the recipient requires a certified copy. An index entry identifies a proceeding; it is not itself the complete case file or a certified judgment. Ask about any access restriction and the delivery method before paying.

The District Clerk’s linked schedule lists $5 per search and $5 to certify a document. It lists “copies” at $1 but does not state the unit in that line; confirm the unit and total with that office. The County Clerk’s separate general fee schedule lists $1 per page copied and $5 per document to certify. Ask the holding office to confirm how its schedule applies to the requested criminal filing, including delivery charges. Do not transfer either clerk’s rates to a justice-court request.

For district-office payments, the posted options include debit/credit cards by telephone, online or in person; money orders and cashier’s checks; and exact cash. Personal checks are not accepted. Confirm the amount and payment reference with the clerk so that a document request is not mistaken for payment of a case fine. Neither clerk page reviewed promises a fixed completion time for a criminal-file copy.

Plan a visit, or request the separate police record

The District Clerk publishes Monday–Thursday hours of 8 a.m.–noon and 1–4:30 p.m., and Friday 8 a.m.–3:30 p.m. The County Clerk lists Monday–Thursday 8 a.m.–5 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m.–4 p.m. Check closures before travel. A July 30–August 4 water-repair notice remains on the district page; it is a dated notice, not evidence of a current October closure.

Bastrop’s public-information guidance sends requests involving elected offices directly to those offices. For a sheriff incident or arrest report, use the separate written request route: [email protected] or Sheriff’s Office, Attn: Open Records Division, 200 Jackson Street, Bastrop, TX 78602. Identify the incident date and report number if known. An arrest report describes the investigation or arrest; request the court’s disposition to establish how the prosecution ended.

Follow a mismatch back to the source record

Compare the available identifiers and each charge’s disposition before associating a case with a person. A shared name, an old address, or a pending charge is not sufficient evidence of a conviction. If the index and an order disagree, ask the holding clerk to explain the docket entry and obtain the actual order. Keep a copy of the result, the search date and the referral so another office can locate the same matter.

For a statewide history or an error in a Texas repository response, use the separate Texas DPS criminal-record services and error-resolution guidance. A local clerk’s copy request does not perform a statewide fingerprint review, and an unavailable local result does not establish an absence of statewide records. Likewise, historical case papers do not verify today’s jail custody; that question belongs with the responsible detention agency.