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Find the Right Lubbock Criminal Case Without Searching the Wrong Office

Lubbock County criminal records are easier to find once you know one important local detail: misdemeanor and felony cases are maintained by different clerks. County Court-at-Law misdemeanors go through the County Clerk, while felony cases filed in district court go through the District Clerk.

Start with the county’s Public Access portal when you need a court case. Use the Sheriff’s active roster when someone may still be in jail, and contact the arresting agency when you need the police narrative instead of the court docket. The guide below shows exactly where each record lives and what to do when an online search comes up empty.

Search Lubbock court cases Check current jail custody Misdemeanor or felony?

Full legal name Date of birth Approximate filing year Case number if known Booking or SO number

LUBBOCK RECORD WINDMILL ROUTING CASE

JAIL ROSTER
BOOKING / SO#

COUNTY CLERK
MISDEMEANOR

DISTRICT CLERK
FELONY

CASE

ROUTING

RIGHT RECORD HOLDER FOUND

A criminal record search is not a guilt determination. An arrest, booking, complaint or pending charge does not establish guilt. Read the court disposition before describing a case as a conviction.

Public court portal

Free registered access to County Clerk and District Clerk case-index information.

Misdemeanors

County Clerk Criminal Department, Room 207.

Felonies

District Clerk Criminal Department handles district-court cases.

Current jail

Search by name, booking number or Sheriff’s Office number.

Reviewed

Local procedures checked August 17, 2026.

Start with the question

Which Lubbock criminal record are you actually looking for?

CURRENT CUSTODY Is the person in jail now?

Use the Sheriff’s active jail roster. Search by name, booking number or SO number.

Go to jail search

MISDEMEANOR CASE County Court-at-Law history

Search the public court portal, then use the County Clerk for misdemeanor copies and certification.

Go to misdemeanor records

FELONY CASE District-court criminal history

Use the District Clerk record path for felony filings, docket events and case documents.

Go to felony records

POLICE NARRATIVE What allegedly happened?

Request the offense, incident or arrest record from the Sheriff or police agency that created it.

Find arrest reports

TEXAS HISTORY Need more than Lubbock County?

Use Texas DPS when you need public statewide criminal-history information instead of one county docket.

Check Texas history

CORRECTION / CLEARING Is an old result wrong or still public?

Obtain the final disposition first, then decide whether the issue is correction, expunction or nondisclosure.

Review record options

The local distinction that matters

Misdemeanor and felony records do not go to the same clerk

County Clerk: misdemeanor criminal cases

County Court-at-Law misdemeanor cases are maintained by the Lubbock County Clerk.

Office: 904 Broadway, Room 207
Criminal Department: 806-775-1046
Lobby hours: Monday–Friday, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
The office will not perform a criminal name search for you by phone.
Search the public portal first and call with the case number.

Misdemeanor copy instructions

District Clerk: felony criminal cases

Felony cases filed in Lubbock County district courts are maintained by the District Clerk.

Office: 904 Broadway
Criminal Department: 806-775-1578
Main office: 806-775-1585
Felony numbers use the DC-year-CR-number structure.
Magistrate cases use a separate MAG case format.

Felony search instructions

The shortcut: You do not need to decide which clerk before running your first online search. Lubbock County’s Public Access system includes public County Clerk and District Clerk case information. Once you identify the case type, use the correct clerk for documents, certification and case-specific questions.

Public court portal

Search Lubbock County criminal cases online

Open Lubbock County Public Access

Use the county-operated portal for available County Clerk and District Clerk case information.

Open Public Access

Create a free registered account

A standard public account provides access to available case-index information.

Validate the registration email promptly

Lubbock County states that the email-validation link must be used within three days.

Do not request elevated access if you are an ordinary public user

If the portal asks whether you want elevated access, the county instructs normal public users to bypass that request by selecting the Home button.

Search the person carefully

Use the complete legal name and narrow by known case information. Compare middle names, suffixes, filing dates and court type before opening a likely match.

Identify whether the result is County Clerk or District Clerk

This tells you which office controls copies and certification.

Save the exact case number

A case number is much more useful than asking a clerk to locate a person by name.

Review parties, attorneys and scheduling information

These fields help confirm that you found the correct case.

Find the disposition, not simply the last status label

Look for the actual outcome of each count: pending, dismissed, deferred, plea, conviction, acquittal or another court action.

Use the courthouse computers when an online document is unavailable

Public-access terminals at 904 Broadway allow users to search court records and view available documents, including some material not viewable through ordinary online access.

Important portal limitation: A normal registered account provides case-index details such as general case information, parties, attorneys and scheduling information. Lubbock County states that ordinary registered-user access does not include document images.

Public courthouse computers:
Lubbock County Courthouse
904 Broadway
Lubbock, TX 79401

Case-history decoder

Do not confuse an arrest, charge, docket event and disposition

What common criminal-record entries actually answer
Record item	What it tells you	What it does not prove	Best next step
Booking	The person entered jail custody.	That prosecutors filed every booking charge.	Find the corresponding court case.
Complaint / charge	An offense allegation was filed or recorded.	Guilt or conviction.	Follow the docket through disposition.
Cause number	The identifier for one court case.	That there are no additional cases.	Search the same person for other causes.
Attorney	Counsel currently associated with the case record.	The lawyer still represents the person today.	Check the newest docket event.
Court setting	A scheduled hearing or proceeding.	That the setting was actually held.	Read later docket entries.
Bond	A release condition connected to a case.	That the person was released.	Check the current jail roster.
Dismissal	The identified charge was dismissed.	That every charge from the incident was dismissed.	Review every count and cause number.
Deferred adjudication	The case followed a specific deferred-adjudication path.	That the record disappears from public systems.	Review nondisclosure eligibility separately.
Conviction / judgment	The court entered a conviction or judgment for the identified count.	That another case has the same outcome.	Order a certified judgment when proof is needed.

Same-name warning: Before treating a criminal case as belonging to a particular person, match multiple identifiers such as full name, middle name, date of birth, booking/SO number, filing year and known arrest circumstances.

County Clerk

Get misdemeanor criminal records and certified copies

Do the search yourself first. The County Clerk specifically states that its staff does not conduct criminal searches and will not search by name for the existence of a case over the phone.

Search Public Access Find the misdemeanor case number and exact case name.

Decide which document you need Examples may include a complaint, order, judgment, dismissal or another filed document.

For a mailed copy, call 806-775-1046 Give the misdemeanor case number and case name and ask staff to verify the current copy cost.

For the County Clerk’s online credit-card copy route, call 806-775-1044 first The office instructs users to verify the document cost before submitting the online request.

Specify whether certification is needed Do not pay for certification when a normal copy is sufficient.

Current County Clerk misdemeanor-copy information
Item	Published amount or rule
Normal copy	$1 per page.
Certification	Additional $5 when certification is requested.
Online card vendor charge	$2.50 or 2.95%, whichever is greater.
Telephone payment	The County Clerk states that it cannot take the copy payment by phone.
Requests received after 10 a.m.	The office states they are mailed the next business day.

Lubbock County Clerk – Criminal
904 Broadway, Room 207
Lubbock, TX 79401
Criminal Department: 806-775-1046
Main office: 806-775-1076
Lobby: Monday–Friday, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

District Clerk

Search Lubbock County felony and magistrate cases

Felony case format

The District Clerk gives this example:

DC-2023-CR-XXXX

The hyphens matter when searching by case number.

Magistrate case format

The District Clerk gives this example:

PFF-2023-MAG-XXXX

Magistrate records use a different case-number structure from a filed felony cause.

Select Lubbock County – District Clerk – Criminal Use the criminal record category rather than civil or family.

Enter the full case number with hyphens Do not remove the separators from DC-year-CR-number cases.

If the filing began as a magistrate case, use the MAG number The magistrate entry may appear before a later felony filing.

Follow the history beyond initial appearance Look for indictment or charging activity, bond orders, motions, hearings, plea, dismissal, judgment and sentence.

Contact the Criminal Department when the expected case will not appear Have the defendant’s name, approximate year and any magistrate or jail information ready.

Lubbock County District Clerk
904 Broadway
Lubbock, TX 79401
Criminal: 806-775-1578
Main office: 806-775-1585
Archives: 806-775-1322

Need a document that is not visible online? Public courthouse terminals can be used to search records and view available documents. District Clerk Archives is the appropriate contact for older district-court record questions and copies.

Current custody

Use the jail roster when the case may have started with a recent arrest

The Sheriff’s current Active Jail Search allows searches by name, booking number or Sheriff’s Office number. Lubbock County also publishes its jail roster in downloadable PDF and Excel formats and describes the roster information as real-time.

Open Active Jail Search Open Jail View

Search the full legal name first

Use the booking number when known

Save the SO number for later jail services

Record all displayed charges

Check bond information after magistrate review

Continue to the court portal for the final case outcome

Lubbock County Detention Center
3502 N. Holly Avenue
Lubbock, TX 79403
Automated: 806-775-7009
Detention Records: 806-775-7015

Why a recent arrest may not appear

Booking is still processing

Fingerprinting, paperwork, classification and magistrate procedures can occur before the record is useful to the public.

The person already left custody

A released person may no longer be obvious from a current-custody search. Continue to the court portal.

The case never involved county jail

A citation, municipal matter or another county booking can create a criminal case without a current LCDC roster entry.

Initial appearance and release

Do not rely on a bond amount until the magistrate has acted

Booking The person enters the Lubbock County Detention Center and the jail record begins.

Initial appearance The Sheriff states that magistrates conduct initial appearances at least twice daily and sometimes more often.

Bond setting Once set, bond information is updated on the online jail roster.

Payment or surety The full bond can be posted at the Detention Center bond window, or a local surety company may post bond subject to its terms.

Release processing Bond payment does not mean the person walks out immediately. Every applicable case and hold still must clear.

Check every charge. A person can have one case with a posted bond and another case, warrant or hold that prevents release.

Initial Appearance live stream: Lubbock County provides live Detention Center hearings when they are being conducted. The Sheriff states that these streams are not archived and recording the hearing is prohibited.

Check Initial Appearance live stream

Police and Sheriff records

A court case is not the same document as an arrest report

Lubbock County Sheriff record

The Sheriff requires open-records requests to be made in writing.

Email: LCDCRecords@LubbockCounty.gov
Fax: 806-775-7991
Mail: P.O. Box 10536, Lubbock, TX 79408
In person: 712 Broadway, Lubbock, TX 79401

Include a valid email, fax number or mailing address so the written response can be returned.

Open Sheriff records instructions

Lubbock Police Department record

LPD maintains a separate online police-report system. Certain information is automatically redacted, and some reports are excluded from online release because of privacy or legal restrictions.

Search available online crime reports.
Register or log in when requested.
Use the incident number when available.
For material not available online, submit a written open-records request.

Open LPD Online Police Reports

Copy-ready Sheriff records request

Under the Texas Public Information Act, I request the releasable records concerning [full legal name] and the incident or arrest occurring on or about [date] at [location]. Known identifiers include booking number [number], SO number [number], case number [number] and agency report number [number]. Please provide the releasable offense or incident report, arrest-related record and identified attachments. Please notify me before processing if the estimated charge will exceed $[amount].

Ask the correct agency. The Detention Center can hold someone arrested by another law-enforcement agency. A jail booking does not mean the Sheriff created the underlying offense report.

Lubbock Police Records: 806-775-2803
Police Headquarters: 1205 15th Street, Lubbock, TX 79401

Warrant questions

Verify a warrant without treating a wanted list as a complete criminal history

Sheriff warrant questions

Contact the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Warrants Division when you need current warrant information connected to the Sheriff’s Office.

Warrants Division: 806-775-1422

Court verification

Search the criminal court record as well. An old docket entry can show a warrant that was later served, recalled or otherwise addressed.

Check the court case

Safety rule: Never attempt to confront, detain or locate a person yourself because of an online wanted record. Contact law enforcement for current verification.

Family visiting someone in custody

Register before driving to the Lubbock County Detention Center

Create a Smart Communications account Registration can be completed from a smartphone, computer or jail kiosk. Open SmartInmate

Send the inmate a connection request The inmate must accept the request.

Submit visitor registration Include a valid photo ID and a recent photo of yourself for comparison.

Wait for facility approval The Sheriff states that applications are typically reviewed within 24 hours.

Schedule at least 24 hours ahead Visits must be scheduled one day in advance.

Current Lubbock County visitation rules that commonly cause problems
Rule	Published guidance
Visit hours	8:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m.; final visit must begin no later than 9:30 p.m.
Adult visitor	One adult visitor per inmate per visit.
Children	Up to two children may accompany the adult visitor.
Daily limit	A visitor can visit an inmate once per day on-site.
Identification	Visitors over 17 must present acceptable government-issued identification.
Lockers	Prohibited personal items go in provided lockers. The Sheriff states lockers require a solid quarter, which is returned afterward.
Special Housing Unit	Visits must be scheduled through jail staff at 806-775-7019.
Remote visits	Available for qualifying general-population inmates, scheduled by the user, with a fee.

Dress rules are enforced. Halter or tank tops, see-through material, exposed midriff, cutoff shorts, overly tight or revealing clothing, offensive graphics and gang-affiliated clothing can result in denied or terminated visitation.

Visitation information: 806-775-7018
Special Housing scheduling: 806-775-7019

Mail, messages, phone and money

Use the SO number before sending anything to someone in jail

Regular postal mail

Address ordinary inmate mail to:

Lubbock County Detention Center
Inmate’s Name and SO#
P.O. Box 9136
Seminole, FL 33775

The inmate’s name and SO number must be clearly written on the envelope or postcard. Regular mail is scanned into the Smart Communications system for tablet or kiosk viewing.

Legal mail and official documents

Lubbock County Detention Center
Inmate’s Name and SO#
P.O. Box 10535
Lubbock, TX 79408

The Sheriff lists this route for legal mail, court documents, bank statements and publications. A return address is required.

Commissary, tablet and general account

Money can be placed through the Detention Center lobby kiosk or Access Corrections.

Access Corrections: 866-345-1884

Facility number: 20172

Open Access Corrections

Phone-only account

The Sheriff currently directs phone-only funding through IC Solutions.

Phone funding: 888-506-8407

Blocked-number assistance: 866-228-4031

Open IC Solutions

Messages and care packages

Electronic messages

SmartInmate accounts can be used to send electronic messages that the inmate receives through the tablet system.

Open SmartInmate

Care packages

The Sheriff currently directs approved family and friend care-package orders through Access Securepak.

Open Access Securepak

Case privacy: Ordinary jail calls, tablet messages and social visits are not confidential attorney-client communications. Avoid discussing evidence, witnesses, passwords or defence strategy.

Picking up inmate property

For someone currently incarcerated, begin at the Detention Center bond window with valid photo identification. The inmate must authorize the release. The Sheriff states that valuable-property releases are normally handled on an all-or-nothing basis.

Legal help

Find appointed or private counsel without relying on jail solicitations

Request appointed counsel

A defendant who cannot afford a lawyer should request appointed counsel through the magistrate or assigned criminal court. Eligibility is determined through the court process.

Office of Court Administration: 806-775-1355

Private Defenders Office

Lubbock County lists the Private Defenders Office as the contact for concerns involving court-appointed criminal counsel.

1401 Crickets Avenue
Lubbock, TX 79401

806-749-0007

Hire a private lawyer

Verify the lawyer’s Texas licence and disciplinary status and request a written fee agreement.

State Bar Find a Lawyer

The State Bar Lawyer Referral & Information Service can also match callers with an attorney or another legal resource. Its published telephone number is 800-252-9690.

Texas criminal history

Use DPS when one Lubbock County case is not enough

Texas DPS name-based history

The DPS Criminal History Name Search is broader than the Lubbock County court portal.

Create a public CRD account.
Enter first and last name.
Add middle or maiden name and full date of birth when available.
A search credit currently costs $1.
A search that returns no matching record still uses a credit.

Open Texas DPS public search

Fingerprint-based personal review

Name-based searches can match the wrong person or miss the correct one. DPS states that fingerprint identification is the reliable method for positively linking a person to a criminal record.

If you are disputing your own Texas history, use the DPS Personal Review process rather than relying only on another name search.

A Lubbock County search is not a statewide background check. County records answer what was filed locally. Texas DPS answers a different question about public criminal-history information reported to the state.

After transfer to Texas prison

If the person is no longer in the county jail and has entered TDCJ custody, use the Texas Department of Criminal Justice search for current location, offenses and projected release information. Open TDCJ Inmate Information

Old or inaccurate history

Correction, expunction and nondisclosure solve different problems

Find the complete case Save the case number, court, charge and final disposition.

Determine whether the record is wrong Compare the court record with the jail entry, police report and DPS history.

Correct factual errors first Contact the office that actually maintains the incorrect field.

Consider expunction only if legally eligible Expunction is a legal process, not a normal records-correction request.

Check nondisclosure separately Texas nondisclosure can restrict public disclosure of certain eligible records without erasing every government record.

Lubbock District Clerk expunction contact

Expunctions: 806-775-1373

Open Lubbock County expunction information

Texas nondisclosure forms

The Texas Judicial Branch publishes current instructions and forms under the applicable Government Code sections.

Open Texas nondisclosure forms

Do not assume dismissal automatically removes the record. A dismissed case can remain visible in court, arrest or commercial databases unless a separate legal process applies.

Local shortcuts

Small Lubbock details that save a wasted call or trip

Validate the portal email within three days

Otherwise the Public Access registration may not complete correctly.

Skip elevated access

If you are an ordinary public user and the portal asks for elevated access, the county tells you to use the Home button instead.

Keep felony hyphens

Search a felony as DC-year-CR-number rather than stripping punctuation from the case number.

Do not call the County Clerk for a name search

The office says it will not conduct criminal name searches. Find the case number online first.

Use courthouse terminals for missing documents

The public computers can display available documents that are not included with a standard online account.

SO number matters at the jail

Save it from the roster before setting up mail, visitation, deposits or other inmate services.

Contacts and locations

Lubbock County criminal-record offices

Lubbock County Courthouse

904 Broadway
Lubbock, TX 79401

County main line: 806-775-1000

County Clerk Criminal

904 Broadway, Room 207
Lubbock, TX 79401

806-775-1046

District Clerk Criminal

904 Broadway
Lubbock, TX 79401

806-775-1578

District Clerk Archives

806-775-1322

Email: dcarchives@lubbockcounty.gov

Lubbock County Sheriff

712 Broadway
Lubbock, TX 79401

806-775-1400

Detention Center

3502 N. Holly Avenue
Lubbock, TX 79403

806-775-7009

Detention Records

806-775-7015

Jail card and detention-record questions.

Sheriff Warrants

806-775-1422

Lubbock Police Records

1205 15th Street
Lubbock, TX 79401

806-775-2803

Private Defenders Office

1401 Crickets Avenue
Lubbock, TX 79401

806-749-0007

Lubbock County Courthouse map

Lubbock County Detention Center map

Court, jail and records procedures can change. Before travelling, confirm the office, room number, hours, identification requirements and whether the document you need is available online.

10 practical questions

Lubbock County criminal-record questions answered

How do I search Lubbock County criminal records online?

Start with the Lubbock County Public Access court-record portal. Create a free registered account, validate the email link within three days, and search criminal cases by the available party or case information. The portal includes public County Clerk and District Clerk case information. Use the County Clerk for misdemeanor cases and the District Clerk for felony cases.

Who keeps misdemeanor and felony criminal records in Lubbock County?

Lubbock County splits criminal court records between two clerks. County Court-at-Law misdemeanor cases are maintained by the Lubbock County Clerk. Felony criminal cases filed in district court are maintained by the Lubbock County District Clerk. The county’s Public Access portal allows registered users to search records from both offices.

Can the Lubbock County Clerk search a misdemeanor case by name over the phone?

No. The County Clerk states that the office does not conduct criminal searches and will not search by name over the phone. Search the county’s online court-record portal first. Once you have the misdemeanor case number and case name, contact the Criminal Department for copy information.

What format is used for Lubbock County felony case numbers?

The District Clerk states that felony cases use a format such as DC-2023-CR-XXXX, including the hyphens. Criminal magistrate cases use a format such as PFF-2023-MAG-XXXX. If the case cannot be found using the expected format, contact the District Clerk Criminal Department.

Can I view Lubbock County criminal court documents online?

A normal registered Public Access account provides case-index information such as general case details, parties, attorneys and scheduling information, but the county states that document images are not included for ordinary registered-user access. Public computers at the Lubbock County Courthouse can be used to search records, view available documents and request copies from the appropriate clerk.

How do I find someone currently in Lubbock County Jail?

Use the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Active Jail Search. The current jail roster can be searched by name, booking number or Sheriff’s Office number. The Detention Center is at 3502 North Holly Avenue in Lubbock. For questions, call the automated detention line at 806-775-7009 or Detention Records at 806-775-7015.

How much do certified misdemeanor criminal copies cost in Lubbock County?

The Lubbock County Clerk currently lists misdemeanor criminal copies at $1 per page plus an additional $5 for certification when requested. For mailed copies, contact the Criminal Department with the case number and case name to verify the exact cost before sending payment.

How do I request a Lubbock County Sheriff arrest or jail record?

The Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office requires open-records requests to be made in writing. Requests may be submitted by email to LCDCRecords@LubbockCounty.gov, fax to 806-775-7991, mail to P.O. Box 10536, Lubbock, Texas 79408, or in person at 712 Broadway in Lubbock.

How do I find bond information for someone in the Lubbock County Detention Center?

Check the active jail roster after the person has appeared before a magistrate. The Sheriff’s Office states that initial appearances occur at least twice a day and sometimes more often, and bond settings are updated on the online roster. A full bond may be posted at the Detention Center bond window, or a local surety company may be used.

Can a Lubbock County criminal record be expunged or sealed?

Some Texas records may qualify for expunction, while others may qualify for an order of nondisclosure. Eligibility depends on the arrest, charge, disposition, waiting period and criminal history. Obtain the complete Lubbock County disposition first. The District Clerk maintains an expunction section, and Texas courts publish current nondisclosure forms and instructions.

Official research paths

Primary sources for live searches and current rules

Lubbock County courts

Sheriff and jail

Police and Texas records

Accuracy and legal-use notice

Texas-arrest.org is an independent informational website. It is not Lubbock County, the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office, Lubbock Police Department, County Clerk, District Clerk, Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Department of Criminal Justice or a law firm.

Criminal case status, jail custody, bond information, court settings, copy fees, office hours, providers and online access rules can change. Use the live government source before making a legal, employment, housing, financial or publication decision.

A criminal charge or arrest is an allegation. Every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until guilt is established through the legal process.

Last official-source review: August 17, 2026. The article intentionally separates jail custody, law-enforcement reports, misdemeanor court records, felony court records and Texas statewide history because each answers a different question.

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