Montgomery County Criminal Records Search | History and Cases

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Montgomery County, Texas · Felony, misdemeanor, court-history and statewide record routes

Find the Right Montgomery County Criminal Case Without Searching the Wrong Clerk

Montgomery County criminal records are not stored in one single office. If you are looking for a felony case, start with the District Clerk. If the case is a Class A or Class B misdemeanor, use the County Clerk criminal-record system instead.

Once the right case appears, verify the defendant, charge, filing date, court, case status and disposition before treating the record as final. If you need a broader Texas criminal history rather than one Montgomery County court case, switch to the Texas Department of Public Safety search.

Search felony court records Search misdemeanor records Not sure which one?
Full legal name Date of birth Approximate filing year Case number if known Felony or misdemeanor if known
MONTGOMERY CASE SWITCHYARD ROUTING RECORD
NAME · DOB · CASE NO.
DISTRICT CLERK Felony case route COURT HISTORY → DISPOSITION
COUNTY CLERK Class A/B misdemeanor route COURT HISTORY → DISPOSITION
CASE
RIGHT CASE SYSTEM SELECTED
A criminal case search is not the same thing as a complete criminal-history check. Montgomery County court portals show cases maintained by the local clerk. A Texas DPS search serves a different purpose and may contain criminal-history information reported by criminal-justice agencies across Texas.
Felony records

Start with the Montgomery County District Clerk.

Misdemeanors

Class A/B criminal cases are handled by the County Clerk.

Warrants

Use the Sheriff’s official warrant search, then verify with the court.

Texas history

Use DPS when the search needs to extend beyond Montgomery County.

Source review

Official procedures checked August 12, 2026.

Go directly to the Montgomery County task

Felony case route

Search Montgomery County felony records through the District Clerk

The Montgomery County District Clerk states that its Records and Research Department maintains felony files from the 1900s to the present. Its online case system provides public access to criminal records.
Open the District Clerk Court Records Inquiry The landing page provides separate choices for Criminal Records, Civil & Family Case Records and Court Calendar. Open District Clerk criminal records
Select Criminal Records Do not use the civil or family route when researching a felony prosecution.
Use the exact case number when you have it This is normally safer than beginning with a broad name search.
Otherwise search the party name carefully Enter the full legal name and use additional available search fields to narrow people with similar names.
Compare the filing date and court A person can have several Montgomery County cases. Do not assume the first result is the incident you are researching.
Open the case history Read entries in date order so you can distinguish the original filing from later bond orders, resets, pleas, dismissals or judgments.
Look for the final disposition “Closed” is not enough. Find what happened to each charge or count.
Request a certified copy when proof matters A screenshot is useful for research, but an employer, licensing authority, lawyer or government agency may require a certified document.
The District Clerk’s online disclaimer states that case information is displayed in real time, is provided as a public service, is not for official use, and can change. Use certified clerk records when an official document is required.
Montgomery County District Clerk
301 N. Main Street, Suite 103
Conroe, TX 77301
Phone: 936-539-7855
Mailing: P.O. Box 2985, Conroe, TX 77305
County misdemeanor route

Use the County Clerk for Class A and Class B misdemeanor cases

Montgomery County’s County Clerk expressly handles misdemeanor records for County Courts at Law. The office gives examples including many DWI, theft and assault cases and directs felony searches to the District Clerk instead.
Open the County Clerk Court Records Inquiry Open County Clerk criminal records
Select Criminal Records The County Clerk portal also contains Civil & Probate records and a Court Calendar, so choose the criminal branch.
Search the case number first when possible Use the number from a citation, bond document, lawyer, prior court notice or jail result.
Use the full legal name when the number is unknown Check middle names, suffixes and filing dates before deciding two records belong to the same person.
Read each case separately One defendant may have multiple misdemeanor causes with different outcomes.
Check the docket before assuming the case is finished A setting, warrant or payment entry is not the same thing as a final disposition.
The County Clerk does not provide a complete criminal-history check. Its own criminal page directs criminal-history searches to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Montgomery County Clerk — Criminal
Main Office: 210 West Davis, Conroe, TX 77301
Criminal Department: 936-539-7880
General Clerk line: 936-539-7885
Court-result decoder

Do not stop at the case-status label

What a Montgomery County criminal-case field can and cannot tell you
Field
What it helps identify
What it does not prove
Best next step
Case / cause number
One court case.
That another case under the same name is unrelated.
Use the exact number for future searches and copy requests.
Defendant name
The party name entered in that case.
Identity when several people share the same name.
Compare DOB, filing date and other identifiers.
File date
When the court case entered the clerk’s system.
The exact arrest or offense date.
Compare with jail or law-enforcement records.
Charge
The offense associated with that court count.
Guilt or conviction.
Read the disposition and judgment.
Case status
A broad administrative state such as open or closed.
How the charge ended.
Locate the actual dismissal, plea, judgment or other outcome.
Court
Which court is handling the case.
The judge or setting has not changed.
Check the newest docket entry and court calendar.
Warrant
Warrant-related activity may exist in the record.
A warrant remains active today.
Verify through the court or Sheriff before acting.
Bond
A financial or release condition connected to a criminal case.
The person will be released after one amount is paid.
Check all active cases and holds.
Disposition
How that charge or count was resolved.
Another count in the same case ended the same way.
Review every count separately.
Never translate “case closed” into “convicted.” A closed case may involve dismissal, conviction, acquittal, deferred disposition, transfer or another procedural outcome. The disposition controls the answer.
Build a usable timeline

Follow the criminal case from arrest to final court action

Arrest or citation A law-enforcement agency creates the arrest, incident or citation record.
Booking or release If the person enters county custody, the Sheriff’s jail system may create a booking record.
Case filing The criminal allegation becomes a court case in the appropriate clerk system.
Initial court activity Bond, counsel, settings, motions or other early entries may appear.
Charge changes The filed offense can differ from an arrest or booking description.
Plea, trial or dismissal The docket begins to show how individual counts were resolved.
Judgment or disposition Use this record when you need the final legal outcome.
Later record activity Appeals, probation-related events, nondisclosure, expunction or other orders may affect what remains publicly visible.
For an employment, licensing or immigration question: save the cause number and obtain the actual disposition or certified judgment instead of relying on a booking page or a third-party background report.
Copies and record research

Get a Montgomery County felony disposition or certified court document

District Clerk Records and Research fees currently published
Service
Published fee
When it is useful
Plain copy
$1 per page
Personal research or a non-certified file copy.
Certified copy
$1 per page + $5 certification fee per document
Official proof of a filing, judgment or disposition.
Criminal name search
$5 per name per 10-year search
When you need District Clerk staff to search a defined Montgomery County period.
Criminal records data request
$9.35 per request
District Clerk data supplied by CD, FTP or email as described by the office.
The District Clerk accepts cash, money orders and cashier’s checks for its listed copy-request process and states that personal business checks are not accepted. Confirm the current total before mailing payment.
Locate the case online first Write down the exact cause number, defendant name, court and document you need.
Decide whether plain or certified is necessary Do not pay for certification when a simple research copy will satisfy the purpose.
Describe the document precisely Examples include judgment, dismissal order, indictment, plea paperwork or another identified filing.
Submit the District Clerk copy request Records can be requested in person or by mail using the office’s Request for Copies process.
Allow for record research The District Clerk says statute allows up to 10 business days to respond to requests, while its stated goal is generally 4–5 business days.
Mail felony-record copy requests to:
Montgomery County District Clerk
Attn: Records and Research
P.O. Box 2985
Conroe, TX 77305
Phone: 936-539-7855
The District Clerk states that fax requests will not be filed. Use the current in-person or mail process described by Records and Research.
Open Records and Research Open District Clerk home
Warrant check

Use the Sheriff’s warrant database as a lead, then verify it

Montgomery County provides a separate Sheriff warrant-search portal. It accepts either a name search or warrant-number search.
Search by name

Enter the full last name and at least the first letter of the first name. A middle initial is optional.

Search by warrant number

Use the warrant number when it appears on a court notice, prior record or other reliable document.

The Sheriff says the warrant page is not an official court record. Do not use it as confirmation or probable cause that a warrant remains active, and do not confront or attempt to detain anyone.
Search Montgomery County warrants Verify felony court activity Verify misdemeanor court activity
Read the newest docket entry. An older docket can show that a warrant was issued even though a later entry shows service, recall, bond or another change.
Recent arrest and custody

Check the jail separately when the criminal case is recent

A court docket answers what is happening in the prosecution. The jail system answers a different question: whether the person is currently in county custody and what booking information is associated with that detention.

The current Montgomery County Corrections Public Access Portal uses an account-based Inmate Lookup System. Visitors can sign in or create an account.
Open the Montgomery County inmate portal Open County Corrections Public Access
Sign in or create an account Use the current portal rather than an old screenshot or cached jail-roster link.
Match the inmate carefully Compare the name and available booking identifiers before relying on custody information.
Save the charge, booking and bond details These can help locate the related clerk case.
Search the court case separately A jail charge does not establish the final filed offense or court result.
Portal trouble? Call the Montgomery County Jail at 936-760-5800 rather than relying on a third-party inmate database.
Before arranging visitation, mail, telephone service, commissary or deposits, confirm the person’s current custody status and ask the jail for the latest facility-specific instructions. Those procedures can change more often than court-record rules.
Bond and release

If the case shows bond information, verify every active cause

One person can have several cases

A bond on one case does not automatically resolve another felony, misdemeanor, warrant or outside hold.

Check the newest order

Bond amounts and conditions can change after a judge reviews the case.

Verify a bonding company

Use the Montgomery County Bail Bond Board’s current agency contact list rather than relying on an unsolicited caller.

Montgomery County Bail Bond Board
Alan B. Sadler Commissioner’s Court Building
501 North Thompson, Room 201
Conroe, TX 77301
Phone: 936-539-7844
Direct: 936-538-3520
Office hours: Monday–Friday, 7:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Check Bail Bond Board information Check the warrant database
Texas criminal history

Use DPS when one Montgomery County docket is not enough

Montgomery County court search

Best when you need a local court case, filing history, charge, docket or disposition.

  • Felonies: District Clerk
  • Class A/B misdemeanors: County Clerk
  • Search individual local cases
  • Order local certified court documents

Texas DPS history search

Best when you need public criminal-history information reported by Texas criminal-justice agencies.

  • Create a DPS public account
  • Purchase search credits
  • Enter full identifying information
  • Review possible matches carefully
Texas DPS currently lists online search credits at $1 each. A full date of birth narrows the search, and DPS recommends entering complete names rather than nicknames or initials.
Name-based history searches can misidentify people. DPS states that only fingerprint identification positively links a person to a criminal record. Treat similar-name results as possible matches until identity is established.
Open Texas DPS Criminal History Search Read DPS search instructions
Identity safeguard

Verify the person before treating a case as their history

Full legal first and last name match
Middle name, suffix or former name is consistent
Date of birth matches where available
Filing date fits the known event
Case number matches another reliable source
Court level fits the alleged offense
Jail or arrest timeline is consistent
Disposition belongs to the same cause number
Common-name rule: Never identify a person from a name-only result when the information will be used for employment, housing, publication, safety or another consequential decision.
Missing case troubleshooting

Why a Montgomery County criminal case may not appear

You searched the wrong clerk Move between District Clerk felony records and County Clerk misdemeanor records.
The name is entered differently Try the legal surname, former surname, suffix or alternate spelling.
The case was filed under another level An arrest description does not always predict the final filed charge.
The case is very recent Booking and law-enforcement information can exist before the court filing becomes searchable.
The event was in another county Search the county where the prosecution was actually filed.
It may be a Justice Court or municipal matter Fine-only and lower-level cases can sit outside the two main clerk routes described above.
The record may be restricted Sealed, expunged, juvenile and other confidential information may not be publicly available.
You need staff research The District Clerk offers paid Montgomery County criminal name searches for defined periods.
Copy-ready clerk call
I am trying to locate a Montgomery County criminal case for [full legal name], date of birth [date if appropriate]. The event occurred around [month/year], and I believe the charge was [offense if known]. I do not have the cause number. Can you tell me whether I should search the District Clerk, County Clerk or another Montgomery County court system?
Court-appointed counsel

If the case is pending and the defendant cannot afford a lawyer

Montgomery County’s Office of Indigent Defense administers the Texas Fair Defense Act processes used by the county’s district courts and county courts at law. Eligibility for appointed counsel is determined through the applicable court process.

Montgomery County Office of Indigent Defense
301 North Main, Room 304
Conroe, TX 77301
Phone: 936-538-8173
Fax: 936-538-8165
Have the defendant’s full name, cause number, court, next setting and custody status available before calling. If you do not know the cause number, locate the case first through the appropriate clerk search.
Open Indigent Defense information
Old, incorrect or restricted records

Correction, expunction and nondisclosure solve different problems

Incorrect information

First identify which record contains the mistake: clerk case, law-enforcement record or DPS history. Obtain the document that proves the correct information and contact the agency responsible for that record.

Accurate record you want restricted

Texas expunction and nondisclosure are legal remedies with different eligibility rules. They are not ordinary correction requests.

Find every related Montgomery County case Search both clerk systems when the arrest produced more than one level of charge.
Obtain the disposition Do not rely on memory or a third-party background website.
Compare the DPS history Determine whether the state repository reflects the same result.
Choose correction or legal relief Wrong data requires correction; accurate eligible records may require expunction or nondisclosure.
Use the correct Texas forms Nondisclosure forms are published by the Texas Judicial Branch.
Open Texas nondisclosure forms Open Texas DPS Crime Records
Eligibility can depend on the exact charge, disposition, waiting period, prior history and other facts. Obtain the complete case record before relying on a general record-clearing checklist.
Local contacts

Montgomery County criminal-record offices

District Clerk — Felony Records
301 N. Main Street, Suite 103
Conroe, TX 77301

936-539-7855

Mail: P.O. Box 2985, Conroe, TX 77305

County Clerk — Criminal Division
210 West Davis
Conroe, TX 77301

Criminal: 936-539-7880

General: 936-539-7885

County Clerk — East County Annex
21130 Legion Road
New Caney, TX 77357

936-539-7885

Mon–Fri 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.; closed 1:00–2:00 p.m. for lunch.

County Clerk — South County Annex
1520 Lake Front Circle
The Woodlands, TX 77380

936-539-7885

Mon–Fri 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

Office of Indigent Defense
301 N. Main Street, Room 304
Conroe, TX 77301

936-538-8173

Bail Bond Board
501 North Thompson, Room 201
Conroe, TX 77301

936-539-7844

Before you drive

Maps to the main criminal-record offices

District Clerk — 301 N. Main Street

County Clerk — 210 West Davis

Call before travelling for an unusual request. A standard criminal case search can usually start online. Sealed files, certified copies, older records and specialised research may require staff assistance or a particular request process.
Common mistakes

Six Montgomery County search errors that waste the most time

Searching only the District Clerk

You can miss a Class A or B misdemeanor maintained by the County Clerk.

Searching only the County Clerk

The County Clerk specifically directs felony information to the District Clerk.

Calling a local case search a background check

A clerk docket is not the same thing as the Texas DPS criminal-history database.

Using “closed” as the outcome

Find the actual disposition for each charge or count.

Trusting a name alone

Common names can create serious identity mistakes. Match additional identifiers.

Using a warrant result as final confirmation

The Sheriff’s own disclaimer says the online warrant list is not an official court record.

10 Montgomery County questions

Criminal record and case-search questions answered

How do I search Montgomery County Texas criminal records?

First determine whether the case is a felony or misdemeanor. Use the Montgomery County District Clerk criminal records search for felony cases and the Montgomery County County Clerk criminal records search for Class A and Class B misdemeanor cases. Search by case number when known, or use the person’s name and other identifying details. For a broader Texas criminal-history search, use the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Where do I search Montgomery County felony cases?

Felony records are maintained by the Montgomery County District Clerk. The District Clerk provides an Odyssey Public Access criminal-record search and states that its Records and Research Department maintains felony files from the 1900s to the present.

Where do I search Montgomery County misdemeanor cases?

The Montgomery County County Clerk handles criminal records for County Courts at Law hearing Class A and Class B misdemeanors such as many DWI, theft and assault cases. Use the County Clerk Odyssey criminal-record search for these cases.

Does the Montgomery County Clerk provide a complete criminal background check?

No. The Montgomery County County Clerk specifically states that it does not perform criminal-history record checks. A county court search shows local cases within that clerk’s system. For broader Texas public criminal-history information, use the Texas Department of Public Safety criminal-history search.

How much does a Montgomery County District Clerk criminal name search cost?

The Montgomery County District Clerk currently lists criminal name searches within Montgomery County at $5 per name for each 10-year period searched. The office asks for the complete first, middle and last name and the time period to be searched.

How much are Montgomery County District Clerk criminal court copies?

The District Clerk currently lists plain copies at $1 per page. Certified copies are $1 per page plus a $5 certification fee per document. Confirm the current total with Records and Research before sending payment.

How do I search Montgomery County warrants?

Use the Montgomery County Sheriff’s official warrant search. It accepts a name search or warrant-number search. The Sheriff warns that online warrant information is not an official court record and should not be used as confirmation or probable cause for legal action.

How can I find someone currently in the Montgomery County Jail?

Use the Montgomery County County Corrections Public Access Portal. The current inmate lookup system requires an account sign-in or account creation. If the online lookup does not answer the question, call the Montgomery County Jail at 936-760-5800.

How do I get a Texas criminal-history record instead of only Montgomery County cases?

Use the Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal History Name Search. The online system requires an account and search credits. DPS currently lists search credits at $1 each and recommends entering complete identifying information because name-based searches can return possible matches that do not belong to the person being researched.

Can a Montgomery County criminal record be sealed or expunged?

Some Texas records may qualify for expunction, while others may qualify for an order of nondisclosure, depending on the charge, disposition, waiting period, prior history and other facts. Obtain the complete case disposition first. Texas Judicial Branch provides current nondisclosure forms, while expunction eligibility should be reviewed using current Texas law or qualified legal help.

Official resources

Primary Montgomery County and Texas sources used for this guide

Montgomery County courts
Custody and warrant resources
State and legal resources
Accuracy, identity and legal-use notice

Texas-arrest.org is an independent informational resource. It is not the Montgomery County District Clerk, County Clerk, Sheriff’s Office, Bail Bond Board, Office of Indigent Defense, Texas Department of Public Safety or a law firm.

Criminal case status, warrants, jail custody, fees, office hours and online systems can change. Recheck the current official source before relying on a record for a consequential decision.

A criminal charge or arrest does not establish guilt. Court cases can be dismissed, amended, resolved through different dispositions or remain pending. Verify the correct person and read the final court disposition.

Official-source review completed August 12, 2026. The article intentionally separates Montgomery County felony cases, county misdemeanors, current jail information and Texas DPS criminal-history searches because those systems answer different questions.

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