Andrews County Civil Docket Searches
Know the court before you type anything. The 109th Judicial District Court takes Andrews County district civil and family cases. County-level civil, probate, and guardianship filings go through the County Clerk. Justice Courts Precinct 1 and 2 handle the smaller civil claims, and their Debt Claim, Eviction, Repair and Remedy, and Small Claims information sheets describe those paths. A cause number is the best search key. Without one, collect exact party name spellings, the likely filing year, the case type, and the court level. The statewide system lets you search by party, attorney, case style, docket number, location, category, and dates. Pick Andrews County each time, because the district court also serves Crane and Winkler Counties.
- Decide whether the matter is district civil or family, county civil or probate, or a justice-court claim.
- Search by cause number first; otherwise try party, attorney, style, and date range.
- Limit location and category to reduce matches from another county or court level.
- Open Case Details and distinguish a filed pleading from a signed order or scheduled hearing.
- Ask the proper clerk for the actual filing, judgment, ordinary copy, or certified copy.
Not everything happens online. The District Clerk answers inquiries at 201 N Main Street, Room 102, by phone at 432-524-1417, during weekday hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The County Clerk sits at 215 NW 1st Street, Suite 121-A, takes calls at 432-524-1426, and receives mail at P.O. Box 727, Andrews, TX 79714. For a JP case, contact the right precinct directly.
Three Andrews Civil Docket Levels
Texas splits civil work among its trial courts. The filing category, the claim type, and the relief sought all point toward the right Andrews County civil docket. When the assignment looks doubtful, let the clerk or the court settle it.
| Level | Examples in local research | Custodian |
|---|---|---|
| 109th District Court | District civil and family matters | District Clerk |
| Andrews County Court | County civil, probate, and guardianship | County Clerk |
| JP Precinct 1 or 2 | Debt claim, eviction, repair and remedy, small claims | Correct justice-court clerk |
The Andrews justice-court page lists both precinct contacts along with the civil information sheets. Those sheets walk you through filing steps. They are not a searchable docket, and they cannot tell you whether a filing was actually entered.
Civil Dockets: What They Show
An Andrews County civil docket lists case events in the order they happened. You might see the original petition, service activity, an answer, motions, notices, settings, orders, and the final judgment. Think of it as a roadmap into the case file. One caution: a short row rarely carries the grounds, the evidence, or the exact terms sitting inside the filed document. The grounds stay in the papers themselves.
| Cause number | The court-assigned identifier and best cross-system search key. No verified local format should be assumed. |
|---|---|
| Case style | The caption naming the parties to the civil matter. |
| Case type | The category that separates civil, family, probate, and other tracks. |
| Filing entry | A petition, answer, exhibit, notice, return, or other paper received by the clerk. |
| Setting | A non-jury, civil-jury, temporary-order, or special court event. |
| Judgment | A result when the court has signed and entered the controlling order. |
Dates can trip up a reader. The filing date, the docket date, and the signed date are three different things. A return only shows process activity. A proposed order is not the signed order, so neither one settles the merits. Note: When an Andrews County civil docket row is too brief to answer your question, pull the underlying document itself.
Andrews Civil Motions Are Not Rulings
A motion is a request. Nothing more. Granting it is a separate act by the court, and the docket entry alone proves nothing about that decision. An agreed motion shows only that the parties joined in asking. It may still need an entered order. Read forward in the civil docket for a signed order, a hearing result, a dismissal, or a judgment entry, and if the outcome matters to you, get the paper itself.
Read the verb. Filed, set, heard, signed, dismissed, and disposed describe different events. Do not turn a request or future setting into a final outcome.
Nonsuit, settlement, default, and appeal language deserve the same skepticism. A settlement noted on the docket is not automatically an entered judgment. A default is a procedural result that follows a failure to respond or appear. The signed order controls what happened. Pending simply means the reporting system shows no final resolution yet.
What Cases Fill the Civil Docket
Andrews County civil court dockets cover several categories. No single clerk holds them all. District civil work includes contract, tort, property, and other general-jurisdiction disputes. Family matters also stay at the district level, though privacy limits apply. The County Clerk lists civil, probate, guardianship, juvenile, and mental-health records among its categories. Protected categories may stay closed to the public.
- District civil disputes, including contract, tort, and property claims
- Family cases in the district court where the docket material is public
- County-level civil cases and related probate or guardianship matters
- Justice-court debt and small-claims cases
- Justice-court eviction and repair-and-remedy matters
Case type is a routing clue, not jurisdiction law. A public search that returns nothing may simply mean the case lives elsewhere. Ask whether it was filed with the other clerk or in one of the two justice precincts.
re:SearchTX Civil Case Details
re:SearchTX gives Texas civil researchers the most detailed electronic option documented. The interface offers Cases, Filings, Text, and Hearings views, plus quick and advanced search. Filtering by party, attorney, style or description, docket number, court location, case category, and dates cuts down false matches. Wildcards help with tricky name variations. They catch spelling drift.
| Search choice | Best use | Check |
|---|---|---|
| Docket number | Direct match to a known cause | Exact characters |
| Party or attorney | Finding an unknown number | Spelling and role |
| Location | Separating Andrews from other counties | County and court |
| Category and dates | Narrowing a common name | Civil track and filing period |
State reporting claims broad coverage back to 2016. But check the individual result to confirm an Andrews civil case appears. A saved result, an exported list, or a case alert is never a certified copy. Keep the two systems straight: eFileTexas submits filings, while re:SearchTX researches them. They do different jobs and are not interchangeable.
Hearings on the Civil Docket
The 109th District Court sets its year around Civil Jury and Non-Jury blocks. Special settings get their own line. The same annual schedule tells parties how to ask for a continuance or reset, and it requires each motion to say whether it is that side's first, second, or third request. Temporary-order settings run 30 minutes per side unless the judge grants more time.
Read the schedule with care, though. It is not a case-by-case calendar, and it covers three counties: Andrews, Crane, and Winkler. A date block may belong to any of them. Jury dates can shift with docket conditions. So confirm your actual hearing date in the docket entry itself and with the court. The court posts no recurring Andrews-specific Zoom link. Any remote appearance should rest on an order or direct notice from the court.
One caution on resets. A reset moves a setting, and a continuance postpones an event. Neither one ends the case or touches the claims. Before trusting an old date, find the newest docket entry and any signed scheduling order.
Andrews Civil Filing Fees
The District Clerk's civil fee schedule carries a heading of effective September 1, 2017. Treat it as a useful official reference rather than a promise. Fees set by later law or statewide charges can supersede that version, so confirm the current cost before you file or pay anything.
| Published item | Amount shown |
|---|---|
| New civil suit without service | $350 |
| New civil suit with Andrews service | $408 |
| Divorce without service | $350 |
| Divorce with service | $408 |
| Divorce with temporary restraining order | $466 |
| Ordinary copy | $1 per page |
| Certification | $5 per document |
Opening or serving a case costs one amount. Getting a copy later costs another. Ask the District Clerk for the current schedule. For county-court records, the County Clerk charges $1 per page and $5 per certified document.
Who Can See Civil Dockets
Texas court records start from a presumption of access. That does not put every Andrews County civil filing online, however. Rule 12 controls access to judicial records. The Texas Public Information Act treats adjudicative files differently. When you request something, name the case, the cause number, and the document. Then say what form you want: inspection, a plain copy, or a certified copy.
Key civil-record rules:
Texas Rule of Judicial Administration 12 generally permits inspection and copying, subject to its exceptions and controlling law.
Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 76a presumes court records open and sets the test, notice, and hearing process for sealing.
Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 21c protects sensitive personal data through redaction and restricted filing procedures.
Some things stay off limits. Sealed and juvenile records may be withheld or redacted. So may mental-health and protected personal-identifier content. The clerk has no duty to build a new record or answer a legal question. And a docket can stay visible even while a document behind it stays restricted.
Missing Andrews Civil Documents
A blank document link proves nothing about what was filed. The paper may not be scanned yet. Or the portal may not reach that date. The item could be waiting on clerk review, or access may be restricted. Think of the county's Tyler official-record index as a library catalogue: a guide, not the instrument itself. Its two-to-three-business-day posting note is a general practice, not a guarantee for every court event.
- Confirm the court and cause number against the visible Andrews County civil docket.
- Check whether the entry names a filing, signed order, or judgment.
- Call or visit the District Clerk, County Clerk, or correct JP clerk.
- Ask whether the record is public and available for inspection or copy.
- Submit a specific written judicial-record request if the custodian requires one.
The County Clerk says records go back to 1881. The same office warns that some closed records are not public. Old does not mean digitized. Old does not mean open. For historical civil research or a recent missing image, a clerk request is the sound fallback.