Search the Grimes County Court Docket

How to Search the Grimes County Court Docket

Start with the right office. In Grimes County, the District Clerk holds felony, district civil, and family files, while the County Clerk keeps County Court at Law misdemeanors, probate, juvenile, mental-health, and statutory civil cases. Justice and municipal courts keep their own lower-court records. Picking the wrong clerk is the most common reason a valid name or case number turns up nothing in a Grimes County court docket search.

For online work, the county-linked LGS Online Solutions index is the main local route. Pick an office, then a record type, and fill in the fields that appear. The official help mentions a Last Name example, More Information, Images, and result-page controls. Live options shift, so don't count on a wildcard or a date filter. Grimes County also posts dated Court at Law PDFs, and re:SearchTX adds a statewide layer where county records are integrated.

1. Read the citation, notice, or known case paper for the court and cause number.
2. Choose the matching clerk and record type in LGS.
3. Search by exact cause number when known, or the public name field offered.
4. Open More Information and preview Images for a plausible match.
5. Check posted docket PDFs for settings, then confirm with the responsible clerk.

Two Grimes County Docket Clerks

Texas splits trial-court records between two clerks, and Grimes County follows that pattern. The District Clerk holds pleadings and papers for the 12th and 506th District Courts: felony cases after indictment, district civil suits, and family matters. The County Clerk keeps the county-court, probate, and other records assigned to the county-level courts.

Who holds each office? County pages list Diane LeFlore as District Clerk and Barbara Kimich as County Clerk. A 2025 OCA source disagrees on the county-clerk name and contact block. Confirm the current officeholder before you rely on any name. Subject-matter routing is the steadier fact. It is what gets you the right clerk for a Grimes County docket.

What a Court Docket Shows

A court docket is an index or calendar of activity. It is not always the full case file. Expect the cause number, court, case style, filing date, parties, attorneys, charges or action type, settings, and disposition events. LGS may offer More Information and public Images. The county's posted PDFs focus on settings. They can omit the final signed judgment.

The 2022 trial-announcement sample shows a cause number resembling 26811CT1, attorney and bond blocks, charge text, and several settings. One sample proves no universal number format or complete disposition history. Read the signed order before treating a short label as the result.

Grimes County LGS Docket Index

Search the free index before paying for copies. Guest Login can show index information and image preview. Full-image purchases require registration and email verification. Official LGS help lists a $0.30 transaction fee on each purchase. It also describes five criminal or civil court-image purchases before a subscription may be required. The term and amount vary by county inventory.

Once you select Search, choose the office and record type. Enter the fields displayed for that choice, then use the Search control at the bottom. Results move through first, previous, next, and last-page controls. More Information opens indexed details. Images opens a preview where public images exist. Registered users can add one to the cart, check out, download, and later review purchases and receipts.

A missing image can mean the file is index-only, restricted, not digitized, or held by another clerk. Retyping the name will not fix a custody problem. Call the proper office. Ask for a docket, a named paper, a plain copy, or a certified copy. Clerk staff give procedural help. They cannot do legal research or advise what a filing means.

Which Courts Keep Dockets

The 12th and 506th Judicial District Courts hear felony, district civil, title-to-land, and district family matters. Their local rules use rotation unless another rule or order applies. The Grimes County Court at Law handles misdemeanors, juvenile, probate, guardianship, mental-health, family-code, statutory civil, and lower-court appellate work as allocated. The Constitutional County Court receives specified county matters and appeals under the standing order.

Three Justice Courts hear small claims, eviction, traffic, and other Class C cases. Precinct 1 sits in Iola. Precinct 2 sits at the Anderson Justice Center Annex, and Precinct 3 sits in Navasota. Municipal courts keep city ordinance and Class C matters where an active city court exists. A lower-court appeal can open a new county file. The first cause or citation serves as a cross-reference.

District and county final judgments may go to the First or Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston. Notice is filed at the trial clerk. The appellate cause does not replace the original Grimes County court docket. Nor does it replace the clerk record prepared for review.

Grimes County Docket Counter

Two clerk counters serve Grimes County dockets under one roof. You'll find them at the Justice & Business Center, 270 FM 149 W., Anderson, TX 77830. The District Clerk side handles district court filings. It is open weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Call 936-873-4433 there, or fax 936-873-2514. The County Clerk keeps court records on a slightly later clock. That office closes at 4:30 p.m. Its phone is 936-873-4410, and email goes to countyclerk@grimescountytexas.gov. County Court at Law runs its own scheduling line at 936-873-4472 for docket dates and office questions.

For county government contacts and department listings, the official Grimes County landing page is the entry point. The county itself maintains it.

Use that official route to confirm office pages before travel. Staff names, phone assignments, and hours can change.

Visitors pass metal detectors and may be searched. County rules bar weapons, food, drinks, hats, shorts, and tank tops in the courtroom. The county does not publish a public-terminal location, parking validation, or a local accommodation contact. Ask the clerk or court coordinator about terminal access and accommodations before a special trip.

Finding Court Dates and Settings

Start with the county's own postings. The Court at Law docket archive posts PDFs sorted by year and label. Labels cover Criminal Docket, Revised, Trial Announcement, Family, Probate, Jury, Arraignment, Ancillary, Motion Hearing, and JP appeals. Pick the year and setting type that fits. Then check the report date, the time, and any Revised or Cancelled label.

A PDF alone is not proof the setting still stands. The county asks people to call 936-873-4472 to confirm a County Court at Law date. Call 936-873-4407 for a closed-case disposition. District, JP, and municipal dates each rest with that court's own office. A reset can move a case without ending it. Vanishing from one calendar proves nothing either way.

Setting

A scheduled court appearance or event.

Trial Announcement

A readiness call, not the trial result.

Ancillary

Non-trial docket business; local scope should be confirmed.

Revised

A later version that may replace an earlier calendar.

Disposition

The case outcome, best confirmed through the register and signed order.

Grimes County Docket Copy Choices

Not every copy serves the same purpose. The index just points you to the case. An LGS image is a public digital copy of one associated document, which may not be the whole file. A certified copy carries the clerk's authentication, and an exemplified copy adds one more formal certification layer on top.

Fees come from a fee sheet that took effect June 1, 2025. The county treats them as non-refundable. Check current charges and accepted payment methods before sending anything. A good request names the cause number, the document title, and the date. Where directed, include a properly addressed, stamped return envelope. The county publishes no local turnaround time.

Public Access to Dockets

Court case records on file start with the clerk. Texas Rule of Judicial Administration 12 governs non-case judicial records. It carves out exceptions for work product and security plans. Personnel records and protected home or family information are excepted too. Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 76a supplies the sealing process for court records. Rule 21c addresses sensitive data in filed papers. Texas Family Code Chapter 58 governs juvenile confidentiality.

A county public-information request should name the department, the date range, the documents or information sought, and how you want delivery. Send administrative requests to PIA@grimescountytexas.gov. The county does not have to create a document, answer legal questions, perform research, or compile a new format. And never try to bypass a redaction or republish private identifiers from a source PDF.

Grimes County Statewide Docket Layer

re:SearchTX is the statewide public-access layer. Official judicial reports describe access to cases, filings, hearings, and documents where a clerk and record type are integrated. Those same sources note phased integration and criminal-document limits. So a blank page, a blocked response, or a missing case does not prove that no Grimes County docket exists.

Treat re:SearchTX as a supplement, never a replacement. Compare the court, the county, the cause number, and the filing date. Go back to LGS for the county index, and to the clerk for a complete register or certified paper. Texas courts themselves say no single statewide source covers every trial-court record.

eFileTexas is a different tool. It transmits filings to the court. A receipt or service view proves nothing about whether the clerk accepted the submission, placed it on the public register, or released the image. The clerk's accepted file and docket entry control the public case history.

The Clerk and Docket Records

The clerk records filed instruments and keeps the register. The clerk supplies available copies and certifies official reproductions. For a district felony, district civil, or family matter, contact the District Clerk. For a county misdemeanor, probate, or county civil matter, go to the County Clerk. A named JP or municipal clerk handles a lower-court file. The official District Clerk page shows the principal district-record office.

That office runs subject-specific phone lines, which beat a general inquiry once you know the case family. The official County Clerk page lays out the county-record route.

Probate and county-court records there reach back to 1893, though not every old item is online. Ask whether an older source sits in a book, on microfilm, is scanned, or is archived elsewhere. The answer varies by era.

Grimes County Rural Docket Routes

No single countywide search covers every lower court. JP Precinct 1 serves Bedias, Iola, Keith, Shiro, and Singleton from 23710 FM 39 in Iola, phone 936-394-2060. Precinct 2 serves Anderson, Richards, Plantersville, and Todd Mission from 1170 CR 280 in Anderson, phone 936-873-6452. Precinct 3 serves Navasota, Courtney, Whitehall, and Salem. Its address is 205 Veterans Memorial Drive in Navasota. The phone is 936-873-3900.

All three county JP offices share the same Monday through Thursday schedule, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Use the court printed on the citation rather than geography alone. A city citation may belong to a municipal court. That can happen even where a JP serves the same area. Grimes County publishes no unified ticket database.

For after-hours emergencies, the JP page routes callers to Sheriff dispatch at 936-873-2151. That line is not a docket search desk. Routine case-status and copy questions belong with the court during its posted hours.

Court Dockets by City in Grimes County

The five city pages follow the 2020 Census ranking of incorporated places. Each city presents a different court-access picture. Navasota has documented municipal court instructions. Plantersville, Bedias, Iola, and Anderson have no confirmed municipal search portal, so their citation paths begin with the named court and the relevant city or JP contact.

These are routing pages, not proof that every city runs a municipal court. Todd Mission is incorporated but sits outside the top five. Its court information matters only when the citation names that municipal office.

Grimes County Docket History

Anderson's courthouse has stood since 1893. The Anderson Historic District joined the National Register in 1974. Those dates mark real history. They can still mislead a docket search. County project records from 2020 and 2022 show work on the old courthouse. They also show a shift of operations toward the newer Justice Center. Treat the two buildings as separate. Court business now runs through different doors than it once did.

For current court and jurisdiction context, the official County Court at Law page lays out how that court functions today.

Grimes County court and probate records may stretch back to the 1893 era. The online index, though, does not promise complete historical coverage. For District and County Clerk services, the Justice & Business Center at 270 FM 149 W is the practical place to start. It anchors many a Grimes County docket search.

History offers one useful clue. A cause may predate modern electronic systems. Ask the clerk about books, microfilm, scans, and archived indexes. Texas law accepts microfilm and electronic court records alike. Storage format alone never decides whether a court record is public. Sealed or certified-copy status is a separate question.

Map and Directions to the Grimes County Justice & Business Center

District Clerk and County Clerk records for the 12th and 506th Judicial District Courts and the Grimes County Court at Law are kept at the Justice & Business Center, 270 FM 149 W., in Anderson. Visitors pass through metal detectors and may be searched before reaching either counter. The historic 1893 courthouse a short distance away in Anderson is a separate, non-current building and is not where active docket counters operate.

The County Clerk counter in the same building keeps slightly longer hours, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and County Court at Law date questions go to 936-873-4472. No public-terminal location, parking policy, or accommodation contact is published, so calling the clerk before a trip is the safer route.