How to Search the Carrizo Springs Court Docket
For a city citation, use the Carrizo Springs TrafficPayment portal. The form gives you several ways in. Search with a driver's license and state. Try a last name and date of birth, a plate and state, or a citation number and date of birth. Account data, a service address, or a name work too. Required fields are not marked clearly. The list of state options is also incomplete on screen. Enter only what your chosen search truly needs.
A nonmunicipal case takes a different path. Pull up re:SearchTX. Search Dimmit County or District Court cases by exact cause number first. Misdemeanor, probate, civil, guardianship, and mental-health cases at the county level route to the County Clerk. The District Clerk handles felony, civil, family, and juvenile cases in district court.
- Read the citation or notice and confirm the named court.
- For Carrizo Springs Municipal Court, choose one vendor search route and enter the matching fields.
- Open the result and check the court, citation number, status, balance, and setting information shown.
- For county or district matters, use re:SearchTX with the proper court and cause number.
- Confirm a setting, contest request, deferred option, or copy with the originating clerk.
Carrizo Springs Court Docket Hub
Carrizo Springs serves as the Dimmit County seat and the main clerk hub for court records. The 2020 Decennial Census profile counts 4,892 residents. That figure describes the city, nothing more. It says nothing about municipal filings, pending cases, or how busy the clerk counter runs.
One trip can involve several Carrizo Springs destinations: the municipal court, the County Clerk, the District Clerk, and a district courtroom. Getting to the right city is only half the job. Match the office name to your record type before you drive anywhere.
The Carrizo Springs Municipal Court
The official city court page describes the Carrizo Springs Municipal Court as the forum for offenses inside city limits. Those offenses may break a city ordinance or state statute. You keep the right to appear, contest a citation, and ask for a jury trial. Still, the court's reach is limited. A district felony or civil suit filed in Carrizo Springs stays a district case. The city forum never absorbs it.
Find the court at 204 E Nopal Street, Carrizo Springs, Texas 78834. The published phone is (830) 322-5009, the fax (830) 322-5070, and the email Municipalcourt@cityofcarrizo.org. Doors stay open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The office closes from noon to 1 p.m. and on city holidays. The live CARD directory names Sonia Guerrero-Perez as the current municipal judge. An older recruitment notice points to a term ending in 2025. But the directory, not that notice, reflects the sitting judge.
Carrizo Springs Municipal Court
Address: 204 E Nopal Street, Carrizo Springs, TX 78834
Phone: (830) 322-5009
Fax: (830) 322-5070
Email: Municipalcourt@cityofcarrizo.org
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; closed noon to 1 p.m. and city holidays.
Carrizo Springs Court Activity Context
Want volume, not one name? The Texas Court Activity Database publishes report families covering municipal, justice, county, and district courts. Each report totals work by category, such as filed, disposed, and pending. None of them is a person-level docket search. So no report will find a single Carrizo Springs citation. The database page itself links to every report family for download.
One municipal report dated April 30, 2026 carries a Carrizo Springs row. It shows a population field of 4,586 and six raw values. Those values appear without clear header alignment. So resist labeling them as filings, dispositions, or pending cases. And keep the 2020 Census figure as the population number. The report's count does not replace it.
Carrizo Springs Court Dates and Settings
The payment portal is not a full public calendar. Treat a visible setting as a lead only. Then confirm the date with the municipal court. A county or district case may display Hearings in re:SearchTX. That happens when the local integration feeds them in. Read the formal notice and any later reset. A setting can move after a portal view was saved.
| Date | The event date shown on the docket or filed notice; check for a later reset. |
|---|---|
| Time | The listed appearance time and whether it is docket call or a separate setting. |
| Courtroom | The municipal, county, district, or remote location supplied for the event. |
| Judge | The presiding judicial officer when the public record identifies one. |
| Setting type | Arraignment, pretrial, trial, compliance, motion, or another stated hearing type. |
The Texas Judicial Branch also publishes electronic-hearing guidance.
State guidance allows remote or hybrid open-court access in appropriate cases. It promises no such thing for any given Carrizo Springs hearing. Follow only the instructions issued for your case.
Carrizo Springs Court Address Check
Three official addresses can surface in a Carrizo Springs court search. The municipal court sits at 204 E Nopal Street. The historic courthouse and both OCA clerk directories use 103 N 5th Street. The 293rd District Court site points to a third-floor court location at 212 N 4th Street. None of these labels points to the same counter.
The common mistake is chasing the city name alone. Instead, match the office to the notice in hand. That means Municipal Court, County Clerk, District Clerk, or District Court. Call the office before traveling if the entrance or setting location is unclear. The local offices publish no parking, public-terminal, ADA, or same-day-copy policy. So ask about those when you call.
Note: Confirm the office name and entrance. Carrizo Springs carries distinct municipal, clerk, historic courthouse, and district-court address references.
Carrizo Springs Traffic Tickets
Search and payment live in separate steps on the Carrizo Springs city portal. A violation search by name, citation, or other identifier may return a balance and a pay button. It may not show each docket event, hearing, or order. Before paying anything, confirm the court identity and the exact amount. One more caution from the vendor: if a payment gets rejected, the fine can come back to you. The processing fee does not. Deferred disposition and driving-safety-course requests need the court's approval ahead of time. The portal sends users to phone or fax, with a name and callback number, before any payment. Paying first is the wrong move. Do not do it when you plan to fight the ticket or ask for either option. Anyone under 17 must show up in person with a parent or guardian, per the official city page.
| Action | Official Carrizo Springs route | Important limit |
|---|---|---|
| Search | TrafficPayment fields | The result is not necessarily a full docket. |
| Pay online | Correct municipal court transaction | Check the amount and processing-fee warning. |
| Pay at counter or by mail | Money order or cashier's check | The city says no cash or personal checks. |
| Contest | Appear through Municipal Court | Confirm the setting and do not pay first. |
| Request deferred or course option | Ask the court before payment | Prior court approval is required. |
Carrizo Springs Court Phone Conflict
Carrizo Springs Municipal Court has two published numbers. Both the court page and the live CARD directory give (830) 322-5009. The city's general contact page, though, lists (830) 876-3254 for the same court. Keep both on hand rather than guessing which one is wrong.
Call the court-specific number first with your citation number ready. If it rings nowhere, try the alternate city listing. The same care applies to addresses. Know which office published the detail, then confirm the contact there. A mismatched phone line says nothing about whether the court moved or still hears cases.
Two published lines: The court and CARD use (830) 322-5009; the city contact directory also lists (830) 876-3254.
Where Carrizo Springs Cases End Up
Where a case lands depends on the charge. The ground it happened on matters too. A citation inside city jurisdiction stays in Carrizo Springs Municipal Court. One written on a county road or precinct may belong to a Dimmit Justice Court instead. From there, county misdemeanors, probate, county civil, guardianship, and mental-health matters sit with the County Clerk. District felonies, civil suits, family, land, and juvenile cases go to the District Clerk.
Docket flow: Carrizo Springs Municipal Court › Dimmit County Courts › District Court
Federal matters break away from the Texas state route entirely. Dimmit County sits in the Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division. The official PACER court lookup shows that federal court system.
That federal page confirms the routing boundary. A Carrizo Springs address alone never puts a federal complaint or indictment into the city, county, or re:SearchTX docket. The Dimmit County court docket overview covers the county clerk split in more depth.
Carrizo Springs Court Judge Listing
Who judges the Carrizo Springs Municipal Court? The live Court Activity Reporting and Directory system names Sonia Guerrero. That CARD entry is the best evidence of who holds the office. A city recruitment notice from 2023 carried an end date of August 31, 2025. So it cannot tell you who serves today.
CARD also verifies a court's judge, address, email, and phone as updates arrive. It is not a person-level Carrizo Springs docket, though. Use the city portal for a violation search and call the court for anything certain. A directory match names the office; it says nothing about a case's status or outcome.
Public Access to Carrizo Springs Court Records
Texas judicial records do not fall under the Texas Public Information Act. They are not executive-agency records. Government Code Section 552.0035 steers access toward Supreme Court rules and other law. Under Texas Rule of Judicial Administration 12, covered judicial records are generally open for inspection and copying during regular business hours. An exception can apply.
Write the request with care. Name Carrizo Springs Municipal Court. Add the citation or cause number, spell out the exact record or date range, and list copy type, delivery method, and your contact details. Ask the court to state the fee before work begins. Even a public docket can hold surprises. That may mean a redacted protected identifier, a juvenile item, warrant material, or a sealed document.
Key rules:
Texas Rule of Judicial Administration 12 covers access, requests, exceptions, redaction, costs, and appeals for judicial records within its scope.
Texas Government Code Chapter 552 governs many nonjudicial government records and recognizes the judiciary boundary.
Texas Family Code Chapter 58 supplies confidentiality and sealing context for juvenile records.
Check Carrizo Springs Dockets Before Payment
Start with the court on the citation. Match it against the Carrizo Springs Municipal Court identity shown on the vendor page. Then confirm the citation number, name, amount, and status. Call the court before paying. Do this if you plan to contest, seek deferred disposition, request a driving-safety course, or sort out an appearance for someone under 17.
Money does not answer legal questions. Payment never reveals the full history or whether an option is still open. A charge row is not a conviction. A balance is not the whole disposition. A hearing marked "set" proves nothing about what happened in the courtroom. Read the Carrizo Springs docket in date order and trust the signed order or direct court confirmation for the result.
The city posts no public docket export, calendar archive, public-terminal policy, or online certified-copy form. Because of that, calling the municipal court directly is part of the search itself, not a fallback for emergencies.
Carrizo Springs Court Youth Citations
The official municipal page is blunt. Anyone under 17 must appear in person with a parent or guardian. That rule makes direct contact with the court essential. A parent should use the citation before the hearing. Verify the appearance date, the court location, and any required step. Paying online is never a substitute for the appearance rule.
Call Carrizo Springs Municipal Court at (830) 322-5009 with the citation number in hand. Ask about the current setting and the process for a youth case. Keep sensitive material off any unrelated public service. That means a birth date, license number, or citation image.