Wichita County, TX Courts and Public Records

Wichita County district courts handle civil, family, juvenile, and criminal matters under general jurisdiction, and the District Clerk keeps those records. The County Clerk keeps county court records.

Have the person's full name, the case number if you know it, and approximate dates ready before you search. Wichita County district court records are kept by the District Clerk.

Wichita County's district, statutory county and constitutional county courts added 7,696 cases in FY 2025, including probate, guardianship and mental health filings. The courts disposed of 7,865 cases, and total filings fell 5.7% from FY 2024.

Family law filings drove the change in FY 2025, falling by 405 cases.

This table shows Wichita County's total filings and dispositions in its district, statutory county and constitutional county courts over the last five fiscal years.

Total filings rose 4.3% between FY 2021 and FY 2025, from 7,379 to 7,696. The largest annual change was +17.6% in FY 2023. The latest change of -5.7% was led by family law filings, which fell by 405 cases.

Criminal cases are the largest category in Wichita County, at 44.2% of filings in FY 2025.

Mental health cases grew the fastest at +57.1%, while family law cases fell the most at -21.7%.

Wichita County accounted for 0.25% of the 3,129,582 cases filed in Texas district, statutory county and constitutional county courts in FY 2025.

Its filings fell 5.7% while statewide filings grew 1.8%. Criminal cases make up 44.2% of its filings against 42.5% statewide, and civil cases 20.2% against 28.9%.

These are the crimes reported to the FBI in 2025 by the 13 law enforcement agencies in Wichita County that reported, added together. For the agencies with both years on file, violent crimes fell 5.8% and property crimes fell 18.6% from 2024.

Wichita County's violent crime rate of 319.6 per 100K is below the Texas rate of 346.3, and its property crime rate of 1,862.5 is above the state's 1,790.2.

Wichita County court proceedings are held at the Wichita County Courthouse. Check your notice or case paperwork to confirm the courthouse assigned to your case before you go.

Addresses and phone numbers come from public directory listings and may change, so confirm them with the clerk before you visit.

Cases in Wichita County, Texas are heard by justice courts, municipal courts, the county court or a county court at law, and the district court, depending on the type of case.

Texas trial courts include district courts, which have general jurisdiction and whose records the District Clerk keeps, along with county courts at law, statutory county courts, constitutional county courts, justice courts, and municipal courts. The County Clerk keeps county court records. The Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals sit at the top of the court structure, and 15 courts of appeals sit below them.

To confirm which court holds your case in Wichita County, check the case type on your paperwork and call the District Clerk at (940) 766-8188 for district court matters or the County Clerk at (940) 766-8195 for county court matters.

Yes, most Wichita County court records are open to the public under the Texas Public Information Act (Government Code, Chapter 552) and court public-access rules, with exceptions set by law or court order.

Public records

Court records are generally open to the public unless a law or court order makes them confidential.

Restricted or confidential records

Records that a law or court order makes confidential or sealed are not available to the public. Ask the District Clerk which records in a specific case are restricted.

Online access

re:SearchTX is a statewide search run by a subscription vendor, and it requires registration and pricing. Its results are not official court records, so confirm details with the clerk.

In-person access

Visit the District Clerk for district court records or the County Clerk for county court records. Call (940) 766-8188 or (940) 766-8195 to confirm which office holds your case.

Case information for Wichita County courts is available through statewide and county clerk portals, but coverage differs by court and case type.

1. Identify your case type (criminal, traffic, civil, family, probate, or juvenile).
2. Pick the official portal that covers that court and county.
3. Search by party name or case number.
4. Review the case details, parties, and scheduled hearings.
5. Contact the clerk to request documents that are not available online.

Use the statewide search first, then ask the clerk for documents that are not available online.

1. Identify the case type, such as criminal, civil, family, or juvenile.
2. Open re:SearchTX and search by party name or case number.
3. Review the case information and note the case number from the results.
4. Call the District Clerk at (940) 766-8188 or the County Clerk at (940) 766-8195 to request documents that are not online.

This page does not list which case types each online tool includes, so ask the clerk before you rely on a search result.

Fines and citations are paid to the court that issued them, so contact that court to confirm its payment methods.

This page does not list an online fine payment option for Wichita County.