Criminal Cases in Borden Courts
Borden County felony prosecutions belong to the 132nd District Court. Misdemeanors ordinarily fall within constitutional county-court jurisdiction, while fine-only matters may reach a justice court. The combined District/County Clerk can identify the proper court. Its page warns that the office does not handle traffic tickets, so a citation may require the issuing justice-court clerk.
The clerk preserves Borden County pleadings, dockets, judgments, sentences, and disposition papers in Gail. The district court is administered from Snyder, but that regional office does not replace the Gail case-file custodian. Hearings may occur in Borden County. Confirm the place on the notice.
Borden Clerk Holds Case Files
The official Borden County District Clerk page identifies Jana Underwood as the combined clerk. The counter is at 117 East Wasson Street, Gail, TX 79738, with mail at PO Box 124. Call 806-756-4312 or fax 806-756-4324. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a noon-to-1 p.m. closure.
District/County Clerk
117 East Wasson Street
PO Box 124
Gail, TX 79738
806-756-4312
Fax: 806-756-4324
Closed noon–1 p.m.
The clerk posts appointment lists and a pretrial hearing list, but neither is a full party-name database. Ask for a cause number, docket, charging paper, signed judgment, and certification quote. No local copy or search fee was published.
The clerk source shown below directs readers to those official court materials.
The Gail clerk remains the authoritative source for certified Borden County criminal case documents.
How to Search Case Records
There is no local public case-search portal. Use the clerk first and re:SearchTX second. The statewide system assembles participating e-filing records, requires registration or sign-in, and can have different document access by court and user role.
- Call the Borden clerk and ask which court received the criminal filing.
- Give a name and, if known, the cause number or date of birth.
- Search re:SearchTX for participating electronic material.
- Read the docket as an event index, then identify the needed pleading or judgment.
- Request a certified document from the clerk when the result must be authoritative.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search | Keyword | Unspecified | Enter terms and run the search |
| Cases / Filings | Tabs | No | Switch result type |
| Text in Documents | Tab | No | Availability depends on access |
| Hearings | Tab | No | Shows hearing details when available |
| Filters | Facets | No | Choices vary with results |
A missing online result is not proof of no case. Historic, local-only, sealed, and nonparticipating material may be absent.
The re:SearchTX source is shown here.
Its filters aid discovery, while the clerk confirms the official Borden County file.
Borden Felonies, Snyder Administration
The 132nd District Court office is at 1806 25th Street, Suite 404, Snyder, TX 79549. The state court directory lists Judge Dana W. Cooley, coordinator Kayla Witte, and 325-573-5371. Use that line for scheduling. Use the Gail clerk for the file.
The Borden District Attorney page identifies the prosecution office in Snyder.
The district attorney represents the State; filed pleadings and judgments still come from the clerk.
Read Borden Charge Levels Carefully
A charge description may be paired with a misdemeanor class or felony degree. That label is not the sentence. Texas Penal Code Chapter 12 supplies ordinary ranges, while enhancements and offense-specific provisions can change them. The statute version in force on the offense date matters. Use the charging instrument to see what was alleged and the signed judgment to learn what the court finally decided.
- Indictment
- A grand-jury charging instrument commonly used for felony prosecution.
- Deferred adjudication
- A plea-based outcome in which the court defers a finding of guilt while supervision conditions apply.
- Capias
- A court order directing that a person be taken into custody.
- Disposition
- The recorded result of a filed charge, such as conviction, dismissal, acquittal, or deferred adjudication.
The original arrest label may not match the filed count. Prosecutor screening, amendment, plea work, or a court ruling can change the charge. Compare dates and cause numbers before treating two labels as the same event.
What the Borden Case File Shows
A case file traces the judicial action after a charge is filed. It is more detailed than an arrest record or portal label.
| Case Number & Court | Cause number, filing date, court, type, and status. |
|---|---|
| Charging Document | Complaint, information, or indictment with counts and level. |
| Docket Entries | Filed events, motions, settings, pleas, capias, and appeal notices. |
| Hearing Dates | Date, time, place, type, and judge when public. |
| Disposition & Judgment | Signed conviction, dismissal, acquittal, deferred adjudication, or other result. |
| Sentence & Conditions | Confinement, fine, costs, restitution, or supervision when reportable. |
Request the actual charging instrument and signed judgment. A docket is only an event list. Sensitive identifiers, victim data, juvenile information, and sealed material may be withheld or redacted.
Fix a Missing Borden Disposition
DPS criminal history uses reported arrest and disposition cycles. A delayed or mismatched report can leave an arrest without its outcome. Obtain a certified disposition from the Borden clerk, bearing the court’s raised seal, then follow DPS Crime Records error-resolution instructions. An ordinary photocopy may not suffice.
A booking charge may also change at prosecutor screening. Read the filed charge and judgment before drawing a conclusion.
Borden Appeals Create Another Docket
A notice of appeal is part of the trial-court file, but the appellate proceeding develops its own docket. The Borden clerk transmits the clerk’s record under appellate procedures, while the court reporter handles the reporter’s record when one exists. The Eleventh Court of Appeals is the official route for an appeal from a Borden judgment. Search by appellate cause number or party, then match the appeal to the trial cause number.
An appellate opinion or mandate can change what the trial judgment means. A portal snapshot taken before the appeal ended may be stale. Ask the Borden clerk whether a mandate was filed and whether the trial court entered later orders. The county homepage remains the local directory when a department contact changes. This avoids reading the original judgment without its subsequent history.
Stages of a Borden Case
A peace officer creates the incident or arrest record, but the prosecutor chooses the filed charge. Each public filing becomes a clerk event or document.
Case flow: Charges Filed › Arraignment › Pretrial › Plea or Trial › Disposition › Sentencing
The charging paper starts the file. Motions and settings trace pretrial work. Plea papers or a verdict lead to the signed judgment. A notice of appeal can route later records to the Eleventh Court of Appeals.
Federal Cases Are Not Borden Cases
Borden County is within the Northern District of Texas, but federal prosecutions do not belong to the 132nd District Court. The federal clerk supplies certified copies. The Northern District source identifies that separate court.
Federal jurisdiction must not be blended with Borden County court results.
Use PACER after registration for federal dockets.
PACER can show docket entries and document links, subject to sealing and access rules.
Borden Case Access and Restrictions
Texas favors access to government information, but judicial records also follow court rules. Ask the clerk for the file rather than assuming a Texas Public Information Act request is the proper tool. Public judgments can remain available even when aggregated criminal-history data is restricted.
Sealed cases, juvenile files, victim details, Social Security numbers, and other protected data may be withheld. Government Code Chapter 411 restricts criminal-history dissemination. If re:SearchTX omits a paper, ask whether it is available at the counter or by mail. Remote absence is not the same as sealing.
Note: Verify every Borden County case outcome against the signed judgment when a portal status is brief or stale.