How to Get Reagan Court Records
Start most requests with Tammy Hodge, County Clerk/112th District Clerk. Her one office keeps files for the 112th District Court. It also keeps files for the constitutional Reagan County Court. Reach the counter by phone, fax, mail, or the page's general contact form. The clerk publishes no certified-copy form. It posts no processing-time promise and no rule letting every request travel by email. For search, re:SearchTX covers case and hearing lookups statewide. Coverage for Reagan files varies. The Reagan Official Records Search centers on recordings and Commissioners Court material. It is not a trial-file index. Note too that judicial records fall under Rule 12. They sit outside the Texas Public Information Act that governs agency records.
- Identify the 112th District Court, Reagan County Court, Justice Court, or Big Lake Municipal Court as custodian.
- Gather the case number, style, party name, filing or setting dates, and exact document title when known.
- Check re:SearchTX for case or hearing metadata, then ask the holding clerk if the image is available.
- Choose the documented channel: counter, mail, phone, fax, or general contact form. Confirm before sending sensitive data.
- State whether the request is for inspection, a docket sheet, plain copy, certified copy, or complete public file. Ask for the current fee.
Mail goes to P.O. Box 100, Big Lake, TX 76932. The counter sits at 300 N Plaza Avenue. Call first, since a quick question can keep a request from landing with the wrong lower court.
Reagan Combined Clerk Starting Point
The combo office is a core fact about Reagan County court records. Do not hunt for a separate county clerk counter and district clerk counter. There is only one. The Office of Court Administration directory lists the office as a combo clerk. It also names NetData as the case-management system. That listing says nothing about when NetData began. It does not say how far its digital history reaches, or which entries feed re:SearchTX.
County Clerk/112th District Clerk
Tammy Hodge
300 N Plaza Avenue
Big Lake, TX 76932
Mail: P.O. Box 100
(325) 884-2442
Fax: (325) 884-1503
The office handles county criminal, civil, probate, juvenile, and mental-health work alongside district matters. Those labels describe workloads. They do not open every file to the public. Nor do they fold every record into one docket search. Note: Call ahead before visiting, because the courthouse posts no public-terminal or scanner policy.
Types of Reagan Court Records
Naming the item makes a Reagan County court records request far easier to fill. A docket lists the procedural events. A filed document is the actual paper or image behind a docket entry. A certified copy carries the clerk's authentication. Each layer serves a different need, and none stands in for the rest.
- Docket sheets and case histories showing filings, hearings, orders, and disposition entries.
- Pleadings such as petitions, answers, motions, notices, and responses that remain public.
- Signed orders and judgments, including public final rulings and appeal notices.
- County criminal, civil, probate, and district files held by the combined clerk.
- Justice and Big Lake municipal files kept by their own court offices.
- Plain copies, clerk-certified copies, and single public documents from a case file.
Exhibits need special care. A docket may name one while its image stays offline, restricted, oversized for routine delivery, or partly redacted. Ask for the public version instead of assuming every attachment can be downloaded.
Three Reagan Record Layers
A browser result orients you. It does not authenticate anything. When a Reagan County court record must show both the event and the paper that records the act, that gap matters.
| Record layer | What it supplies | Best route |
|---|---|---|
| Docket or case history | Chronological entries, status, filings, and hearing references | re:SearchTX or holding clerk |
| Filed document | Public pleading, notice, order, judgment, or exhibit image | re:SearchTX when available, or clerk |
| Certified copy | Clerk-authenticated copy with certification language or seal | Court record custodian |
The official re:SearchTX guide describes case details, parties, attorneys, judicial officers, filings, documents, and hearings. It cannot promise that every field shows up for each Reagan County case. When you need a copy that courts will trust, ask the clerk to certify it rather than relying on an informal printout.
What a Reagan Court Record Contains
A Reagan County court record can hold a case header. It may also hold an event list and public filed papers. Content shifts with the court and the case type. What belongs on a docket sheet in one matter may differ in another. Treat the field list as statewide guidance. It is not a promise of what the local interface shows. Spell out the items you want in the request so nothing rides on guesswork.
| Case number | The court's unique reference. Reagan's public format was not published, so copy it exactly from a notice. |
|---|---|
| Case style | The caption naming the parties or matter and helping distinguish similar names. |
| Court and officer | The holding court and judicial officer shown in case details. |
| Docket sheet | A dated sequence of filings, settings, orders, and disposition events. |
| Filed documents | Public petitions, motions, answers, notices, orders, judgments, and available exhibits. |
| Hearings | Setting details, subject to later resets and signed orders. |
Party roles and dates help confirm you have the right case. Missing web images prove nothing, though. An item may be paper-only, held in legacy data, sealed, redacted, or kept out of public electronic access while still sitting in the file.
Older Reagan Court Records
Older Reagan County court records may lack the digital reach of current cases. OCA names NetData as the system. But no official source gives a conversion date, migration boundary, or historic docket-book index. A good archive request names a year range and record type. For local-history digging, add name variants, the court level, and an approximate filing date. Ask where the file lives: NetData, a paper volume, microfilm, a legacy system, or archived storage. Ask whether retrieval adds time or cost. The Official Records Search may surface recorded instruments or Commissioners Court material. Treat it as a trial-court archive only if the clerk confirms that. The FY2025 OCA reports page shows how Texas organizes its aggregate court reporting.
Those tables count cases by court level. They hold no names, no docket entries, and no copies of Reagan County case files. Go to the clerk or the case system. Use those for any individual record. Note: The clerk publishes no archive coverage date or routine processing time for requests.
Reagan Court Record Copies and Fees
A plain copy reproduces a public document. A certified copy adds the clerk's authentication. Reagan County posts no full court-case copy menu, so ask the combined clerk for a quote built on page count, certification type, format, and delivery. One caution: the recording-fee sheet does not set the price of a district or county case copy.
| Item | Published amount | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Real-property certified copy | $1/page plus $5 certificate | Recording context only |
| County-clerk paper-copy reference | $1/page plus $5 certificate | OCA manual; verify local category |
| District-clerk certified copy | Local total not published | Category-based fee law applies |
| Ordinary docket/search request | Fee not located | Ask the holding clerk |
| re:SearchTX document | $0.10/page, $1 minimum | Accessible electronic images only |
The Reagan recording-fee PDF covers recording charges only. Ask the clerk to quote copy fees, payment methods, and delivery before you send a request.
Separate Reagan Record Custodians
The combo clerk does not hold every Reagan County court record. Justice cases sit with Justice of the Peace Patty Davenport. The office is at 300 N Plaza Avenue. Phone (325) 884-3482. A Big Lake Class C ticket belongs to the Big Lake Municipal Court. The court sits at 203 N Plaza Avenue. Phone (325) 884-2511 ext. 5. A case can be appealed to Reagan County Court itself. The municipal file does not change hands. Federal cases run on a separate track. Reagan County sits in the Northern District of Texas, San Angelo Division. Use PACER or call the federal clerk. Federal fees and archive retrieval costs have no place in a county fee table. Routing takes a minute. Identify the filing court, confirm who holds the docket, then request the document. The same name can surface in unrelated courts, so match the court before you order.
Reagan Court Record Access
Texas court records follow court-specific access rules. The ordinary Public Information Act does not reach every judicial record. The Texas Judicial Branch policy explains the Rule 12 route, and sealing orders, confidentiality laws, and redaction rules also shape what a case file shows.
Key rules:
Texas Rule of Judicial Administration 12 provides procedures and exceptions for judicial records.
Government Code ยง552.0035 limits the ordinary Public Information Act route for the judiciary.
Civil Procedure Rule 76a sets standards for sealing civil court records.
Appellate Rule 21c materials address sensitive-data redaction.
Public access does not put every page online. Sealed papers, juvenile material, and sensitive identifiers can be withheld or redacted. When a Reagan County court record is unavailable, ask whether the limit covers the whole case, one item, web display only, or a protected field. The clerk can explain the procedure. Only the court can grant access that requires an order.
Build a Reagan Court Record Request
A solid Reagan County court record request starts with the court. Add the case number if known. Include case style, party role, filing or hearing range, and document title. Say what you want. The full file or one order? A plain copy or a certified copy? Add contact details, and ask about payment, delivery, and any identity or authority requirement. Keep sensitive data out of unsecured messages unless the clerk directs that method. No case number? Give a narrow date range plus court context. For older records, ask about archive retrieval up front. Reagan County posts no certified-copy form or promised turnaround, so current office instructions govern. Note: A web search can identify a record. It cannot supply a certified copy. The originating clerk remains that source for a complete or certified copy.