Criminal Court Cases in Lampasas County
Lampasas County criminal cases do not all sit in one index. The 27th Judicial District Court is the felony trial court. Its filings are maintained by the District Clerk. Class A and B misdemeanors ordinarily proceed in the constitutional County Court, where the County Clerk maintains the case record. Municipal courts and justice courts keep their own fine-only and other limited-jurisdiction matters. A citation or capias in one of those courts should not be expected in the district felony file.
The Texas Judicial Branch trial-court directory confirms the Lampasas County court structure. The separate custodianship matters when a name produces no result. It may mean the search went to the wrong court, not that no criminal court case exists. A cause number, the court name, and the filing year are stronger starting points than a name alone.
Lampasas County Criminal Clerk Counters
The working center for Lampasas County criminal court records is Annex 1, not the historic courthouse. The District Clerk is in Suite 204 at 409 South Pecan Street, Lampasas, Texas 76550. Call 512-556-8271, fax 512-556-9463, or email districtclerk@co.lampasas.tx.us about felony case records. The County Clerk sits in Suite 201 at the same address and is the local custodian for County Court misdemeanor files.
The official District Clerk page shows where Lampasas County felony resources and schedules begin.
That office is the place to verify a felony docket, ask about an older file, and request a certified judgment rather than relying on a screen capture.
District Clerk
409 S. Pecan St., Suite 204
Lampasas, TX 76550
512-556-8271
districtclerk@co.lampasas.tx.us
County Clerk
409 S. Pecan St., Suite 201
Lampasas, TX 76550
512-556-8271
Call first for current counter hours.
Current public-counter hours were not verified in official sources. Ask before travel, especially when a Lampasas County court calendar shows a changed hearing site.
Lampasas County Case Record Searches
Use re:SearchTX as a discovery tool, then confirm the Lampasas County criminal case with the proper clerk. Coverage and document access depend on court participation, account status, user role, and possible payment. Sealed, expunged, juvenile, or otherwise confidential records do not become public because the platform exists.
- Decide whether the case is a felony, county misdemeanor, municipal matter, or justice-court matter.
- Search re:SearchTX by the exact cause number when known, or try party-name spelling variants.
- Filter for Lampasas County, the relevant court, criminal case type, and a useful date range.
- Compare the result with the live court docket and note the cause number, setting, and event history.
- Ask the District Clerk, County Clerk, municipal clerk, or justice clerk for inspection, copies, certification, or archive retrieval.
The official re:SearchTX interface shows the statewide search entry used for Lampasas County court case discovery.
The image reinforces the key limit: a statewide search result points toward a court file, but it is not the clerk's certification of that file.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search type | Tab or selector | Unspecified | Case or party discovery depends on access. |
| Name or party | Text | Route-dependent | Try spelling variants and narrow by court. |
| Case number | Text | No | Best when copied exactly from a docket. |
| Court or location | Filter | No | Select Lampasas or the 27th District when offered. |
| Case type | Filter | No | Choose criminal when participating data supports it. |
| Date range | Date filters | No | Use the filing or activity period. |
Which Lampasas County Court Has It
The filed charge sets the route. A felony indictment belongs in the 27th District Court file. Many misdemeanors begin by information in County Court. Fine-only city offenses remain with a municipal court, while precinct matters remain with the correct justice court. The County Clerk's official resources illustrate the county-level route.
A District Clerk search that omits a misdemeanor does not settle the question. Check Suite 201 and the County Court record before treating the matter as absent.
Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 is at the historic courthouse. The JP Precinct 1 page identifies its local court channel.
That Precinct 1 court is a separate custodian at the historic courthouse, which is one reason Lampasas County case searches must follow jurisdiction.
What a Criminal Case File Contains
A Lampasas County criminal case file is event-centered. It can contain a complaint, information, or indictment; motions and orders; hearing notices; plea papers; a judgment; and sentence terms. A published docket is narrower. The inspected 27th District Court docket carried a cause number, setting date and time, charge or proceeding type, attorney notation, custody or bond notation, and scheduling notes. It did not promise every filing or a downloadable final judgment.
| Cause Number and Court | Identifies the specific Lampasas County case and the court with custody of it. |
|---|---|
| Charging Document | The complaint, information, or indictment states the filed allegation, which may differ from the arrest charge. |
| Docket Entries | Chronological settings, filings, motions, orders, and other court activity. |
| Hearing Dates | Scheduled arraignment, pretrial, plea, trial, or sentencing events, subject to change. |
| Disposition and Judgment | Shows dismissal, acquittal, plea, conviction, deferred adjudication, or another recorded outcome. |
| Sentence and Conditions | Records confinement, community supervision, fines, restitution, or other terms when imposed. |
The full case file answers what prosecutors filed and what the court did. For the earlier custody event, consult the separate Lampasas County arrest search.
Read Lampasas County Criminal Dockets
A docket line is a scheduling snapshot, not a final criminal history. Start with the cause number and court heading. Next read the setting date, charge label, attorney field, and any bond or in-jail notation. Status notes can explain whether the event is a plea setting, pretrial matter, jury setting, or other proceeding. A charge on the docket remains an allegation until the file records a disposition.
Outcome words need care. A no-bill means the grand jury declined to indict. A dismissal ends the filed charge without a conviction. An acquittal is a not-guilty outcome after trial. Deferred adjudication withholds a final finding while supervision is completed, but Texas DPS can still make it public unless a valid restriction applies. These terms should not be collapsed into the word “cleared.”
- Cause number
- The court's unique identifier for the filed Lampasas County case.
- Indictment
- A felony accusation returned by a grand jury, not proof of guilt.
- Disposition
- The recorded outcome of a filed charge.
- Deferred adjudication
- Supervision while the court defers a final finding of guilt.
- Capias
- A court-issued writ directing arrest, often tied to a procedural default or judgment.
Criminal Case Stages in Lampasas County
After an arrest and booking, a person must be brought before a magistrate without needless delay. Texas procedure generally sets an outside limit of 48 hours. A prosecutor may file an information for a misdemeanor or present a felony to a grand jury. An indictment moves the allegation into the Lampasas County District Court file. Pretrial settings, motions, plea talks, or trial follow. The final recorded outcome may be dismissal, acquittal, deferred adjudication, or conviction and sentence.
Case flow: Charges Filed › Arraignment › Pretrial › Plea or Trial › Disposition › Sentencing
The 27th Judicial District Attorney page identifies the local prosecution office connected to that charge pipeline.
The prosecutor's file and the clerk's public court file are still different records. Certified judgments and docket copies come from the clerk.
When Lampasas Court Calendars Change
Lampasas County posted, revised, and cancelled jury settings during 2026. The District Court docket page also carried date-specific felony calendars and update labels. That live access is useful, yet it is not a historical case database. A calendar can change after a visitor prints it.
Confirm the setting with the District Clerk before travel. Criminal-setting help is available through the county number at extension 308. This is especially important because second-floor courthouse repairs in 2025 temporarily moved County Court dockets to the Sheriff's Office. The temporary site imposed attire rules, barred several items, and permitted bag searches. No permanent assumption about hearing location, device rules, parking, or counter access should replace a current call.
Access Rules for Case Records
Open Lampasas County court files are not governed in exactly the same way as a sheriff's incident-report request. Texas Rule of Judicial Administration 12 addresses judicial administrative records, while adjudicative case files follow court-record law. The Texas Public Information Act governs many records held by executive agencies, subject to exceptions. Sending a TPIA request to the Sheriff is not the route to a certified Lampasas County judgment.
Juvenile files, expunged matters, sealed material, protected victim information, and sensitive identifiers may be restricted or redacted. Online absence can also reflect old paper files, indexing limits, spelling differences, or platform coverage. Ask the correct clerk whether inspection, archive retrieval, plain copies, or certification is available. Current criminal copy and certification fees were not found in an official Lampasas County schedule, so request a quote rather than assuming a price.
Bell Rules in Lampasas Court Cases
The Lampasas County District Clerk states that Bell County local rules apply to Lampasas proceedings. That unusual detail affects where a reader should look for court practice, but it does not move custody of the Lampasas County case file to Bell County. The local cause number, docket, filings, and certified copies remain with the Lampasas clerk.
Use the clerk's current notices for schedules and local-rule links. For an older or unindexed case, give the exact cause number, filing year, name spelling, charge, and approximate disposition date. The JP Precincts 2 and 3 page illustrates the separate Lometa court channel, while JP Precinct 4 serves the Kempner area.
Ask whether an older file is on paper and whether retrieval adds time or cost. Lampasas County court records still come from the court that created them.
Note: A court's payment page or forms page is not proof that it offers a complete public name search.