Search Bexar County Felony Records

Bexar County felony records are maintained by the District Clerk in San Antonio. The county is home to over two million residents, and its court system handles a high volume of criminal cases each year. Records are searchable online, in person, or through the Sheriff's Central Records office.

Bexar County District Clerk

The Bexar County District Clerk is the official record keeper for civil district court records and criminal felony court records. The office is in the Paul Elizondo Tower at 101 W. Nueva St., Suite 217, San Antonio, TX 78205. Phone: (210) 335-2113. Hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The online district clerk criminal records are indexed by the last name of the defendant and available as CSV files updated daily.

The Bexar County court records search allows users to find criminal and civil court case records by entering the last name and first name of the person on the case. Middle initial is optional. For advanced searches, users can search by other information. Online District Clerk Criminal Records provide limited information on each case and are available as CSV format files that can be opened in Excel.

Online Felony Records Access in Bexar County

Bexar County provides free online inspection of criminal records under the Texas Public Information Act (Government Code Section 552.021). The free Bexar County Criminal Court Records Search portal provides basic case information for criminal proceedings at no cost. You can search by name, case number, or other identifiers. The Bexar County Court Docket Search provides free access to court dockets and scheduling information. The Bexar County Sheriff's Office Inmate Search allows free lookup of current inmate status, charges, and bond amounts.

The Tyler Technologies court portal at portal-txbexar.tylertech.cloud offers additional online access to Bexar County case records. The statewide re:SearchTX also covers Bexar County and provides a single search across all 254 Texas counties.

The online court dockets show daily docket information. Look at the run date in the upper left corner, as current changes after that date may not yet be reflected. The Criminal Pre-hearing Docket is available for current day review on the county website.

Bexar County Sheriff Central Records

The Bexar County Sheriff's Office Central Records Division provides public services under the Texas Public Information Act. Address: 200 N. Comal St., San Antonio, TX 78207. Phone: (210) 335-6010. Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Services available from Central Records include mugshot requests (email record@bexar.org with full name, SID number, or date of birth), inmate information via the inmate information line at (210) 335-6201 (you need the full name and date of birth), and open records requests submitted through the GovQA Public Information Request Center. Offense and incident reports can also be requested by providing the case number or date, location, and the name of the complainant, then emailing record@bexar.org.

Bexar County Criminal Court System

Felony cases in Bexar County are filed with the District Clerk and assigned to one of several Criminal District Courts. The courts are housed in the Paul Elizondo Tower in downtown San Antonio. Criminal Operations files all felony indictments, issues subpoenas, sets the case for first settings, and processes all criminal appeals and post-conviction writs.

Gloria Tamayo serves as Supervisor for Criminal Courts and can be reached at (210) 335-2659. Maritza Quirino serves as Supervisor at (210) 335-2278. The court operates a standard Texas felony process: grand jury indictment, arraignment, pre-trial motions, plea or trial, sentencing, and potential appeal. Each step creates official records stored by the District Clerk.

The San Antonio Municipal Court at 100 Dolorosa, San Antonio, TX 78205 handles Class C misdemeanors and traffic violations. That court has its own Central Magistrate for 24-hour arrest searches, phone (210) 207-7532. Municipal Court records are separate from District Court felony records.

Statewide Resources

• re:SearchTX - official Texas court records, all 254 counties
• TDCJ Offender Search - Texas prison system records
• Texas DPS Criminal History - statewide name-based search
• Texas Sex Offender Registry - searchable by county and address

Nearby Counties

Bexar County is in South Central Texas. These counties surround San Antonio and the Bexar County area.