Bexar County Criminal Records Search

Choose the court-record service for a case outcome

Bexar County’s justice-search directory distinguishes clerk court records, Sheriff’s jail reports and Central Magistrate processing. For a judgment, dismissal or sentence, follow the court-record links. Booking information can help identify an event, but it does not replace the court’s filed history or establish the outcome of the prosecution.

Felony matters belong with District Clerk Criminal Operations; misdemeanor records belong with the County Clerk’s Criminal Division. Both offices direct online users to the county’s Justice Information Portal. Keep the case level with the case number because the right clerk and copy charges depend on it.

Use Smart Search and narrow a broad name match

The portal’s public access does not require registration. Select Smart Search and enter the case number or the name in Last, First Middle order. The official guide permits an asterisk wildcard; its minimums are three last-name characters, one first-name character, or four case-number characters. A search field accepting a name is not an identity verification.

Advanced Filtering Options can narrow court area, case type, status and filing-date range. The guide describes a maximum of 200 search results, so refine an overbroad query. Open the case number and review the whole entry: Hearings and Events starts with the newest items, initially shows 50, and offers Show More or Show All.

Request felony checks and copies from Criminal Operations

District Clerk Criminal Operations offers a Bexar County felony background check for $5, requested in person or by mail with payment. It also has self-service public kiosks. This is a county felony check, not a complete Texas or national criminal-history report. For request details and the correct destination for your packet, call the criminal main line, 210-335-2591.

That office currently lists both plain and certified felony copies at $1 per page. Requests can be made in person, by fax or by mail, but copies are produced after payment arrives. Mailed payment must be a cashier’s check or money order. Identify the exact judgment, sentencing order or other filing and obtain the page count before calculating the payment.

Order a misdemeanor search with its own scope

County Clerk Criminal Central Filing is at 100 Dolorosa, Basement, San Antonio, TX 78205; call 210-335-2238. Its records FAQ prices a misdemeanor background search at $5 for the first ten years and $1 for each additional year. State the period you need so an unspecified $5 request is not mistaken for unlimited historical coverage.

For the mailed search, the FAQ requests full name, date of birth, Social Security number, payment by cashier’s check or money order payable to Bexar County Clerk, and a self-addressed stamped envelope. Address it to Bexar County Clerk, ATTN: Criminal Central Filing, 100 Dolorosa, Suite 104, San Antonio, TX 78205. Ask the office how to proceed if a requested identifier is unavailable.

Separate a name search from a certified disposition

The County Clerk’s 2026 criminal fee schedule lists copies at $1 per page and document certification at $5. These are the County Clerk’s charges, distinct from the District Clerk’s published felony-copy price. Call Criminal Central Filing for a judgment, sentence or dismissal and specify whether certification is needed.

Before ordering, compare the defendant and case details and choose the document answering the question. An indictment states an accusation; a sentencing order or dismissal addresses an outcome. If the portal has a docket description but not the document, use its full case number to request the actual filing rather than treating a printout as a certified copy.

Understand the magistrate search’s 24-hour boundary

The county describes Central Magistrate Search as covering people arrested for Class B or higher offenses who were processed by that office within the last 24 hours. A name dropping out of that tool does not show that charges were dismissed, that the person was never arrested, or that no older court record exists.

For an older event, use the approximate arrest date, available booking reference and any case papers to locate the filed court case. For present custody, use the Sheriff’s jail-information route in the county directory. These services answer different questions and may not update at the same moment.

Resolve gaps with the clerk that owns the record

When a case cannot be found, recheck the query and court level, then ask the appropriate clerk whether the known matter is available and how to obtain it. Do not seek elevated justice-partner access: the portal guide reserves it for authorized agencies. A public no-hit or a county background report cannot certify the absence of records in other Texas counties.