El Paso, Texas official-records guide
Find the right El Paso criminal record without bouncing between the wrong government offices
El Paso criminal records are split across several systems. Felony court files are handled by the El Paso County District Clerk, adult misdemeanor files by the County Clerk, city Class C cases by El Paso Municipal Court, police reports by the El Paso Police Department, jail and warrant records through El Paso County systems, and statewide criminal-history information through the Texas Department of Public Safety. The fastest search depends on what happened, where it happened and what kind of record you actually need.
District Clerk
Adult felony cases, filed criminal pleadings, pending felony matters and felony background searches.
Open felony recordsCounty Clerk
Adult misdemeanor case files, misdemeanor copies and local background-check letters.
Open misdemeanor recordsMunicipal Court
City Class C misdemeanors, citations, warrants, court dockets and parking matters.
Search Municipal CourtEl Paso County
Current jail records, jail bonds and warrants issued through the county system.
Open county searchesEl Paso Police
Incident reports, offense reports, accident records, background checks and clearance letters.
Open EPPD RecordsTexas DPS
Public statewide conviction and deferred-adjudication criminal-history searches.
Search Texas DPSWhich El Paso office has the criminal record?
El Paso has several court and law-enforcement systems that can look similar from the outside. Choosing the wrong one is the main reason people waste time.
| You need | Start here | What it covers | Important limitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult felony case | El Paso County District Clerk | Felony court files and filed pleadings | Not a statewide criminal-history report |
| Adult misdemeanor case | El Paso County Clerk | County-level adult misdemeanor records | Does not replace District Clerk felony search |
| Class C city citation | El Paso Municipal Court | Class C misdemeanors, citations and city warrants | Not felony or county-court records |
| Recent El Paso city police report | El Paso Police Department Records Division | Incident, offense and accident reports | Some information may be redacted or restricted |
| EPCSO arrest/background information | El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Records Section | Records generated by EPCSO | Not a complete statewide check |
| Current county jail record | El Paso County Records Search | Current jailings and jail-bond information | County page describes jail search as current jailings |
| Statewide public Texas criminal history | Texas DPS Crime Records Division | Public conviction and deferred-adjudication information | Name-based search can produce false matches |
| Federal criminal case | PACER / Western District of Texas | Federal prosecutions filed in federal court | Separate from Texas state and county courts |
Search El Paso County criminal cases online
El Paso County maintains an official Records Search page that links to criminal cases, jail-bond records, current jail records, warrants and re:SearchTX.
Open the official El Paso County Records Search page
Use the county page as the safest starting point because direct case-search URLs can change when the county updates its records software.
Select “Criminal Cases”
The official county link routes users to the online criminal-record search used by the County Clerk and District Clerk.
Search with the strongest information available
A case number is usually more reliable than a common name. If using a name, compare DOB, filing date, charge and court before assuming the result belongs to the person you mean.
Identify whether the case belongs to District Clerk or County Clerk
Adult felony cases are maintained by the District Clerk. Adult misdemeanor cases are maintained by the County Clerk.
Request the actual document when necessary
An online docket entry may not contain every document. Contact the appropriate clerk when you need a copy, certification, background letter or an archived file.
El Paso felony criminal records: District Clerk
The El Paso County District Clerk’s Criminal Division is the custodian of filed pleadings in felony criminal matters. The office specifically identifies adult felony, murder, capital murder and nondisclosure matters among the criminal cases handled by the division.
El Paso County Courthouse
500 E. San Antonio Ave.
Suite 103
El Paso, TX 79901
Phone: 915-273-3534
Email: districtclerk@epcountytx.gov
What the Criminal Division can provide
- pending felony case searches
- criminal case files
- record copies
- background checks
- expunction information
- nondisclosure information
- felony appellate-record processing
Official felony information: El Paso County District Clerk – Criminal Cases.
El Paso misdemeanor criminal records: County Clerk
The El Paso County Clerk’s Criminal Division preserves and manages records for adult misdemeanors. It serves as clerk for the County Courts at Law and County Criminal Courts at Law.
Criminal Division
500 E. San Antonio Ave.
Suite 105
El Paso, TX 79901
Phone: 915-273-3532
Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Copies and background letters
The County Clerk allows electronic requests for misdemeanor copies and background-check letters using its criminal-record request form.
Email: clkcrimmail@epcounty.com
El Paso Municipal Court records: Class C misdemeanors, citations and city warrants
The El Paso Municipal Court is a court of record that handles Class C misdemeanors and civil parking citations issued within El Paso city limits. These matters should not be confused with felony or county misdemeanor cases.
Party Search
The public portal allows searching by last name, first name and date of birth.
Citation Search
If you know the citation number, use the dedicated Citation Search option.
Criminal Case Number
The portal also allows retrieval by Municipal Court criminal case number.
Main Municipal Court office
810 E. Overland Ave.
El Paso, TX 79901
Phone: 915-212-0215
Main office hours: Monday–Friday, 7:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Official portal: El Paso Municipal Court Public Access.
How to get an El Paso Police report or arrest-related record
For an incident handled by the El Paso Police Department, a court search is not always the right first step. EPPD’s Records Division provides accident, incident and offense reports, background checks, clearance letters and open-records services.
Gregory K. Allen Police Department Headquarters
911 N. Raynor St.
El Paso, TX 79903
Police headquarters:
915-212-4000
Records Counter:
915-212-4160
Records Counter hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Current EPPD records fees
| Record | Published fee | Useful detail |
|---|---|---|
| Accident / crash report | $6 | Certified accident copy adds $2. |
| Offense / incident report | $0.10/page for first 50 pages | Additional allowable overhead, material and labor costs can apply over 50 pages. |
| Background check / clearance letter | $6 | Requested through EPPD Records. |
| Open records procedure request | $0.10/page for first 50 pages | Additional charges may apply for larger or more complex requests. |
| Request sent by mail | Add $1.50 | EPPD asks mail requesters to include a return mailing address. |
El Paso County Sheriff’s Office criminal and arrest records
The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Crime Records Section maintains records generated by the Sheriff’s Office, including criminal complaint reports, arrest-related information, incident reports, background checks, Public Information Act requests and expunction orders.
El Paso County Sheriff’s Office
3850 Justice St.
El Paso, TX 79938
Phone: 915-273-3807
General Crime Records hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Sheriff background checks are local
EPCSO states that its background checks use only arrest records generated by the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office.
If you need broader Texas criminal-history information, use Texas DPS instead.
Sheriff background check / clearance letter
EPCSO currently lists a $13 fee for mailed background-check or clearance-letter requests. Mail requests require a money order.
The Sheriff’s Office also states that only the person being checked can authorize the check. A second party must provide notarized authorization.
Official details: EPCSO Background Record Checks & Clearance Letters .
El Paso County jail and bond records
El Paso County’s official Records Search page provides separate links for:
- current jail records
- jail bond records
- criminal cases
- warrant searches
The county describes its jail-record search as a search of current jailings. If you are researching an older arrest or release, a court case or agency-record request may be more useful than the current-jail tool.
Open official Jail Records pageEl Paso warrant searches
Which warrant system you use depends on the court or agency involved.
El Paso County Warrant Search
The County Records Search page includes an official warrant-search link for warrants issued through the Sheriff’s Office.
County warrant searchEl Paso Municipal Court
City citation and municipal warrant information can be searched through the Municipal Court portal.
Municipal warrant/citation portalCheck the case file too
If you already know the county criminal case number, review the court file and contact the appropriate clerk when the online record does not answer the warrant question.
Texas DPS statewide criminal-history search
The Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Records Division operates the state’s public Criminal History Conviction Name Search.
Texas DPS states that conviction and deferred-adjudication records are public criminal-history information that may be made available to the general public.
Create or use a Texas DPS Crime Records account
Public users use the DPS public Crime Records website rather than the restricted secure system reserved for statutorily authorized organizations.
Purchase a search credit
The current online system lists search credits at $1 per search. Credit-card purchases also carry the site’s published transaction charges.
Enter accurate identifying information
First and last name are required. DPS recommends adding a full date of birth, middle name and maiden name where known.
Compare possible matches carefully
DPS expands name searches and can return similar-sounding names. The closest result is not automatically the correct person.
Use fingerprint review when identity really matters
DPS warns that name-based searches can return records belonging to another person or miss a person’s record. Fingerprint identification is the reliable way to positively connect an individual to a criminal-history record.
El Paso criminal record copies, certifications and background-search fees
The cost depends on which office maintains the record.
| Office / service | Published fee | What it is for |
|---|---|---|
| District Clerk – criminal background check | $10 | District Clerk background search. |
| District Clerk – paper copies | $1/page | Copies under the District Clerk’s current fee schedule. |
| District Clerk – certification | $5 | Certification of a document. |
| District Clerk – archive retrieval | $6 | Retrieval of a record from archives. |
| District Clerk – research | $5 | Published research fee. |
| County Clerk – criminal background | $6 | Misdemeanor criminal background search. |
| County Clerk – copy | $1/page | Copy of an instrument. |
| County Clerk – certification | $5 | Certified misdemeanor court record. |
| EPPD – background / clearance letter | $6 | Police background check or clearance letter. |
| EPCSO – background / clearance letter by mail | $13 | Sheriff-generated arrest-record search; authorization rules apply. |
| Texas DPS online criminal-history search | $1/search credit | Public statewide name-based criminal-history search. |
Fees can change. Verify the amount with the office before mailing payment or traveling to the courthouse.
Texas Public Information Act requests vs El Paso court-record requests
This distinction matters in Texas.
Texas Public Information Act may apply
Records maintained by agencies such as the City of El Paso or law-enforcement departments may be requested through their public-information procedures, subject to statutory exceptions and confidentiality rules.
The judiciary is different
The Texas Attorney General explains that the judiciary is excluded from the Texas Public Information Act. Access to judicial records instead depends on court rules and other applicable law.
City open-record requests: City of El Paso Open Records.
Was the El Paso criminal case appealed?
El Paso felony and misdemeanor appeals can move beyond the original trial court. The El Paso County District Clerk’s Appeals Division handles felony direct-appeal records and prepares clerk records for the Eighth Court of Appeals and, where applicable, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
Eighth Court of Appeals
500 E. San Antonio Ave.
Room 1203
El Paso, TX 79901
Phone: 915-273-3142
Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
The Eighth Court of Appeals hears criminal appeals from district and county courts within its appellate district. Texas also provides an online appellate case/document search.
Open Eighth Court of AppealsFederal criminal cases in El Paso
A federal prosecution is not stored in El Paso County’s state-court criminal database. El Paso County falls within the El Paso Division of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.
Albert Armendariz, Sr. U.S. Courthouse
U.S. District Clerk’s Office
525 Magoffin Ave., Suite 105
El Paso, TX 79901
Phone: 915-534-6725
Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Mountain Time
For electronic federal court records, use PACER. PACER currently charges $0.10 per page for many electronic-access transactions, with a maximum of $3 for most individual case documents.
El Paso expunctions and orders of nondisclosure
Texas has two different concepts that are often confused: expunction and nondisclosure.
Qualifying records may be removed
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 55A governs expunction of criminal records. Eligibility depends heavily on the arrest, charge outcome and other case-specific facts.
Public disclosure may be restricted
An order of nondisclosure is different from an expunction. It restricts public disclosure of qualifying criminal-history information but is not the same as destroying every record.
The El Paso County District Clerk currently provides both an Expunction Form and an Order of Nondisclosure Overview on its official forms page.
For expunction information, the District Clerk lists: districtclerk@epcountytx.gov.
What if an El Paso or Texas criminal record belongs to someone else?
Name-based criminal-history searches can produce false matches, especially when names are common. Texas DPS specifically warns that a name-based search can return a record that does not belong to the person being researched.
Before assuming a match is correct, compare:
- full legal name
- date of birth
- middle or maiden name
- court case number
- arresting agency
- county of prosecution
- offense date
- final disposition
If the issue involves your own Texas DPS record, DPS provides a personal-review process. Fingerprint comparison is the strongest method for establishing whether the criminal-history record actually belongs to you.
El Paso County Courthouse: criminal-records location and map
Both the District Clerk and County Clerk have criminal-record functions at the El Paso County Courthouse.
El Paso County Courthouse
500 E. San Antonio Ave.
El Paso, TX 79901
District Clerk: Suite 103
County Clerk: Suite 105
Eighth Court of Appeals: Room 1203
El Paso criminal-record search tips that actually save time
Know the offense level first
Felony, adult misdemeanor and city Class C cases can live in different El Paso court systems.
Use case number when possible
A known case number reduces false matches and can avoid extra clerk research fees.
A recent ticket may not appear yet
El Paso Municipal Court says recently issued citations may take 7–10 business days to enter the system.
Jail search is not a full history
The county’s jail tool is designed around current jailings. Use court or agency records for historical research.
Sheriff check is not statewide
EPCSO background checks only cover arrest records generated by the Sheriff’s Office itself.
Read the disposition
A filed charge can end in conviction, dismissal, acquittal or another outcome. Do not stop at the charge line.
City vs county matters
An incident handled by EPPD may create a police report before a court filing exists.
Federal case? Leave county search
Federal prosecutions in El Paso are searched through federal court resources such as PACER.
Save search results
Court and criminal-history databases change as cases move, dispositions are entered or records are restricted.
Using El Paso criminal records for employment, housing or other screening
A courthouse or public-record lookup is not automatically the same as a legally compliant consumer background report. Employment, tenant, credit, insurance and other eligibility decisions can trigger federal or state requirements depending on how information is obtained and used.
El Paso criminal records: frequently asked questions
1. Where can I search El Paso criminal cases online?
Start with the official El Paso County Records Search page. It links to county criminal cases, jail records, jail bonds and warrant searches. Felony cases are maintained by the District Clerk, while adult misdemeanors are maintained by the County Clerk.
2. Who keeps felony criminal records in El Paso?
The El Paso County District Clerk’s Criminal Division maintains filed felony criminal cases and provides pending-case searches, records requests and background checks.
3. Who keeps misdemeanor criminal records in El Paso?
The El Paso County Clerk’s Criminal Division maintains adult misdemeanor records for County Courts at Law and County Criminal Courts at Law.
4. Where do I search El Paso Class C misdemeanor cases?
Use the El Paso Municipal Court public-access portal for city Class C misdemeanors, citations, municipal warrants and court calendars.
5. Can I get an El Paso police report online?
EPPD provides a Records & Reports service and an Open Records Request process for incident, offense and other qualifying police records. Copies may carry fees depending on the record and length of the request.
6. How do I find someone currently jailed in El Paso County?
Use the official El Paso County Jail Records link from the county Records Search page. The county describes that search as covering current jailings.
7. Is an El Paso County Sheriff’s background check statewide?
No. The Sheriff’s Office states that its criminal background checks use only arrest records generated by the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. Use Texas DPS for broader Texas criminal-history searching.
8. How much does a Texas DPS public criminal-history search cost?
As of September 2026, the Texas DPS online criminal-history system lists search credits at $1 each. Credit-card purchases can include additional transaction charges.
9. Can an El Paso criminal record be expunged?
Some qualifying Texas criminal records can be expunged under Chapter 55A of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. Eligibility depends on the facts and disposition of the case. Orders of nondisclosure are a separate form of relief.
10. Where do I search a federal criminal case from El Paso?
Federal criminal cases from El Paso are handled through the El Paso Division of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Electronic federal case records can be searched through PACER.
Official sources used for this El Paso guide
- El Paso County – Records Search
- El Paso County – District Clerk
- El Paso County District Clerk – Criminal Cases
- El Paso County Clerk – Criminal Division
- El Paso County – Jail Records
- El Paso County Sheriff’s Office – Crime Records
- EPCSO – Background Record Checks & Clearance Letters
- El Paso Police Department – Records & Reports
- City of El Paso – Municipal Courts
- El Paso Municipal Court Public Access Portal
- Texas DPS – Criminal History Name Search
- Texas Eighth Court of Appeals
- U.S. District Court – Western District of Texas
- PACER – Federal Court Records
- Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 55A – Expunction