Check Comanche County Criminal History

Comanche County Criminal History Checks

Begin with the event, not a broad name search. Current jail custody belongs with the Comanche County Jail. A Class A or B misdemeanor belongs with the County Clerk, while a felony belongs with the District Clerk and 220th Judicial District Court. A city or fine-only ticket may remain in a municipal court or Justice of the Peace. The Texas Department of Public Safety supplies the statewide public conviction and deferred-adjudication extract. An incident narrative stays with the Sheriff, police department or other agency that wrote it.

Gather the full name, known date of birth, spelling variants, event date and any case, booking or report number. Those facts reduce name collisions and help a clerk locate an older paper file. Then follow a narrow sequence:

1. Identify whether the target is custody, an agency report, a filed court case or statewide history.
2. Search UCMS by record number or a name in “Last, First Middle Suffix” form.
3. Filter by location, case type, status and filing dates instead of opening every similar name.
4. Compare the result with the jail roster, docket or creating agency when another record layer matters.
5. Order a certified clerk copy or fingerprint personal review when identity or final outcome must be confirmed.

Note: A portal hit is a lead, while a certified judgment or identity-based personal review supplies stronger verification.

Four Comanche County Record Counters

Comanche County criminal records are not all kept at the historic courthouse. The District Clerk, 220th court staff and Justice of the Peace use the North Houston annex. The County Clerk keeps misdemeanor records at the East Oak annex. Sheriff reports and jail bookings sit at the Industrial Boulevard complex. City citations remain with the municipal court that issued them. The official Comanche County homepage provides the current county directory and notices.

The courthouse restoration makes this routing practical, not merely historical. The county page can list the courthouse as an in-person location while a clerk page lists an annex contact address. Call the exact office before travel. No official source published universal parking, screening, phone, recording or accessibility-service rules for every counter.

The county homepage shows the public-facing courthouse identity:

That image helps explain why a single courthouse address should not be treated as the location for every criminal-history request.

Official Background Checks in Texas

The Texas DPS Criminal History Name Search is the public statewide channel. A user creates a Crime Records Division Secure Website account and prepays credits. One credit costs $1. Credit-card purchases add 2.25 percent per credit and $0.25 per transaction. A no-match response still consumes a credit, and opening another possible match uses another one. DPS keeps query history for three years but does not keep the returned records there, so save or print the response.

This name product is not the full Computerized Criminal History file. Government Code §411.135 permits public conviction and deferred-adjudication information, while the complete record remains subject to stricter access. For review of your own identity-confirmed Texas history, follow DPS personal-review instructions and book FAST fingerprint capture through a DPS-authorized IdentoGO location. The research found no verified Comanche County FAST site, so location and current appointment price must be checked when booking. The DPS FAQ listed a $15 record check plus a $10 FAST electronic fingerprint fee.

Access flow: Comanche County clerk file for the filed local outcome › DPS name search for a public statewide slice › DPS fingerprint review for your own identity-confirmed Texas CCH › FBI Identity History Summary for your own federal fingerprint history.

Note: DPS says fingerprints are the only reliable positive identity link, so a public name response must be matched with care.

Comanche County UCMS Record Search

The county links to the Texas UCMS Smart Search for cases, judgments and public warrant information. JavaScript and cookies are required, and the portal warns that an idle session can expire after 60 seconds. Search by record number when possible. In name mode, last and first names are required, while middle name is optional. “Sounds Like” can help with spelling variants, but it also broadens the match pool.

Portal-visible warrant data is not a promise of completeness. Sealed, juvenile, new or unsynchronized records may not display, and TCIC or NCIC are not public systems.

Kinds of Criminal Records

“Criminal record” can refer to records made at several points. Comanche County agencies create the first local layers. Prosecutors and courts add filed charges and dispositions. DPS later connects reportable arrest cycles to prosecution and court outcomes.

• Incident and arrest reports describe the agency event and allegation.
• Booking records show intake, charge, bond, hold and custody facts.
• Court case files contain filed charges, dockets, pleas, orders, judgments and sentences.
• Warrants are court-issued orders tracked and served by peace officers.
• DPS CCH entries join reportable Texas events under state identity records.
• Supervision and registry records follow separate probation, parole and Chapter 62 rules.

A booking allegation can be changed, rejected or never filed. For that reason, readers examining an arrest should follow the charge into the Comanche County court case file before drawing a conclusion about outcome.

Note: The office that creates a record usually remains the best source for its fullest releasable version.

Comanche County Jail Roster Limits

The county publishes a dated Charge Roster PDF, not a live searchable jail database. It can show local identifiers, custody class, housing, demographics, attorney or hold details, days in custody, booking and arrest dates, alleged charge, bond, court or docket, agency and ORI. Labels such as UNFILED, UNINDICTED, “No docket number,” “Case Rejected by Prosecutor” and dismissal wording reveal why custody and prosecution are not the same stage.

The official jail page routes readers to the latest roster, visitation and inmate-service links:

Because the PDF is printed and replaced, call 325-356-2333 for current custody. A person transferred to state prison must instead be checked through the TDCJ Online Inmate Search.

Comanche County Criminal Records: What They Contain

The fields depend on the layer. A repository record can include names, aliases, date of birth, state identifiers, arrest details, prosecutor action, disposition and sentence. A court file adds the court, case number, filed offense, counsel, event dates, plea, orders, judgment, costs and case documents. The jail record focuses on intake and custody.

Note: A docket calendar lists settings and status, but it does not replace the pleadings, judgment or certified case file.

Comanche County Sheriff Record Requests

The Comanche County Sheriff page lists direct office contacts, releases and jail routing:

No distinct records division, records email, online request vendor, clearance-letter product, report-copy fee or promised turnaround was published. Direct a focused written or fax request to the Sheriff at 300 Industrial Boulevard, Comanche, Texas 76442; phone 325-356-7533; fax 325-356-3783. State the incident or arrest date, location, report or booking number if known, arresting agency and exact item sought.

The jail supplies booking and custody, not an arresting agency's full narrative. A City of Comanche incident report remains with that police department even if the person was housed in the county jail. Active-investigation, victim, juvenile and other protected content may be redacted.

Texas Public Access Laws

The Texas Public Information Act covers government records, but Government Code §552.108 permits withholding of qualifying law-enforcement material. Judicial case files follow court-access and sealing rules rather than simply mirroring the executive-branch request process. State criminal-history data has separate limits under Government Code Chapter 411.

A governmental body generally must take a procedural step within ten business days. It may release records, provide a production date, state that none exist, rely on a prior determination or seek an Attorney General ruling. That period is not a universal deadline for final production.

The county's Public Information Requests page illustrates local request routing:

Its linked Elections form must not be mislabeled as a Sheriff form. It can show local mechanics, but its printed fees should not be quoted as Sheriff charges without confirmation.

Comanche County Clerk Name Searches

The County Clerk does not perform criminal name searches by telephone. Search at the counter or submit a written request. The published charge is $5 per name, and a search letter is also $5. Copies cost $1 per page; certification adds $5 per case. Mail the name, available birth-date or driver-license identifiers, return address, phone number, and a cashier's check or money order.

The District Clerk handles felony documents. Mail requests need a self-addressed stamped envelope plus check or money order, and copies are $1 per page. The District Clerk page explains that procedure and links to UCMS:

Older or non-digital Comanche County records may require mail or counter work. A clerk-certified result is distinct from an online result list.

Restricted, Sealed & Expunged Records

Texas expunction under Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 55A removes or destroys qualifying arrest, court and CCH records across named agencies. It is not available for every conviction. Statutory routes can include an acquittal, pardon or a qualifying arrest that did not result in a final conviction, subject to transaction-related limits and waiting periods.

An order of nondisclosure is different. It limits public release of qualifying criminal-history record information but preserves access for criminal justice and other authorized entities. Juvenile records follow separate restrictions and automatic-sealing criteria. A dismissal alone does not erase an arrest report or booking entry.

For expunction, confirm the proper Comanche County court and its current filing cost. For nondisclosure, match eligibility to the exact disposition. Juvenile sealing requires the juvenile-specific law and court process.

No official Comanche County expunction packet or complete local filing fee was found. After an order, confirm that the clerk sent it to every named agency, then inspect your DPS personal record for any needed error resolution.

Note: Relief depends on the exact arrest cycle and disposition, so a broad promise based on one docket label is unsafe.

Comanche County Warrant Record Routes

No official Sheriff active-warrant list, most-wanted database, direct warrant hotline or amnesty page was found. UCMS has warrant filters for type, status, issued dates, location and name or record number, but public results can lag or omit protected matters. Resolution starts with the issuing court, not with a broad assumption that any payment clears the order at once.

• District felony warrants or capiases: District Clerk, 325-356-2342, or criminal coordinator, 254-435-6626.
• County misdemeanor bench warrants: County Clerk, 325-356-2655.
• Sheriff, DPS or game-warden citation failures: Justice of the Peace, 325-356-3543.
• Comanche city citations: Municipal Court, 325-356-7129.
• De Leon city citations: Municipal Court, 254-893-6851.

Confirm the case number, warrant status, bond or appearance terms and clearance procedure. Keep proof of compliance because court, clerk and Sheriff systems may not update at the same moment.

Comanche County Supervision Records

Community supervision and parole are separate. Comanche County CSCD at 300 Industrial Boulevard handles local probation-style supervision, including straight probation and deferred adjudication ordered by the court. No public statewide probation roster was found. The sentencing case can show the order and public motions to revoke or adjudicate, while confidential supervision notes remain outside a public list.

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles makes parole decisions, and the TDCJ Parole Division supervises release. The Brownwood District Parole Office serves Comanche County from 907 Main Street in Brownwood, phone 325-646-0588. Start with the TDCJ locator, then use the relevant status line or office. A county jail roster stops being the right source after transfer to state custody.

Community supervision

Texas court supervision that includes probation-style sentences and deferred adjudication.

Parole

Conditional release while a state prison sentence remains in effect.

Disposition

The court result, such as conviction, dismissal, acquittal or deferred adjudication.

Capias

A court order directing arrest, often after a case event or judgment.

Comanche County Record Counts in Context

DPS reported 18 DWI charges by Comanche County agencies in 2022 and 27 in 2023. The 2023 total consisted of 14 Sheriff, 11 Comanche Police Department and two De Leon Police Department charges. That is a 50 percent rise in this one reported charge category, not a complete crime rate and not necessarily a count of unique people. Prosecution and court action counts can also lag agency reports.

The county population estimate rose from 13,629 in 2020 to 14,359 in 2024. Those population and DWI figures describe context, not an individual's history. The official research did not locate a countywide annual booking total, average daily jail population, clearance rate or complete local offense table, so none should be inferred from commercial aggregators.

City-by-City Criminal Records in Comanche County

The three incorporated places use distinct routes. Comanche has its own police department and municipal citation search. De Leon also keeps police and municipal citation records, while custody and higher charges route to county offices in Comanche. Gustine directs law enforcement to the County Sheriff and has no verified municipal court. Census Vintage 2024 ranks these places as follows.

The official De Leon municipal page supplies city context for its local record route:

That city layer remains separate from Comanche County jail bookings and County or District Court cases.

Note: City records and county records can concern the same event without being stored in the same office or database.