Searching Cases by Name
The county itself posts no web form for searching a party name. The official route is re:SearchTX. It requires a free account. Party names and other search terms go in once you register, and its guide documents partial terms plus an asterisk wildcard for first or last names. Coverage is a separate question. Confirm which Borden County dockets actually appear there, since the exact inventory and update schedule are not published.
- Register or sign in with a re:SearchTX account or permitted eFileTexas credentials.
- Select Cases, then search a full name or a careful partial name.
- Use Advanced and narrow Location, Case Category, and Case Type.
- Compare the court, location, style, filing date, and case type for each possible match.
- Open the case description and read Case Details, filings, documents, and hearings.
- If no match appears, call the correct Borden custodian and ask about older or restricted files.
A matching name alone proves little. Check the middle name or initial when one is shown, plus the other party, the court, the case category, and the filing period. The case style is the formal title. In a criminal matter that reads State versus the defendant, and in a civil one party sues another.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search | Text | Unspecified | Party, case number, attorney, judge, location, or style; partial terms supported. |
| Cases / Hearings | Tab | No | Choose the case register or setting results. |
| Search By | Dropdown | Unspecified | Options depend on the advanced search and account view. |
| Location | Filter | No | Type a court or clerk, check the result, and apply it. |
| Case Category / Type | Filter | No | Lists may show ten choices at a time. |
| Date Filed / Sort By | Date and dropdown | No | Sort by newest, oldest, or case number. |
Borden’s No-County-Search Reality
Borden County's official website is an information hub, not a searchable database of names or cause numbers. The District Clerk page gives contact details, e-filing links, and monthly District Court Appointments records. It offers no civil, criminal, or name-search boxes. The County Clerk page lists copy information without a case form. The JP page has no citation lookup.
That matters when a statewide search comes back empty. It does not prove no case exists. The file may be old, on paper or microfilm. It may not be integrated into the system, or held by a different court. It could also be sealed or restricted. Let the case type point you to the right clerk instead of hunting for another unverified database.
No result: Check spelling, court, case type, and date first, then ask the correct clerk whether the file is archived, restricted, or not online.
Searching by Case Number
A cause number you already know is the strongest key. Type it into the re:SearchTX Search field, or pick the case or docket number option under Advanced search. Try the exact form first. If punctuation blocks the result, compare against the original order or notice. Use only variations the search screen itself supports.
Borden County publishes no official local format for civil, criminal, probate, or JP cause numbers. So skip any invented example built from a year and a court code. The honest answer is county format not located. A row number on the posted criminal setting notice only marks that row's place on the notice. It is never the case number itself.
Appeals add a wrinkle. TAMES assigns its own appellate case number and lists a Trial Court Case No. field. Keep both numbers. The trial number leads back to the Borden clerk's file. The appellate number opens the record at the Eleventh Court of Appeals.
Find the Borden Case Custodian
One elected officeholder, Jana Underwood, holds both clerk jobs in Borden County. The law keeps the functions apart. The District Clerk maintains the 132nd District Court records. Those cover civil, family, juvenile, and felony cases. The County Clerk holds Borden County Court civil, probate, and misdemeanor files. Traffic, fine-only, small-claims, and eviction matters sit with the countywide Justice of the Peace.
| Case | Record Holder | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| District civil, family, juvenile, felony | Borden County District Clerk | 806-756-4312 |
| County civil, probate, misdemeanor | Borden County County Clerk | 806-756-4312 |
| Traffic, small claims, eviction | Borden County Justice Court | 806-756-4380 |
| Appeal | Eleventh Court of Appeals | TAMES case search |
Both clerk functions operate from the courthouse at 117 East Wasson Street, Gail, TX 79738, if you want to inspect records in person. Put the complete name, the approximate year, the court or case type, and the cause number if known into any written request. Borden County publishes no request form. No turnaround time is posted either.
What a Case Search Returns
The re:SearchTX Case Details screen can display the case number and type, the parties, attorneys or judicial officers, filings and documents, and hearings. Which fields appear depends on what the court supplies and what your access allows. A docket is a dated index of court actions. A linked pleading, order, or judgment is the actual document behind an entry. Getting that document may require a purchase. It may also take a clerk request.
| Case Number | The court's unique identifier; no Borden-specific syntax was published. |
|---|---|
| Style / Parties | The formal caption and named parties, subject to access limits. |
| Case Type | The civil, probate, family, criminal, or other category. |
| Filed Date | The date the case began in that court. |
| Status | The open, closed, disposed, or other state shown by the source. |
| Events | Dated filings, notices, motions, orders, settings, and final actions. |
A free result online is not a certified record. Ask the proper clerk when you need an official copy. The County Clerk page lists $1 per page and $5 for certification, while District Clerk charges follow the statutory schedule.
Borden Cases Versus Hearings
The Cases and Hearings tabs in re:SearchTX answer different questions. Cases takes you to the register and Case Details. Hearings targets scheduled events, and a hearing type may open more detail. Check both views if you hunt the next court date. Look at the case events and the hearing view whenever the Borden record appears there.
Do not confuse either view with eFileTexas Filing History. eFileTexas is the filing service itself. Its account history lists only a filer's own submissions. It is not a search of all Borden filings. re:SearchTX is the separate public access layer. For a current hearing, compare the portal with the Borden County court calendar channels. Then confirm directly with the court.
Statewide vs County Case Search
Borden County gives you two layers. Only one is a search portal. re:SearchTX provides the statewide case and hearing tools for participating records. The county site provides local office contacts, appointment archives, court notices, and copy information. It has no county case-results page. Use the two layers together rather than treating them as matching databases.
| Statewide re:SearchTX | Borden County Sources |
|---|---|
| Searches available participating case data. | No county name or cause-number form was located. |
| Cases, Hearings, Advanced, filters, sorting, and export. | District appointments, posted notices, office contacts, and copy details. |
| Useful for an online party, number, style, or hearing search. | Best for confirming custody, current settings, and offline records. |
| Exact Borden coverage and refresh time not confirmed. | The clerk or JP can explain the local record's access route. |
Skip the portal and pick up the phone. The District/County Clerk answers at 806-756-4312, and the Justice of the Peace at 806-756-4380. Both offices accept requests at the counter or by mail. The clerk will let you inspect records too. Plan on those documented routes rather than counting on a public terminal.
Search Borden Appeals in TAMES
TAMES Case Search for the Eleventh Court of Appeals handles appeals from a Borden trial court. You can query it several ways. Filters cover the appellate case number. They also cover civil or criminal class, filing dates, style, attorney or bar number, trial-court case number, county, and trial court. Set the Trial Court County filter to Borden County. That keeps the results tied to the right docket.
Two limits matter here. TAMES refreshes its appellate information nightly. It does not keep trial-court case records at all. Use the trial-court number you find there as a bridge back to the Borden District or County Clerk. Remember that an appellate document never replaces the trial docket. A trial result in re:SearchTX does not guarantee an appeal exists.
Borden Case Search Access
Not every Borden County court record is open to you. Juvenile records can sit behind confidentiality rules in Texas Family Code Chapter 58. Rule 76a lets civil files be sealed. Expunged matters drop out of public view. Protected family material or sensitive identifiers may be withheld or redacted. So a blank search result can stem from any of those rules. It can just as easily trace to a spelling slip. The wrong court, an archive gap, or an integration issue can do it too.
Texas Rule of Judicial Administration 12 backs your right to inspect and copy judicial records. Its exceptions still apply. It does not force a court to build a new record. It does not require posting every paper file online. Court rules and other applicable law govern judiciary information, not automatically the Texas Public Information Act. Ask which access procedure applies. Just don't ask staff to reveal protected content.
Searching Older Borden Case Files
The appointment archive you can see online starts in 2016. Statewide reports say much re:SearchTX civil and probate content dates from around then. Neither point proves that every Borden case begins there. It does not show that all later files are online either. Older matters may still live as paper, microfilm, scanned images, or other archived clerk records.
Give the clerk a focused request. Include the full name, likely filing year, record type, court, and cause number if you have it. Say whether you need a docket sheet, a plain document, or a certified copy. If the clerk does not hold the matter, ask which court does. Traffic and eviction files sit with the JP rather than the shared District/County Clerk office. That custody check often clears up a false no-result faster than repeated broad searches.