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Find El Paso criminal court cases through county public access and request records from the District or County Clerk that holds the proceeding.
El Paso County, Texas, splits adult misdemeanor and felony criminal records between two clerks
| Record need | Official custodian | Practical route |
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| Adult misdemeanor case/background letter | El Paso County Clerk Criminal Division | County Clerk preserves/manages adult misdemeanor records for County Courts at Law and County Criminal Courts at Law; copies/background letters use the division request form/email route. |
| Adult felony case | El Paso District Clerk | District Clerk criminal records cover adult felony matters in District Court; use its case/background/copy request services. |
| Current jail status | Jail Records link from El Paso County Records Search | Current jailings are a custody record and should not be substituted for a court disposition. |
For an adult misdemeanor record, use the County Clerk Criminal Division
What the office holds
The County Clerk Criminal Division says it preserves, creates and manages records regarding adult misdemeanors and serves as clerk for the County Courts at Law and County Criminal Courts at Law.
Electronic request
To request copies and/or background-check letters, the division tells users to complete its request form and email it to the Criminal Division at [email protected].
Published system coverage
The request form currently linked by the division states that misdemeanor records available in the system run from 1986 to present. Treat that as the form’s stated system range, not a claim that older courthouse/archive records cannot exist.
For a felony criminal file, move to the District Clerk
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Identify the felony case
Use the El Paso County records/search routes or District Clerk tools to capture the case number and court when available.
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Use District Clerk criminal services
The District Clerk is custodian for adult felony District Court matters and provides criminal case/background-check and record-request functions.
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Ask for the document that answers the task
If the question is conviction or sentence, request the judgment/disposition or relevant certified copy rather than relying on a jail entry or charge list.
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Keep misdemeanor and felony requests separate
A County Clerk misdemeanor background letter does not substitute for a District Clerk felony-file request, and vice versa.
Jail Records answer current-custody questions, not the final criminal-case outcome
Custody, charge and conviction are different facts
The El Paso County Records Search page exposes a separate Jail Records route for current jailings. Use it when the task is custody status. For a criminal-record query, connect the jail result to the County Clerk or District Clerk court case and read the disposition before stating the outcome.
Send the right identifiers and request the right record
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Full legal name
Use the subject name exactly as known and include additional name information only when the official form calls for it.
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Date of birth
DOB helps distinguish same-name defendants and is requested on the County Clerk background-check form.
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Case number
Include it whenever known; it routes the request to the exact court file.
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Offense level/court
Know whether the matter is an adult misdemeanor in County Court or felony in District Court before choosing the clerk.
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Document or letter needed
State whether you need a background-check letter, plain copies, certification or a specific judgment/disposition.
If an online search does not answer the task, contact the clerk that owns the case instead of declaring “no record”
Online coverage and a current-jail search are not exhaustive substitutes for the court file. For misdemeanor material, use the County Clerk Criminal Division’s copy/background-letter request route. For felony material, use the District Clerk criminal-record request route.
The County Clerk’s linked misdemeanor request form states a 1986-to-present system range for records available in that system. An older matter or an unavailable online result therefore needs a clerk/archive question, not a negative conclusion based solely on the web interface.