Tarrant Dcsa (2024)

FAQs

What is the phone number for Tarrant County? ›

If you have questions about any matter that is not answered on our County Webpages, the Frequently Asked Questions Page or these phone numbers, please call the County Telephone Operator at 817-884-1111.

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas has jurisdiction in Tarrant County.

How do I find out the date and time of my court appearance? Dockets for the next two weeks are posted on the web page. Contact your attorney or bondsman for the date and time of your court appearance. Contact Kachelle Johnson, court coordinator, at 817-884-1255 for information on other dockets.

As clerk of the three County Courts at Law, the County Clerk is responsible for the intake, processing and maintenance of civil cases with a jurisdictional limit up to $250,000; including debt, breach of contract, garnishments, temporary restraining orders, injunctions, automotive/personal injury cases and eminent ...

Friends and Family Requirements. TDCJ Allows Calls to Post-Paid (no pre-paid) Cell Phones in addition to traditional landline phones. To receive calls from an inmate at any TDCJ facility, you must register your cell or landline phone number at www.TexasPrisonPhone.com.

To obtain copies of court filed public records from a criminal case in a County Criminal Court, go to the criminal division of the County Clerk webpage. The phone number is 817-884-2848.

Tarrant County, one of 26 counties created out of the Peters Colony, was established in 1849. It was named for General Edward H. Tarrant, commander of militia forces of the Republic of Texas at the Battle of Village Creek in 1841.

Tarrant County has 11 district courts handling felony level criminal matters and 10 county criminal courts handling misdemeanor level criminal matters.

Effective September 1, 2023, jurors are reimbursed $20 for the first day of jury service and $58 per day thereafter for expenses. The Tarrant County Commissioners Court determines the amount paid for jury service based on the statute requirement. We issue your check upon dismissal.

If the case is not resolved during the pre-trial period, a trial date will be set. Depending on the complexity of the case, the trial date may be set for as little as 30 days after the pre-trial, or may be set well into the future in especially difficult cases to allow more investigation into the facts.

What does held mean in a court case? ›

Held in the context of a legal judgment or pronouncement means decided or ruled, as in "the court held that the contract was valid." The holding of the court is binding, and it can only be set aside by appealing the judgment before a higher forum.

Judicial records are open to the public unless exempt from disclosure, and where a respondent does not raise exemptions and the special committee cannot conclude any apply the records must be released.

At the level above the courts of appeal are the two highest courts in the state: the Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals. The Supreme Court has final appellate jurisdiction in civil matters while the Court of Criminal Appeals has final appellate jurisdiction for criminal matters.

In counties having statutory county courts, the district courts generally have exclusive jurisdiction in civil cases where the amount in controversy is $200,000 or more, and concurrent jurisdiction with the statutory county courts in cases where the amount in controversy exceeds $500 but is less than $200,000.

The claim may be filed for no more than $20,000 excluding statutory interest and court costs but including attorney's fees, if any. PLUS COURT COSTS.

The NON-EMERGENCY phone number is 817-884-1212. For all JAIL information call 817-884-3116. Staffed 24-hours-a-day, 365-days-a-year, the Sheriff's Communications Center provides the highest quality, professionally competent public safety services to the residents of Tarrant County.

Area codes 817 and 682 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) in the U.S. state of Texas. The service area comprises the city of Fort Worth and most of the western portion of the Metroplex.