About Bexar County, Texas
Bexar County is located in the South Texas Region of Texas. The county seat is San Antonio.
- Population: 1,855,866
- Households: 674,332
- Median household income: $50,112
- Median home value: $123,700
- Below poverty line: 17.6%
- Land area: 1,239.8 sq mi
- Population density: 1,383.1 people / sq mi
- Public libraries indexed: 30
- NCES schools indexed: 503
Recorded Documents
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Official Public Records (OPR) lookup from County Clerk Lucy Adame-Clark — search recorded deeds, deeds of trust, mortgages, releases, liens, abstracts, military discharges, and miscellaneous instruments filed against any Bexar County parcel. Free name and document-number search; account registration is required to view full document images and to order certified copies. Recorded under Texas Local Government Code §192.001 through the Clerk's downtown office.
Uniform Commercial Code Filings
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Uniform Commercial Code Article 9 financing-statement and tax-lien index maintained by County Clerk Lucy Adame-Clark. Real-estate-related UCC fixture filings, agricultural liens, federal and state tax liens, and abstract of judgment liens recorded under Texas Business & Commerce Code §9.501 and Property Code §52.001 are searchable by debtor name or document number. Texas Secretary of State holds the central UCC index for non-real-estate secured-party filings.
Public Notices
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County Clerk public-notice index for legal notices required to be filed of record — sheriff's sale notices, tax-resale postings, probate citations, name-change publications, citation-by-publication, and constable's sale advertisements. Search by date range, document number, or notice type. Texas Property Code §51.002 requires foreclosure-sale notices to be posted at the courthouse door and filed with the County Clerk at least 21 days before sale; this portal exposes those filings.
Bexar County
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Official portal of Bexar County, Texas — founded in 1717, county seat San Antonio, 4th largest county in Texas and 16th nationally with over two million residents. The five-member Commissioners Court (one County Judge plus four precinct Commissioners) sets policy and the FY 2025-26 adopted budget. Quick links include the Courts Portal, Tyler Odyssey online dockets, Inmate Visitation, Voter Registration Check, Marriage Forms, Vehicle Registration, and the Bexar County Financials transparency dashboard.
Traffic Tickets
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Justice of the Peace fines-and-payments hub for the four Bexar County JP precincts (Precinct 1 through Precinct 4) — pay Class C misdemeanor traffic citations, request a driving-safety-course dismissal (must request on or before court date with valid Texas DL and proof of insurance), file proof of insurance, or apply for an expired-DL ($22) or fail-to-produce ($12) dismissal. Failure to appear may trigger arrest warrants and a separate failure-to-appear charge with up to $500 fine.
Foreclosures
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Kofile-hosted notice-of-substitute-trustee-sale and notice-of-foreclosure index for properties posted for sale in Bexar County. Under Texas Property Code §51.002, foreclosure sales occur on the first Tuesday of each month at the courthouse between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.; notices must be posted at the courthouse and filed with the County Clerk at least 21 days prior. The portal lets prospective bidders preview upcoming sales by sale date, debtor name, or substitute trustee.
Court Records — District & County Courts
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Combined records search landing for the Bexar County District Clerk and County Clerk — the offices custodying every civil, criminal, family, juvenile, and probate case filed across the nation's 16th-largest county. District Clerk Gloria A. Martinez, elected in 2022 with a term running through Dec. 31, 2026, manages district-court filings; County Clerk Lucy Adame-Clark, in office since 2019, holds the misdemeanor and probate dockets.
Court Dockets — District
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District Clerk Gloria A. Martinez's civil and criminal docket index covering every district court case filed in Bexar County — the 4th largest county in Texas and 16th largest nationally with more than two million residents. The office handles civil, criminal felony, family, juvenile, and child support filings; search by party name, attorney, or case number to view setting dates, judge, and document history.
Court Records — County Clerk Misdemeanors
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Bexar County Clerk Lucy Adame-Clark's misdemeanor case index, browsable alphabetically by defendant surname. The office handles Class A and Class B misdemeanor filings tried in the County Courts at Law, alongside the office's broader portfolio of marriage licenses, vital records, recorded deeds, and probate. Free public lookup with registration required for certified copies.
Courts
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Courts Portal indexing every court venue across Bexar County — district courts, county courts at law, statutory probate courts, justice of the peace courts, magistrate court, juvenile court, and specialty dockets including drug, veterans, mental-health, and DWI courts. Real-time online dockets are also published at portal-txbexar.tylertech.cloud through the Tyler Odyssey system. Filings and hearings span the Downtown Courthouse, Cadena-Reeves Justice Center, and outlying JP precincts.
Court Dockets — Selma Municipal
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City of Selma Municipal Court — a court of record handling all Class C misdemeanor traffic citations and city-ordinance violations within Selma's limits in northeast Bexar County. Court is held the third Tuesday of each month inside Selma City Hall: doors open 7:30 a.m., prosecutors begin at 8 a.m., judge at 9 a.m. Pay citations online, by mail, or in person; failure to appear triggers warrant issuance and a 30% collections fee under Texas C.C.P. Art. 103.0031.
Court — Attorneys
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District Clerk Gloria A. Martinez's public attorney index — search every attorney of record on civil and criminal cases filed in Bexar County district courts by surname, first name, or Texas State Bar number. Returns each attorney's case list with case number, style, court, and most recent setting. Useful for locating prior counsel on a known case or for confirming Bar standing before retaining.
Justice of the Peace Courts
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Four Bexar County Justice of the Peace precincts hearing Class C misdemeanors, civil suits up to $20,000, evictions, debt claims, truancy, and traffic citations under Texas Gov't Code ch. 27. Precinct 1 (Judge Sylvia M. Ruiz, 3505 Pleasanton Rd; 210-335-2803), Precinct 2 (Judge Roberto A. Vazquez, 7723 Guilbeau Rd; 210-335-4800), plus Precincts 3 and 4. Each precinct also handles small-claims and landlord-tenant cases.
Jail Activity Reports
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Daily jail-activity rosters published by Sheriff Javier Salazar, who won a third term on Nov. 5, 2024. The reports list bookings, releases, and current inmate populations across the Bexar County Adult Detention Center on West Nueva Street downtown — one of the largest county jail systems in Texas, housing roughly 4,000–4,500 pre-trial detainees and sentenced inmates on a typical day. Updated each business morning.
Most Wanted
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Most-wanted fugitive bulletins from the Bexar County Sheriff's Office under three-term Sheriff Javier Salazar. The agency, one of the largest sheriff departments in Texas, patrols the unincorporated portions of the county outside San Antonio, runs the Adult Detention Center, provides courtroom security, and serves civil process. Wanted listings include photographs, charges, last-known whereabouts, and a tip line; tips can be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 210-224-STOP (7867).
Arrests — Central Magistrate Search
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Real-time arrest roster of every individual booked into the Bexar County Adult Detention Center for a Class B misdemeanor or higher within the past 24 hours, processed through the Central Magistrate's Office. Each entry shows the arrestee's name, race, age, SID, booking number, and the charges as filed at intake. The magistrate sets probable cause and initial bond; the live stream of magistrate hearings is also published when court is in session.
Inmate Search
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Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar's inmate-information portal — Salazar won a third term Nov. 5, 2024. Search by System Identification (SID) Number, name, or booking number for inmates at the Adult Detention Center on West Nueva Street downtown. Includes inmate banking/commissary, mail, clothing-exchange, and bond-information services, plus PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act) reporting under 42 U.S.C. §15601 for incidents of sexual abuse in custody.
Marriages
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Bexar County Clerk Lucy Adame-Clark's marriage-license index covering both ceremonial marriage licenses issued by the office and informal (common-law) marriage declarations recorded under Texas Family Code §2.401. Texas requires a 72-hour wait between issuance and ceremony unless waived, and the license remains valid for 90 days. Free public name search; register for an account to order certified copies or to view the full record image.
Birth & Death Certificates
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Bexar County Clerk Lucy Adame-Clark's vital-records office issues certified birth and death certificates for events occurring in Bexar County. Texas Health and Safety Code §191.051 restricts certified copies to the registrant, immediate family, legal guardian, or court-authorized representative; requestors must submit a photocopy of valid government-issued ID. Birth $23, death $21 plus $4 each additional copy. Mail-in or in-person at 100 Dolorosa Street.
Assumed Business Names
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County Clerk Lucy Adame-Clark's assumed-name (DBA) index hosted by Kofile's PublicSearch platform, certified current through May 11, 2026. Search by grantor/grantee, subdivision, document type, or document number across the county's land and clerk records. Under Texas Business & Commerce Code §71.103, an unincorporated business operating under any name other than the owner's legal name must file an Assumed Name Certificate in the county where it transacts business; certificates are valid for 10 years.
Property — CAD & GIS
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Bexar Appraisal District (BCAD) real-property, business-personal-property, and GIS map search for every taxable parcel in the county. Following longtime Chief Appraiser Michael Amezquita's retirement, Tommy Allison serves as Assistant Chief Appraiser and is overseeing 2026 appraisal-records administration. BCAD does not accept tax payments — only the Tax Assessor-Collector does. Office at 411 N. Frio St., San Antonio, TX 78207-4416; 210-224-8511; texting Q&A at 844-461-2223.
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Property — Tax
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Property-tax search and payment portal of Bexar County Tax Assessor-Collector Albert Uresti, MPA, PCAC. Look up accounts by owner name, business name, property address, 12-digit account/Geo ID, 6-digit CAD PID, or 8-digit fiduciary number to see current values, exemptions, last payment, and outstanding balance. Pay by e-check (free) or credit card (2.10% convenience fee), register for e-statements, and print receipts. Mailing: PO Box 839950, San Antonio, TX 78283-3950; 210-335-2251.
Property — Tax Assessor-Collector
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Bexar County Tax Assessor-Collector Albert Uresti, MPA — the office collects ad valorem property taxes for Bexar County, the Road and Flood Control Fund, and 73 other taxing entities (over $4 billion annually). Beyond property tax, the office issues motor-vehicle registrations (1.6M+ plates/stickers in 2022), 500K+ title transfers, 72K handicap placards, and 3,739 beer/wine permits. Bexar offers the only 10-month payment plan in Texas for Seniors, Disabled, and Disabled Veterans.