Search Dallas County, Texas Public Records

Dallas County District Clerk Felicia Pitre's felony-collections portal lets defendants and their counsel look up court costs, fines, restitution, supervision fees, and community service equivalents owed on felony cases adjudicated in the 14th Judicial District. Search by cause number, defendant name, or driver license; pay outstanding balances online with eCheck or card. Unpaid balances may trigger a capias warrant, driver license hold, or referral to the Texas Comptroller's collection contractor.

Official Dallas County government portal under County Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins and a five-member Commissioners Court. Serves approximately 2.6 million residents across 909 square miles, second-most populous county in Texas after Harris County. FY 2026 adopted budget totals $828 million with a steady tax rate. Cities served include Dallas, Garland, Irving, Mesquite, Grand Prairie, Carrollton, Richardson, and Duncanville. Access departments, online services, court information, public records, and Commissioners Court agendas from the home page.

Dallas County Clerk John F. Warren's official records portal (hosted on PublicSearch) indexes deeds, deeds of trust, mortgages, releases, liens, marriage licenses, assumed business name certificates, military discharges (DD-214), and other recorded instruments. Free public search by grantor/grantee name, document type, recording date, instrument number, or legal description. Registration is required for full document images; copy fees are $1 per page plus $5 per document for certification.

RootsWeb genealogical archive of Dallas County obituaries published 1862 through 1950, transcribed from contemporary editions of the Dallas Morning News, Dallas Times Herald, Dallas Daily Herald, and smaller community papers. Browse by year and name to find death notices, funeral announcements, and brief biographical sketches; entries typically include date of death, surviving relatives, cause of death where reported, and place of burial. Useful for genealogical research and historical population studies; hosted free by Ancestry's RootsWeb.

Dallas County Clerk John F. Warren records Uniform Commercial Code (UCC-1) financing statements, amendments, terminations, and continuations filed under Texas Business and Commerce Code Chapter 9 for secured transactions involving certain collateral types (farm products, fixtures, timber-to-be-cut, and manufactured-home transactions). Most general UCC filings go to the Texas Secretary of State; county UCC filings perfect a security interest in real-estate-related collateral. Search by debtor or secured-party name through the PublicSearch portal.

Dallas County Code of Ordinances published by the Commissioners Court compiles every order, regulation, and policy adopted under Texas Local Government Code Chapters 81 through 86. Topics include subdivision rules for unincorporated areas, fire-code adoption, animal control, on-site sewage facilities, road and bridge maintenance, county park use, peddlers and solicitors, alarm permits, and ethics. Search by keyword or browse by article through the Commissioners Court countycode index; orders affecting incorporated cities are administered by those cities.