Getting Kendall County Court Records
Send your request to the office that actually holds the Kendall County court record. The District Clerk keeps district civil, family, and felony criminal files. The County Clerk handles county-court, misdemeanor, probate, and juvenile matters. Justice courts keep their own lower-court files. So do the Boerne or Fair Oaks Ranch municipal clerks. Federal cases sit in PACER, not at a Kendall County counter.
Several routes exist. re:SearchTX offers public indexed material. The District Clerk also posts a web request form. You can appear in person. You can mail a letter. You can also call the right clerk to ask about routing and current charges. For a paid older search, the District Clerk accepts e-filing. In-person payment or a mailed money order also works. A call can confirm the process, though card payments are not taken by phone.
- Identify the court, case type, party names, case number, and likely year.
- Check re:SearchTX for public, indexed details.
- Use the clerk counter, phone, mail, or written online form when the screen is incomplete.
- Name the exact docket, order, judgment, copy, or disposition required.
- Confirm access and current fees before paying, then check the delivered case number.
Kendall Municipal Record Forms
Municipal records take a separate path. Boerne offers a request form for a certified disposition. The same form covers a judgment or sentencing record. It also works for a citation or complaint, or another named item. You supply contact details and defendant identifiers, then sign; the clerk fills in the disposition area. No set fee or turnaround appears on the form. Ask the municipal clerk to confirm both. The city's official court forms page gathers that route. It also holds extension, plea, compliance, defensive-driving, and deferred forms.
Choosing an option on a form is not the same as getting the court record. Ask for the disposition, judgment, or citation copy you actually need.
Kendall County Court Record Types
A "court record" can mean several different products. One short docket entry may confirm a hearing date yet leave out the terms of a signed order. Kendall County clerks can sort out the pieces before you pay for more than you need.
- Docket metadata with case number, court, type, dates, and status.
- Plain copies of accessible pleadings, orders, and judgments.
- Certified copies bearing the clerk’s certificate or seal.
- Staff-assisted searches for a cause or older file.
- Municipal or justice-court dispositions showing an outcome.
- Calendars showing scheduled events, not the whole history.
Missing a case number? Start with the Kendall County case lookup, then verify it with the clerk who holds the file.
Two Kendall County Clerk Routes
Kendall County splits its clerk duties in two. Susan Jackson runs the District Clerk office. That office holds the district civil, family, and felony files, so most docket searches for those case types start there. Denise Maxwell heads the County Clerk, which handles misdemeanor, probate, and other county-court matters. Property is a separate track: the County Clerk’s publicsearch.us system indexes deeds, liens, and official records rather than lawsuit dockets.
Kendall County District Clerk
201 E San Antonio Ave, Suite 201
Boerne, TX
830-249-9343
8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Kendall County Clerk
201 E San Antonio Ave, Suite 127
Boerne, TX
830-249-9343 ext. 231
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; lunch noon to 1 p.m.
Justice and municipal cases stay with their own court clerks. Naming the court or precinct keeps a Kendall County request from landing at the wrong office.
Inside a Kendall County Court Record
A Kendall County file holds more than one docket row. When a short status label leaves doubt, the filed document controls. An indexed event can show up while its attachment stays restricted.
| Case number | The exact cause identifier, including prefix, year, precinct, and punctuation. |
|---|---|
| Docket sheet | A chronological list of filed and scheduled events with brief status text. |
| Pleadings | Petitions, complaints, answers, and motions that are public. |
| Orders and judgments | Signed rulings with terms that a short label cannot show. |
| Hearing details | Date, time, type, court, and status where indexed. |
| Attachments | Exhibits and support subject to sealing and redaction. |
JP2 case numbers look like DC2025-2-044 and SC2026-2-001, and these redacted formats do not apply to every Kendall County court.
Kendall Search or Clerk Request
re:SearchTX offers searches by Cases, Filings, Text in Documents, and Hearings. Result cards open case, filing, or hearing detail. An account may save searches or export results. Coverage, age, case type, and restrictions all shape what comes back. A blank result means only that the record was not in that access layer.
The District Clerk's Record Search form asks for party names, case number, estimated date or year, the information you want, contact fields, and reCAPTCHA. You can pick civil or felony record. Order, judgment, certified or regular copy, and active or disposed case are options too. No standard turnaround is posted. Boerne's official court FAQ explains appearance, payment, trial, and municipal-versus-JP routing.
That routing line sends a city disposition to Boerne. A county citation stays with the JP printed on it.
Kendall County Fees and Certified Copies
A plain copy just reproduces a public document. A certified copy adds the clerk's seal or certificate. Statutes set several fee parts, but format, page count, search work, and the live office schedule can shift the total. Verify any amount before you mail funds.
| Item | Published amount | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District cause search without docket number | $5 | Government Code §51.318 |
| District certified copy | $5 plus $1 per page | Paper or conversion tier |
| Electronic certified document | $1 through 10 pages; $0.10 after | District statutory tier |
| County Clerk search without docket number | $5 | Local Government Code Chapter 118 |
| JP certified court papers | $2 first page; $0.25 after | Chapter 118 fee table |
| District search older than 2010 | $5 per person plus $5 per decade | Local form notice |
Read the district-clerk statute and the county and JP fee statute, then confirm the current Kendall County charge.
Kendall Filing Is Not Access
Tyler Technologies eFileTexas lets authorized filers submit pleadings. It is not a public court-record index, though. re:SearchTX is the state's electronic-access layer, and the clerk of record remains the source for certified copies or anything the portal does not show.
Sealed material shows why the split matters. Kendall County's District Clerk requires sealed filings on paper or by mail. After a sealing order, the item is scanned into the case-management system and locked away. The clerk can view it; the public cannot.
Note: An e-filing login does not replace one thing. Ask the Kendall County clerk whether an existing record is public.
Sealed Records and Public Access
Judicial records follow Texas Rule of Judicial Administration 12 plus the custodian's written-request process. Adjudicative case records are not ordinary Texas Public Information Act requests. Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 76a governs sealing, Rule 21c addresses sensitive data, and juvenile material carries separate protection.
Key access rules:
Texas Rule of Judicial Administration 12 supplies the judicial-record request and appeal framework.
Texas Rules 76a and 21c address sealing and sensitive-data redaction.
Texas Family Code Chapter 58 restricts juvenile records.
Seeing an event on a Kendall County docket does not mean every filing tied to it is public. Some items sit under seal. Ask the clerk about the specific record you want. And remember, a search that returns nothing is not proof that no case exists.
Prepare a Kendall Record Request
The more precise your Kendall County request, the better the result. Give the clerk the exact case number. Include every name form you know, the court, a year or date range, and the item you need. State whether you want a plain or certified copy. For a municipal outcome, name the issuing city. Ask for the disposition rather than a whole file. Skip sending sensitive identifiers through an unsecured message unless the official form demands them. Before paying, confirm the fee and accepted payment forms. Also confirm the record's public status and how it will be delivered. Kendall County publishes no countywide turnaround schedule, so treat any promised date with care. Note: Keep your receipt and case number with the copy. That way its Kendall County source stays clear.