Searching Hartley County Civil Dockets
iDocket is the county-linked route into Hartley County Court case information. It also covers the 69th Judicial District Court. Pick the right court dataset before you type anything. Try the cause number first. Without it, the portal offers filters for plaintiff or defendant, exact or sounds-like names, attorney, filing date, county and court, state, and more.
For statewide coverage, the re:SearchTX portal searches Cases, Filings, Text in Documents, and Hearings. An account may be required, and some documents carry a fee. The clerk still matters. Ask that office when a filing title has no image, when you need an official copy, or when portal coverage is unclear.
- Identify whether the matter is in District Court, County Court, or Justice Court.
- Search the exact cause number and preserve all punctuation.
- If needed, search party names and narrow by Hartley court and filing date.
- Read the case caption, roles, filings, settings, and latest order in sequence.
- Request the needed plain, electronic, or certified copy from its custodian.
Hartley Civil Clerk Split
Melissa Mead serves as both the public-facing County Clerk and District Clerk, yet each role keeps different Hartley civil dockets. The District Clerk holds 69th Judicial District Court civil and family cases. The County Clerk takes Hartley County Court matters, County Civil and probate routes, and other county record families.
| Hartley matter | Custodian | Search or request path |
|---|---|---|
| District civil, family, SAPCR | District Clerk | iDocket, re:SearchTX, clerk request |
| County Civil and probate | County Clerk | iDocket and clerk request |
| Small claim, debt claim, eviction | Justice Court | JP office and local forms |
| Recorded county instrument | County recording division | Recording route or iDoc Market, not the civil docket |
That split trips up many searches. A recorded instrument and a court pleading can each be called a "record," but they live in separate databases. Neither follows one shared request process.
Inside a Hartley Civil Docket
Think of a civil docket as a chronological index. It may note that a petition, answer, return of service, motion, order, or judgment was filed. It does not show the full text. The official re:SearchTX sample adds event date, type, comments, documents, page count, price, and access status. Remember, that layout is a state sample rather than a Hartley case.
| Cause Number | The case identifier. No public Hartley format was documented, so keep the number exactly as shown. |
|---|---|
| Caption and Roles | Names and roles such as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, or respondent. |
| Filings | Petitions, answers, motions, responses, notices, and other submitted items. |
| Service | Citation, return, or proof showing a service event when public. |
| Settings | Hearings, trials, docket calls, or motions set for court action. |
| Orders and Judgment | Court action, dismissal, final judgment, or later post-judgment activity. |
Read the newest entry, then trace what came before it. A motion is not an order, and a hearing setting is not a final judgment; the signed record controls.
Hartley JP Civil Dockets
The Hartley County Justice Court sits in Dalhart. It hands out local packets and petitions for small claims, debt claims, and evictions. Those forms document a filing route. They are not the docket for a filed case. To learn what actually happened, rely on the clerk's chronological record. It shows whether a petition was filed, service occurred, an answer arrived, a hearing was set, or judgment was entered.
Beth Bezner Moore is the Justice of the Peace. The office sits at 1401 Walnut Avenue, Dalhart, Texas 79022, phone 806-244-2939. Hours run Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday hours run 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The office stays open through lunch. Call with the cause number, the names, and a rough filing date.
Note: A Hartley self-help packet outlines procedure. The Justice Court docket records what occurred in the filed case.
Civil Case Types on the Docket
Where a Hartley civil case lands depends on the court, the amount, the subject, and the relief sought. Local clerk schedules and forms document these categories. They also explain why you must identify the court before any search or payment is sent.
- County Civil original and post-original actions.
- District civil, family, and suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
- County probate original and follow-on matters.
- Justice Court small claims, debt claims, and evictions.
- Protective-order, expunction, nondisclosure, foreign-judgment, tax-suit, and other named proceedings on the clerk schedules.
- Occupational or hardship driver-license petitions in the applicable court context.
Labels only identify local filing families. The docket for the specific Hartley County case, not the fee-sheet label alone, shows its actual filings and court action.
Hartley Civil Fees by Office
The clerk fee schedules for Hartley County are dated 2024. Confirm amounts before paying. Both list a $350 original action in their stated civil setting plus an $80 later filing category. The money belongs with the clerk holding the case. Service, citation, copy, and special-proceeding amounts vary between the offices. Ask for a current total tied to your exact Hartley civil filing or copy request.
| Service | District Clerk schedule | County Clerk schedule |
|---|---|---|
| Original civil action | $350 civil, family, or SAPCR | $350 County Civil total |
| Later action | $80 subsequent action | $80 post-original action |
| Paper copy | $1 per page | $1 per page |
| Electronic copy | $0.10 per page, $1 minimum | Confirm treatment with clerk |
| Certification | $5 | $1 per page plus $5 per document |
| Search | $5 | Not separately stated on inspected civil page |
The District Clerk schedule adds $8 citation issuance, $75 certified-mail service, and several sheriff service amounts. The County Clerk schedule lists further citation and publication amounts. Request a current total for your precise filing or copy.
Civil Docket Settings and Hearings
A Hartley County civil docket may list a motion hearing, docket call, trial, or another setting. Confirm the date, time, court, location, judge, setting type, and status. A filing date is not a hearing date. A reset or continuance can show up as a new event, an amended date, or a comment. It may be a clerk-confirmed change that has not yet reached the portal.
The clerk posts no single official Hartley daily calendar. Check iDocket and re:SearchTX for a hearing. Then call the responsible clerk at 806-235-3582 if a setting is missing or conflicts with a notice. District administration sits in Dumas. Hartley clerk records route through Channing. So do not infer the hearing place from "Hartley County" alone. The Hartley County Court Dates reference has more detail.
- Setting
- A scheduled court event.
- Continuance
- A court-approved move to another date.
- Default judgment
- A judgment entered under the applicable rules when a party fails to respond or appear, not merely a missed portal result.
- Post-judgment
- Activity recorded after judgment, such as enforcement or appeal steps.
Missing Hartley Civil Documents
Seeing an entry on a docket does not mean a free copy comes with it. re:SearchTX warns that a non-party may have to purchase the document. The fee goes to the court where the case resides. iDocket has copy-request tools. It still points users to the clerk for the most accurate and current information.
When you write to the Hartley County clerk, include the court, cause number, caption, document title, and the approximate filing date. Say which version you want: plain, electronic, certified, or appellate-ready. Before sending money, ask about the page count, the fee, accepted payment methods. Ask how the copy will be delivered. A certified copy bears the clerk's certification. A screen print does not.
When the image is missing: Save the Hartley docket label and date, then ask the correct clerk whether the item is restricted, not imaged, or available by copy request.
Civil Docket Access Rules
Statutes and court rules shape what the public can see of Hartley County civil dockets. Sealing orders and redaction duties play a part too. So an online result may leave out juvenile material or family information. Personal identifiers, sealed documents, or a protected portion of a filing can also be missing. A no-result screen has other possible causes too. The search may have hit the wrong court, a misspelled name, an older record, or a portal delay rather than a truly absent case.
Key rules:
Texas Government Code Chapter 552 supplies general public-information rules and recognizes a separate judicial-access framework.
Texas Rule of Judicial Administration 12 covers non-adjudicative judicial records, written requests, redaction, denial, and review.
Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 76a governs civil court-record sealing through its prescribed process.
Texas Family Code Chapter 58 limits access to juvenile records.
When a Hartley County entry looks blank or the image is missing, ask the clerk. The answer should come from the clerk or a court order, never from a guess based on the case name.
Hartley Civil Activity Context
For broad context, OCA's FY2025 performance report puts Hartley district civil at a 21.2 clearance rate for its reporting period. That figure measures aggregate performance. It is not a count of active cases. And it says nothing about any single civil dispute. The Justice Court tells a different story. Pending civil cases rose from 67 at the start of the period to 86 at the end.
The iDocket table adds two more numbers: 317 civil entries in its Hartley County Court dataset and 2,054 in the Hartley District dataset. Those are portal inventory counts, with 2024 as the displayed last-filing date. They are not FY2025 filings. Read annual reports for the wide view. Get case facts from the actual civil docket. Never merge these court layers into a single Hartley County caseload number.