Moore County Civil Docket Searches
The official online entry point is Moore County's LGS records search. Pick the Moore office first. Then select the Civil record type. The county FAQ notes that the filters change once you make that choice. Guest Login gives free index viewing. An account is needed only to buy a public image. Do not assume extras like a wildcard search, date range, attorney filter, or court selector. Trust the fields the live screen actually offers.
Before you search, gather the cause number, case style, party spelling, approximate filing date, and the likely court. Moore County publishes no exact cause-number format. So use only the fields LGS shows and skip any guessed prefix. Work through this sequence:
- Identify whether the dispute belongs to district, county, probate, or justice court.
- Open LGS, choose the correct Moore office, and select Civil.
- Search with the cause number or the exact party details the portal accepts.
- Open More Information to read the index and current case detail.
- Ask the record-owning clerk for a filed paper or certified copy when proof is needed.
Moore County Civil Docket Clerk
One word, several doors. In Moore County, major civil matters usually land in the 69th District Court, with the District Clerk keeping the file. The County Court at Law takes county-level matters and shares family jurisdiction with the district court under Texas Government Code Section 25.1732. Probate and guardianship records stay with the County Clerk. Small claims and evictions belong to the justice court.
Quick route. Call the District Clerk at 806-935-4218 for district civil and family files, or the County Clerk at 806-935-2009 or 806-935-6164 for probate and constitutional county records.
For a County Court at Law setting, call the coordinator in Room 206 at 806-935-2440. The coordinator handles scheduling talk, not the filed docket itself. Name the court and the record type up front, and you will dodge the most common wrong-office search.
Civil Dockets: What They Show
Read a Moore County civil court docket as a timeline, not the whole file. The field families described here are the general inventory. The exact labels can vary from screen to screen. "Style" is simply the case caption. "Service" tracks the delivery or attempted delivery of formal process.
| Header | Cause number, court, filing date, case type, status, judge, and case style when displayed. |
|---|---|
| Parties | Plaintiff or petitioner, defendant or respondent, intervenor roles, and counsel associations. |
| Service | Citation, return, waiver, and available dates or methods of service. |
| Register | Petitions, answers, motions, notices, orders, settings, and disposition entries. |
| Judgment | Default, nonsuit, agreed judgment, dismissal for want of prosecution, or another signed result. |
| Images | Preview or purchase route when LGS permits public access; availability is record-specific. |
An index line may say an order was filed. It will not spell out every term inside that order. Open the available image or ask the clerk for the filed document before treating the shorthand as the court's full ruling.
Moore County Civil Docket Chronology
A Moore County civil docket usually opens with a petition or complaint, a cause number, and citation issued or attempted. An answer, waiver, counterclaim, or intervention can come next. Motions, discovery events, mediation notices, agreed orders, and notices of setting then stack up on the record. Steps overlap, and few cases use every one of them.
PetitionThe paper that starts the claim.
Citation and returnThe issued process plus the record of service or attempted service.
NonsuitA plaintiff's voluntary end to a claim. It is subject to procedural rules.
DWOPDismissal for want of prosecution, used when a case sits idle.
Abstract or writA post-judgment step for notice or enforcement. It applies when the law permits.
The main dispute can end by trial, settlement, default, dispositive ruling, agreed judgment, nonsuit, or dismissal. Later entries may cover an abstract, garnishment, writ, satisfaction, modification, or appeal. An enforcement entry does not restart the original case.
What Cases Fill the Civil Docket
Moore County civil court dockets split by subject and jurisdiction. The 69th District Court serves as the general-jurisdiction trial court. It handles major civil matters not placed elsewhere. The County Court at Law works within its statutory reach. It also shares family jurisdiction with the district court. The County Clerk keeps the probate and guardianship stream. Justice courts hold their own smaller civil dockets.
| Case group | Likely Moore venue | Starting contact |
|---|---|---|
| Major contract, tort, property, and district family matters | 69th District Court | District Clerk |
| County-level civil and concurrent family matters | County Court at Law | District Clerk or CCL coordinator for routing |
| Probate and guardianship | County court structure | County Clerk |
| Small claims, debt, possession, and eviction | Justice Court Precinct 1 or 2 | Proper JP clerk |
Municipal courts are not general civil courts. City ordinance matters can carry a civil-like procedure, but a routine private civil claim will not surface in a Dumas, Cactus, or Sunray citation portal.
Hearings on the Civil Docket
A notice of setting puts a hearing on the Moore County civil court docket. It covers a motion, pretrial event, bench trial, or jury trial. It is not a judgment. Requests to set matters in County Court at Law go to the court administrator with a time estimate. Copy both opposing counsel and the clerk. Local rules add that motions other than motions in limine should be called or set at least fourteen days before trial. Skip that step and the motion may be waived.
For the current date, trust the signed order and the newest docket entry above all. Then check clerk case information or the coordinator. The court posts no public daily or weekly calendar. A portal date can linger in the history after a reset. The full Moore County court schedule discussion walks through confirmation, continuances, and missed settings.
Moore County Civil Dockets Offline
Guest Login is only an index layer. It will not let anyone buy images. A registered LGS user can do that part. Select Images, add the item to a cart, preview, check out, and download. The county FAQ lists a mandatory $0.30 transaction fee on every purchase. It allows up to five images before a subscription kicks in. The FAQ does not publish subscription pricing.
A missing pleading image proves nothing. Some Moore County court records stay closed to the public. Older filings may never have joined the online set. Call or visit the clerk who holds the record. Give the cause number, the court, the document title or filing date. Add the copy type you want and how you want it delivered. Ask about payment, any identification or authorization required, and turnaround time. One caution: a portal image is not a certified copy. It does not become one just because it came from an official system.
Who Can See Civil Dockets
LGS can open Moore County civil docket entries to the public. Electronic access does not make every document public, though. Rule 76a of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure sets out the court process. It governs sealing court records. Rule 21c governs redaction of sensitive data in civil filings. Family, juvenile, adoption, CPS, medical, and financial material may carry extra limits. And a blank search result never proves a file does not exist.
Texas access rules.
Texas Government Code Section 552.0035 places judiciary information under Supreme Court rules or other applicable law, rather than the ordinary agency request path.
Texas Rules of Civil Procedure 76a and 21c address sealing and sensitive-data redaction.
Texas Rule of Judicial Administration 12 covers defined non-adjudicative judicial records, not every filed case record.
Keep the request narrow and specific. Name the court, the cause number, the case style, the date span, and the exact docket sheet or filing you need. If access is denied, ask which statute, rule, or order applies and whether an authorized-requester or court-order route exists.
Moore County Civil Docket Documents
Three records get mixed up all the time. The docket is just the chronological index. A filed order or pleading is the paper behind one entry. A certified judgment is a clerk-authenticated copy fit for formal use. A plain preview or paid download from an official portal never becomes certified on its own.
When you ask the clerk, name what you want. It could be a plain copy, a certified copy, an exemplified copy, a docket sheet, or a specific filed document. The clerk publishes no current plain-copy, certification, search, delivery, or turnaround fees. Totals in the civil and probate fee schedules cover filing, not copies. Confirm the amount and accepted payment method with the record-owning clerk before you send money.