Searching the Camp County Court Docket
Figure out the court before anything else. In Camp County, felonies, family suits, and large civil cases sit with the District Clerk and the 76th or 276th District Court. Probate and guardianship files go to the County Clerk. A county traffic ticket or small civil claim may belong to the Justice Court, and a Pittsburg Class C citation can belong to the city court. Federal cases run through a separate federal system. Grab the paper in hand: the court name, issuing agency, cause or citation number, party names, and filing year usually tell you where the docket lives.
Statewide, re:SearchTX holds eligible records for registered users. Its public guide offers Cases, Filings, Text, and Hearings searches. Coverage is not a promise, though. The state data report says criminal records are generally excluded, and Camp County offers no working countywide docket portal. Call the clerk as part of the plan, not as a last resort.
- Identify the court from the pleading, citation, case type, or issuing agency.
- Try the cause number first. If it is unknown, combine an exact party name with the filing year and court.
- Search re:SearchTX where the case type is eligible, then inspect whether the result is an index, filing, hearing, or full docket.
- Call or email the correct Camp County clerk if the result is missing, incomplete, criminal, municipal, or from Justice Court.
- Ask for inspection, a plain copy, or a certified copy only after confirming the record, fee, and delivery method.
Camp County Search Doors
One county, several record doors. The Camp County courthouse houses both the District Clerk and County Clerk counters. The Justice Court sits apart in its own suite on Dr. M. L. King Jr. Avenue. Pittsburg Municipal Court holds its sessions at City Hall. Anything federal touching Camp County belongs to the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division. Plenty of docket searches die because someone picked the right county and the wrong office.
When online routes come up empty, pick up the phone. The District Clerk posts phone, fax, email, and counter hours. The County Clerk lists the same channels. For traffic, criminal, and civil matters, the Justice Court gives direct contacts. Ask each office three things: does it hold the case, how does the index spell the name, and can you get a public terminal, a paper docket, an archived index, or an emailed copy? Camp County publishes no clear terminal policy, so ask rather than assume.
The official Camp County Justice page shows the separate JP contact. It also shows the route for traffic records.
That page makes the point plainly. A JP citation does not belong at a courthouse clerk counter until its issuing court is confirmed.
Quick answer: A missing online hit does not prove that no Camp County case exists. Confirm the court and ask its clerk to check the local index.
Inside a Camp County Court Docket
A docket is a chronological court index. It shows when a case was filed and who appears in the caption. It also lists what motions and orders were entered and when a hearing was set. It is not always the full case file. A short entry may point to a pleading you must request separately. A calendar entry never proves the event happened. Read the entry date, filing title, setting, court, and disposition together before drawing any conclusion.
| Cause number | The clerk-assigned case identifier; a citation number may be different. |
|---|---|
| Case style | The caption naming the parties, often State versus a defendant in a criminal matter. |
| Entries and filings | Dated notes for petitions, motions, returns, orders, judgments, and other case activity. |
| Hearing settings | A date, time, court, judge, and event type when those details are public. |
| Court and judge | The court responsible for the event, which must be checked against the date and assignment. |
| Disposition | A judgment, plea, dismissal, verdict, transfer, or other closing act, not merely a scheduled event. |
Camp County Docket Terms
The Camp County district schedule leans on short labels. They can look like results when they are only event types. "PT" usually means pretrial. "MTR" and "MTA" generally signal a motion to revoke or a motion to adjudicate. Confirm local usage with the court itself. The distinction matters. A scheduled plea, grand jury date, or docket call is not a judgment.
- Docket call
- A session used to organize cases, check readiness, and set or reset later events.
- Non-jury
- A trial or setting heard by the judge without a jury.
- Continuance or reset
- A postponement or new date, not a dismissal.
- Disposition
- The recorded outcome or other closing action in a case.
- Inactive
- An administrative reporting status that does not mean the record vanished.
Shorthand unclear? Give the Camp County clerk the cause number, the entry date, and the exact label. That lets the office answer from the actual docket rather than a broad guess.
Courts That Keep Dockets in Camp County
Camp County runs two regional district courts, a constitutional County Court, one Justice Court, and a Pittsburg Municipal Court. No county court at law operates there. Location alone never decides jurisdiction. The 76th and 276th District Courts share parts of a multi-county footprint, while local clerks in Pittsburg keep the Camp County records assigned to their offices.
| Court | Docket Covers | Where to Search |
|---|---|---|
| 76th and 276th District Courts | Felony, major civil, family, juvenile, and other district matters | Camp County District Clerk; re:SearchTX when eligible |
| Constitutional County Court | County-level matters, with probate or guardianship routing confirmed by record type | Camp County County Clerk |
| Justice Court, Precinct 1 | Traffic, Class C criminal, small claims, debt, and other limited civil matters | Justice Court clerk by phone, email, or counter |
| Pittsburg Municipal Court | Class C municipal cases and city citations | City portal or Municipal Court |
| Eastern District of Texas | Federal civil, criminal, and bankruptcy matters assigned to Marshall | PACER, CM/ECF, or federal clerk |
Camp County Dockets by the Numbers
The Texas Office of Court Administration counts court activity. It does not count unique people or findings of guilt. Its FY2024 Camp County district row tallied new matters across several areas. Pittsburg's municipal report shows a far larger Class C administrative stream. That contrast explains why a city traffic system looks busier than a district civil docket. Even so, both serve the same small county.
Pittsburg reported 1,369 municipal criminal cases added, 1,197 disposed, and 708 active at the end of FY2024. Those are workload measures. They are not a headcount of residents, and they are not a live tally of Camp County court docket entries.
How to Find Camp County Court Dates
Start with the county's own posting. The official Camp County Court page lists district schedules, including a scanned 2026 PDF. A more detailed 2025 schedule breaks out civil docket calls and non-jury settings. It also lists pretrial conferences, jury trials, special settings, criminal pleas, grand jury work, and motions to revoke or adjudicate. Not every entry names a party or cause number. A category and start time can stand alone. That makes the schedule a planning aid rather than a live case docket.
Verify before relying on any date. Call the court coordinator or the clerk. The county routes hearings and trials before Judges Angela Saucier and Michael P. Kopech through coordinator Kelli Rumbo. The District Clerk cannot schedule hearings. When you call, give the date, court, judge, docket category, and cause number if you have it. Ask whether the setting still stands, was reset, or carries access limits. The full Camp County court dates walkthrough covers each channel and the labels calendars use.
When a Camp County Setting Moves
Posted dates can move after the PDF was issued. A continuance shifts an event; a reset assigns a new date; a passed setting may yield no merits decision. None of these terms should be read as "dismissed" without a docket entry or a signed order. The same caution covers a plea date, a pretrial conference, and a grand jury setting. Each is a stage, not a result.
What if the PDF and a phone update disagree? Keep the source date. Ask the coordinator which figure is current. Then ask whether the change appears on the Camp County docket. The court offers no livestream, no remote-hearing directory, and no public calendar subscription. Never assume remote access exists. Anyone who might miss a required setting should call the court at once, because the legal consequences depend on the case and the court.
Public Access to Camp County Court Dockets
Texas judicial records run on rules, not on the Texas Public Information Act that governs ordinary executive agencies. Access works differently here. Identify the court record and its custodian first. Then expect the clerk or court to review seals, redactions, juvenile limits, protected addresses, financial data, and other restrictions. A requester can often inspect an index anyway. Even a redacted copy may come through when a protected attachment cannot be released.
Key Rules:
Rule 12 of the Texas Rules of Judicial Administration provides a request and access framework for judicial records.
Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 76a addresses sealing and public access to civil court records.
Texas Family Code § 58.007 restricts access to juvenile records.
Camp County Records Not Found Online
"Not found in the public search" beats "does not exist." re:SearchTX can omit a Camp County criminal case, an older file, a non-integrated record, or protected material. The County Clerk page displays an Official Public Record Search label, but no working link sits behind it. A payment portal adds confusion. Paying a vendor never proves that vendor supplies the court docket or the final disposition.
Call the right Camp County office. Email a short written request next. Include the court, cause or citation number, exact party name, approximate date, the entry or document you want, your preferred format, and whether certification is needed. Visit the correct counter if remote methods stall. Ask about a paper docket, an archive, microfilm, or a public terminal. Do not assume any of them exists. If a record is withheld, ask for the rule, statute, or order that controls access. Do not try to work around it.
Docket Records at the Camp County Clerk Offices
Camp County divides clerk work by court. District Clerk Kelly Gunn is the likely custodian for the 76th and 276th District Court files. County Clerk Sandra Knight handles county functions that may include constitutional County Court, probate, and guardianship records. Confirm the exact custodian because the two offices cannot be treated as one records desk. Both publish phone, fax, email, counter locations, and weekday split hours. A complete current local copy-fee sheet was not located, so request an estimate before sending payment.
Camp County District Clerk
126 Church Street, Room 204
Pittsburg, TX 75686
903-856-3221
Camp County County Clerk
126 Church Street, Room 102
Pittsburg, TX 75686
903-856-2731
District docket contacts start on the official District Clerk page.
Its published channels give district-case requesters a direct fallback whenever an online repository does not supply the needed entry.
County records sit at a separate counter, identified on the official County Clerk page.
The separation helps in practice. A district filing, a probate request, and an official-record search each belong to their own desk, so nothing drifts to the wrong clerk.
From Paper Files to Camp County Dockets
The Camp County courthouse bridges paper and digital eras. The Texas Historical Commission marker says the current Classical Revival building was completed in 1928. It became a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 2004. An archival inventory from the University of North Texas lists older county holdings covering the District Clerk, County Clerk, County Court, County Judge, Justice of the Peace, and Commissioners Court. Old records outlive modern search results.
Today the county posts web pages and scanned schedules. Texas runs eFileTexas for filing. re:SearchTX serves as a repository for eligible court material. Still, no single layer merges every Camp County docket into one tool. The official county courthouse photograph shows the civic center where many records live, while the 1975 archival image documents continuity rather than present access policy.
The official Camp County home page shows the courthouse used by the local clerk offices.
The building marks the county's civic center. Current counter rules and hours still come from the clerk pages.
Camp County Court Dockets by City
Camp County contains two incorporated cities in the official Census material. Pittsburg, the county seat, runs a Class C municipal court. It has its own portal, counter, and payment options. Court information sits there too. Rocky Mound is different. That city posts no municipal court page or docket portal of its own. Its court record path runs through the issuing authority and Camp County offices instead. The population figures come from 2020 Census profiles. They simply count residents, not court activity.
Pittsburg Docket Search
4,335 · City Hall handles Pittsburg Class C municipal cases and offers a separate search and payment portal.
Rocky Mound Docket Search
78 · No city court portal was verified, so the citation and issuing agency control the first contact.
Camp County Copies and Certification
A docket view is one thing. A plain copy is another. A certified copy and a transcript are different products as well. The docket view shows the event history of a case. A plain copy just reproduces a filed item, with no clerk's certification attached. A certified copy adds the clerk's formal authentication. A reporter's transcript, meanwhile, is built from the court reporter's record. So name the product you need. Give the exact filing or date when you ask. One more caution from the District Clerk's page: e-filed filing fees are not refundable.
| Request | Ask the Camp County custodian |
|---|---|
| Inspect a docket | Whether an online view, counter index, public terminal, or paper record is available. |
| Plain or electronic copy | Page count, format, redaction, delivery, and current charge. |
| Certified copy | Certification and page fees under the current clerk schedule. |
| Reporter transcript | Proceeding date, court, cause number, preparation cost, and timing. |
Texas Government Code chapter 51 and Local Government Code chapter 118 hold the fee reference points, but Camp County publishes no full current fee schedule. Never send a guessed amount. Get a quote first. Ask the office that holds the record for accepted payment instructions too.
Map and Directions to the Camp County Courthouse
The 76th and 276th District Court files that cover Camp County's felony criminal, major civil, family, and juvenile matters are kept at the Camp County Courthouse, 126 Church Street, in Pittsburg. The District Clerk's counter is Room 204, and the County Clerk's counter for county-court, probate, and guardianship records is Room 102 in the same building. The 1928 Classical Revival courthouse is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark and remains the county's working civic center. The county's separate Justice Court, for JP traffic and civil matters, is at a different address on Dr. M. L. King Jr. Avenue, not at the courthouse.
Camp County District Clerk
126 Church Street, Room 204
Pittsburg, TX 75686
903-856-3221
Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.; Friday, 8:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 to 4:30 p.m.
The District Clerk and County Clerk keep the same split hours, so plan around the midday closure between noon and 1:00 p.m. No published parking map, security screening policy, or ADA courthouse-access page was located for the Camp County Courthouse, so call the clerk you need before the trip if accessibility or entry procedures matter to your visit.