Caldwell County Criminal Records Search

Choose the state before choosing a search

This guide covers the distinct Caldwell County court routes in Texas, North Carolina and Kentucky. Check the state on the citation, court notice or incident paperwork first. Then decide whether you need a particular criminal case, a certified name search, or a copy of the judgment. The same county name does not connect these systems, and a jail entry or calendar listing is not the final court record.

For a useful clerk inquiry, gather the defendant’s full name, known case number, approximate filing year and court. Name the document you need, such as the dismissal order or sentencing judgment, and say whether the recipient requires certification. Ask for the complete copying, search and delivery charge before authorizing payment; prices and formats differ across the three branches.

Texas: separate felony and misdemeanor requests

For district-level criminal records, start with the Caldwell District Clerk at 512-398-1806, 1703 S. Colorado Street, Box 3, Lockhart, TX 78644. The District Clerk explicitly sends misdemeanor-record inquiries to the County Clerk. The County Clerk’s Court Division is 512-398-1824 at the same Justice Center, Box 1, Suite 1200. Use the court division rather than the land-records desk for a misdemeanor case.

The District Clerk labels its re:SearchTX link for civil and family records. Do not treat that link, the real-property search or an online fine-payment page as a verified comprehensive criminal search. Ask the appropriate criminal clerk to locate the case and explain available inspection or copy delivery. A payment portal’s failure to find a name does not resolve whether a criminal case exists.

The District Clerk posts a $5 record-search fee, a $5 certified seal, and electronic copies at $1 per page for the first ten pages and $0.10 per additional page. Confirm which charges apply to your criminal order and whether another fee is needed. The County Clerk stopped accepting cash on September 1, 2025; it lists business checks, cashier’s checks, money orders and credit cards. Do not assume the District Clerk’s copy rates govern the County Clerk.

North Carolina: distinguish Portal from a background check

Use the North Carolina Judicial Branch’s Caldwell page for the official Portal and courthouse links. Portal can locate case information by name or case number. Preserve the full case reference and confirm that the county is Caldwell before requesting documents. For clerk assistance, the Caldwell Clerk of Superior Court is 828-759-3500. The Judicial Branch specifically tells people performing background checks to use the clerk’s office rather than Portal.

For a certified criminal name search in Caldwell County, submit form AOC-CR-314 to that Clerk of Superior Court with $25. This checks only that county. Mail payment must be a money order or certified check; personal checks are not accepted. In person, the listed options also include cash and credit card. A free, noncertified courthouse-computer search can cover county or statewide records, although printing charges can apply.

Kentucky: start with the Circuit Court Clerk

The Caldwell Circuit Court Clerk is at the Courthouse Annex, 105 W. Court Square, Princeton, KY 42445, telephone 270-365-6884. Kentucky directs people to call or visit the county clerk for copies of Circuit, District and other trial-court case records. The county page also links Find a Case and Find a Court Date. Use those references to narrow an inquiry; request the actual court filing when a summary is insufficient.

The county guidance reviewed does not quote a uniform copy or certification price or promise a particular records turnaround. Ask the clerk about page charges, certification, postage or pickup and whether the file is immediately available. Its listed court-payment options should not be read as a universal online document-ordering service.

An older Kentucky case may be stored elsewhere

Kentucky says the type and age of a file determine whether it remains at the clerk’s office, has moved to a records facility or was destroyed under an authorized retention schedule. When an accessible record is offsite, the clerk supplies the facility and case/file locator numbers. Obtain that referral before contacting the storage facility. Retain any documented destruction or transfer response instead of repeatedly rerunning a surname search.

Verify the person and the outcome before relying on a hit

Compare the court, dates and identifiers available in the file before attributing a same-name result to someone. Read the disposition for each charge rather than equating an accusation with a conviction. If a result looks wrong, take the case identifier and the disputed entry to the clerk maintaining that record and request the underlying order. Restricted access, a wrong jurisdiction or an archived file can explain an empty search; it is not a nationwide clearance.