How to Search the Fisher County Court Docket
Jurisdiction comes first in any Fisher County court docket search. Felonies, divorces, family matters, land-title fights, and most general civil work belong to the 32nd District Court. The District Clerk keeps those records. Misdemeanor A and B cases, probate, and constitutional County Court records start with the County Clerk. The countywide Justice of the Peace handles fine-only Class C charges, traffic citations, small civil cases, magistrate work, and inquests. Rotan Municipal Court owns city Class C matters and Rotan ordinance violations. Federal cases live in PACER, not in any Fisher County portal.
Before you call a clerk, gather details. Bring the full legal name and known variants. Add a rough date range and the cause or citation number if you have it. Note the issuing agency and the filing type. Those facts help the clerk. The clerk can then tell a court case apart from a deed, a probate index, a marriage record, or another county record under a similar name.
- Identify the likely court from the case or citation type.
- Use the County Clerk portal only for its listed record categories.
- Check the district calendar or re:SearchTX when either fits the case.
- Call or visit the specific clerk when no complete online result appears.
- Ask for a plain, certified, or electronic copy by name.
Fisher County Searches Start With Custody
Fisher County splits its records between two clerks. Picking the right one is half the battle. Pat Thomson, the County Clerk, holds the county-level categories: probate, land records from 1980 forward, marriage records, birth and death indexes, and misdemeanor A and B criminal records. Gina Pasley, the District Clerk, keeps the district side, meaning case files, indexes, filings, judgments, process records, and appellate records. An online search on the portal does not make it a database for every court.
What if your docket search comes back empty? The miss could point to the wrong office. It could also mean a fresh filing still awaits indexing, a transfer, a protected category, an expunction or nondisclosure, or a gap in portal coverage. Before concluding that no Fisher County court docket exists, confirm the blank result with the clerk.
What a Fisher County Court Docket Shows
Think of a docket as a running procedural record. It can show when a case began, who appears in the public caption, what was filed, when the judge set a hearing, and how the matter ended. It is not always the full case file. Exact fields differ across the County Clerk index, a district file, the public calendar, the JP, and Rotan Municipal Court.
| Cause or case number | The court identifier, including punctuation and year when shown. |
|---|---|
| Style and parties | The public caption and procedural roles, subject to redaction. |
| Case type | Criminal, civil, family, probate, juvenile, traffic, or municipal category. |
| Filings | Petitions, charging papers, answers, motions, service returns, orders, and judgments. |
| Settings | Dates for docket call, pretrial work, pleas, hearings, or trial. |
| Disposition | The official outcome term, checked against the final order. |
An entry proves only that a procedural act was logged, never an allegation, liability, or guilt. Read the source document before describing what an order or judgment actually does.
Fisher County Clerk Portal Limits
Fisher County's clerk points researchers to the Local Government Solutions system. Guest Login gets you index details and a preview. To buy full images, though, you need a free registered account. Once signed in, pick Search, then choose the office and record type. Filters shift with each category. A land-record query will not cover a probate or criminal docket search.
Work smart inside the portal. Start with a narrow spelling and a tight date range. Read the More Information screen. Open Images only after the record context checks out. Every purchase carries a $0.30 transaction fee, and image or subscription charges may also apply. When you download, save the record identifier and your access date. The Subscriptions menu tracks your purchase and receipt history. One caution: full coverage of district, JP, municipal, or all criminal dockets is not promised.
| Access | What it does | Main limit |
|---|---|---|
| Guest Login | Index search and preview | Cannot purchase full images |
| Registered account | Search plus image purchase | Only listed County Clerk categories |
| Direct request | Specific record and copy inquiry | Fees and access rules may apply |
Which Fisher County Courts Keep Dockets
The court that decides a case and the office that stores its record are linked. They are not always under one roof. The 32nd District Court serves Fisher, Mitchell, and Nolan counties. Its administrative office sits in Sweetwater. The 1st Multicounty Court at Law also covers all three. Even so, a Fisher case still calls for a request to the Fisher custodian.
| Court | Docket covers | First contact |
|---|---|---|
| 32nd District Court | Felony, family, land/title, contested probate, and general civil | District Clerk |
| 1st Multicounty Court at Law | Assigned statutory civil and criminal matters | Coordinator and Fisher clerk |
| Fisher County Court | County criminal, probate, juvenile, and administrative matters | County Clerk or County Judge |
| Justice of the Peace | Traffic, Class C, small civil, magistrate, and inquest work | Countywide JP |
| Rotan Municipal Court | Rotan ordinances and municipal Class C matters | Municipal court |
Pick the court first, so a county-level index never gets mistaken for a complete district or city docket.
Fisher District Settings Travel
The 32nd District Court rotates across three counties. It generally sits in Nolan County on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday. Fisher County gets Wednesday. Mitchell County gets Thursday. Treat that rotation as a rough map, not a promise. Jury trials, holidays, emergency matters, special settings, and later orders can all intervene. Any of them can move a hearing to another day or place.
The court's own site embeds the "32ND DISTRICT COURT CALENDAR" in agenda view. Check the event date, title, time, and public location. Then confirm the setting with District Clerk Gina Pasley at 325-776-2279 or court administrator Becky Stewart at 325-235-3133. A saved copy can go stale. A plea, settlement, reset, or continuance can change the setting after you save it.
The official district calendar publishes the public agenda for settings in all three counties.
That calendar page is an agenda, not a docket search.
Finding Fisher County Court Dates and Settings
A setting is a scheduled court event, nothing more. It does not prove the event ever happened. Start with the district calendar for 32nd District Court matters, then call the clerk or coordinator before you travel. For county, JP, or Rotan cases, contact the office holding the case directly. No single daily calendar covers every Fisher County court.
Always read a setting next to the latest docket action. A notice may give way to a reset. A continuance moves an event without dismissing the case. A scheduling order can pack in discovery, expert, motion, mediation, pretrial, and trial deadlines, yet many of those dates are not public hearing settings. The full Fisher County court calendar walkthrough separates these terms and the confirmation routes for each.
Fisher County Docket Terms
One short docket line can mean several things. Treat it as a procedural note only, and read the filed document itself when the outcome matters.
- Docket call
- The court calls cases set for a session; local divorce material requires attendance at final-hearing docket call.
- Return of service
- A report that service was attempted or completed, distinct from the clerk issuing citation.
- Reset or continued
- The event moved to a later date. The former date is no longer current.
- Order signed
- The judge entered an order. The order contains the operative terms.
- Disposed
- The court records a final status; use the exact term and date rather than inferring an outcome.
"Filed" does not mean "granted" either. A motion is a request; a signed order by the judge is what shows the ruling.
Public Access to Fisher County Court Dockets
Texas has no single open-records rule for every court document. Texas Rule of Judicial Administration 12 covers judicial records as that rule defines them, especially judicial-administration material. Court rules, statutes, and orders govern the adjudicative case files themselves. The Texas Public Information Act also matters here. It can reach covered county administrative records. It is not the sole authority for case-file access.
Key rules:
Texas judicial open-records policy explains why judicial access differs from a standard agency request.
Texas Government Code Chapter 552 governs information held by covered public bodies, subject to exceptions.
Texas Family Code Chapter 58 restricts juvenile records and identifying information.
Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 76a adds a presumption of openness for covered civil court records. Sealing them demands a high standard. Protected-order data, sealed filings, expunged or nondisclosed records, and personal identifiers may be withheld or redacted.
When Fisher County Results Are Restricted
A gap in a portal is not permission to guess what sits behind it. Several categories can have limited access. Juvenile information, protected-person details, sealed documents, expunged or nondisclosed records, adoption material, financial identifiers, and some juror information all qualify. The 32nd District Court's local filing instructions address sealed material. It must arrive at the counter or by mail in a marked sealed envelope. That process protects the filing. It does not open the contents to the public. When an index shows a sealed or restricted entry, stick to the public facts: court, date, and status. Ask the clerk about the lawful request process. If no entry appears at all, say only that the search returned nothing. That wording keeps a search failure distinct from proof that a case never existed.
The Fisher County Clerk and Docket Records
The County Clerk and the District Clerk both sit in Roby. Their street and mailing addresses differ. USPS delivers nothing to the County Clerk's street address. Mailed requests go to PO Box 368. The District Clerk uses PO Box 88. Before writing, ask which office holds the case. Then give a narrow description and date range, name your delivery method, and request a fee estimate.
Fisher County Clerk
109 N. Angelo Street
PO Box 368, Roby, TX 79543
325-776-2401
Fisher County District Clerk
112 N. Concho Street
PO Box 88, Roby, TX 79543
325-776-2279
The county posts no dependable public-terminal hours and no full district docket portal. Call ahead before counting on any in-person access method.
Fisher County Copy Choices and Fees
A portal image, plain copy, certified copy, exemplified copy, clerk's appellate record, and reporter's transcript are different products. Name the exact one you need. The 2024 District Clerk schedule lists a $350 base filing fee for many civil actions. A certified copy costs $8, and a records or name search costs $5. Paper pages run $1 each. Electronic copies cost $0.10 per page with a $1 minimum per document. Exemplification adds $5, and separate service charges may apply.
| Product | Published amount | Check before ordering |
|---|---|---|
| Certified copy | $8 | Whether pages add to the total |
| Records or name search | $5 | The office and date range |
| Paper copy | $1 per page | Page count and certification |
| Electronic copy | $0.10 per page | $1 document minimum |
The schedule makes fees nonrefundable. County Clerk figures and dated fee sheets can differ by service, so verify the current total plus any issuance, service, or postage charge.
re:SearchTX as a Fisher County Layer
re:SearchTX offers Cases, Filings, Text in Documents, and Hearings views, along with filters, case-detail links, saved searches, exports, and advanced search. Sign in with eFileTexas credentials or register. It is a helpful statewide layer. It is not a conclusive Fisher County search. The statewide collection leaves criminal case records out of its general collection, and it has coverage and integration limits. The Texas Supreme Court directed district and county clerks to integrate local case-management systems by November 1, 2025. Fisher County offers no official confirmation that every local court and historical file is complete there. Confirm both matches and gaps with the Fisher clerk.
Court Dockets by City in Fisher County
Fisher County's official sources name two relevant incorporated municipalities. Rotan has a municipal court listed by the Texas Office of Court Administration. Roby is the county seat and courthouse hub. The directory carries no Roby municipal-court entry. That difference shapes the first search route for each city.
Roby Court Docket
2020 population 591 · county-seat searches begin with the separate courthouse offices.
Rotan Court Docket
2024 OCA population field 1,324 · city Class C and ordinance matters start with Rotan Municipal Court.
Neither city card works as an all-court search. Where you live does not decide which office holds a given case.
Fisher County's Small-Court Context
Small numbers make a phone call more useful, not less. The OCA 2025 municipal report recorded 17 matters added, 4 disposed, and 8 active pending at year-end for Rotan. No beginning-pending or reactivated matters appear in the total row. Those are aggregate figures for the reporting period. They are not a list of people or cases, and they should never be used to infer an individual's history. The practical lesson is simple. A call with a citation number, case type, date range, and full name can resolve a search faster than several unrelated databases. Fisher County's courthouse, traveling district court, statewide search layer, countywide JP, and Rotan Municipal Court each answer a different question.
Map and Directions to the Fisher County Courthouse
32nd Judicial District Court felony, family, land-title, contested probate, and general civil files are kept by the District Clerk at the Fisher County Courthouse, 112 N. Concho Street, in Roby. The constitutional County Court and the countywide Justice of the Peace also sit at this same courthouse address, while the County Clerk's separate office is nearby at 109 N. Angelo Street. The 32nd District Court itself travels among Fisher, Mitchell, and Nolan counties and generally sits in Fisher on Wednesdays.
Fisher County District Clerk
112 N. Concho Street
PO Box 88, Roby, TX 79543
325-776-2279
No official source publishes courthouse security rules, parking guidance, or public-terminal hours, so call the District Clerk before the trip to confirm current access and to check whether the matter falls on a Fisher setting day for the traveling 32nd District Court.