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Questions about official Cooke County criminal records belong with the government office that created or maintains the file. The contacts below route court files to the correct clerk, arrest and booking material to the sheriff or police agency, and statewide criminal-history requests to Texas DPS. This is a private reference site and cannot retrieve, alter, certify, or accept filings for any government record.

This Is Not a Government Office. We cannot run an official check, obtain or correct a record, remove an entry, or receive an expunction filing.

Need an Official Record?

Choose the Cooke County or Texas custodian based on the record itself.

  • Felony court files: Cooke County District Clerk, Room 207, 101 South Dixon Street, Gainesville, TX 76240; 940-668-5450; districtclerk@co.cooke.tx.us
  • Misdemeanor court files: Cooke County Clerk criminal and civil desk, Room 108, 101 South Dixon Street; 940-668-5422
  • Arrest, booking, jail, and sheriff reports: Cooke County Sheriff's Office, 300 County Road 451, Gainesville, TX 76240; 940-665-3471; records@co.cooke.tx.us
  • Statewide public conviction history or personal fingerprint review: Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Records Division
  • Police and incident reports: request the file from the city police department, sheriff, or state agency that wrote it
  • Expunction or nondisclosure filings: contact the clerk for the court with jurisdiction over the Cooke County case

The courthouse switchboard is 940-668-5500. The County Clerk is open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:50 p.m. and remains open at lunch. Call the Sheriff's Office before visiting to confirm current records-counter access.