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Official Denton County criminal records must come from the office that created or maintains them. The contact routes below separate sheriff reports and jail files from felony court records, misdemeanor cases, city police reports, and statewide criminal history. Each custodian can answer only for its own files, so the event, court level, and arresting agency should be identified before making contact. Denton County Criminal History is a private reference site. It cannot receive a public-information request, correct an agency file, or provide a certified document.

This Is Not a Government Office. This private resource cannot retrieve or certify a record, conduct an official check, correct a government file, or accept an expunction petition. Contact the responsible government custodian.

Need an Official Record?

Use these Denton County and Texas contacts for the record involved:

  • Felony and magistrate files: Denton County District Clerk, 1450 E. McKinney St., 1st Floor, Denton, TX 76209; 940-349-2200 or 972-434-8822; Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  • Arrest reports and jail records held by DCSO: DCSO Records Division, 127 N. Woodrow Lane, Denton, TX 76205; 940-349-1630 or 972-434-5507; written requests by mail, hand delivery, email at so.orr@dentoncounty.gov, or GovQA
  • Statewide criminal history: Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Records Division for the public name search and fingerprint-based personal record review
  • Class A and B misdemeanor files: Denton County criminal court administration at 1450 E. McKinney St., Suite 1333; 940-349-2108; weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Police incident reports: the city or law-enforcement agency that created the report, since DCSO does not hold Denton, Lewisville, or Carrollton Police Department narratives
  • Expunction records: the court and clerk authorized by Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 55A

For a DCSO record, the primary contact is the Denton County Sheriff's Office Records Division, 127 N. Woodrow Lane, Denton, TX 76205, 940-349-1630 or 972-434-5507. For a felony court document, use the District Clerk counter at 1450 E. McKinney St., 1st Floor, or mail the office at P.O. Box 2146, Denton, TX 76202.