Information concerning the
Texas Public
Information Act may be found at the Texas Attorney General's
Open Government
Section. We also include a
public posting of your rights regarding open records law in
Texas.
The main requirements to submit an open records request is that it
must be submitted in writing for existing government documents. We have posted an
online form for your
convenience. Please be as specific as possible in describing what you need:
Please read this before filing an opens records request:
If you're looking for
Court Records (Divorce, Civil, Criminal, Felony, Misdemeanor or Traffic Tickets) or
Police Records (Arrest reports, 911 calls, Jail Bookings, Traffic Accidents), please see the
information and links below. This office does not have access to these records. You must go to the sources listed
below.
Court Records
This is not the place to request ANY kind of court record. Judicial (or
court) records of all types are typically open records, but do not fall under the guidelines of the Texas Public
Information Act. They are maintained and protected exclusively by the
District Clerk (for district court cases), the
County Clerk (for County Court at Law cases) and the
Justices of the Peace (for small claims, evictions, traffic cases, etc.).
Judicial records must be requested and obtained from the clerks of these courts, not this office.
Initial research to locate the proper court can be performed at our Courts & Cases indices in our
Online Services section.
Police/Arrest Records
This is not the place to request police records of any kind. Police
records must also be requested from the law enforcement agency that generated the report --
not from this page. For example, reports by Collin County Sheriff's Deputies should be requested
from the
Collin County Sheriff's Office; the same goes for records and reports created by
Allen,
Frisco,
McKinney, Plano or Wylie police departments, or the Texas Department of Public Safety (Highway
Patrol).
For crash reports filed by local law enforcement, the Texas Dept. of Transportation has an
online system for retrieving this information: Crash Report Online Purchase
System.
Land Records:
Business Registrations (DBA's/Assumed Names), Deeds, Foreclosures, Liens, Marriage Licenses, Birth Certificates, Beer & Wine Applications, Cattle Brands, all other Vital Records
Contact the County Clerk. You can also look up most of this information online under Deed Searches on the County Clerk's webpage.
Taxes:
Vehicle Registration, Property Tax Information/Statements; contact the Tax Assessor-Collector.
All other requests can be filed with our online form below,
or
Public Information Office
2300 Bloomdale Rd., Suite 4154
McKinney, TX 75071
- To submit a request by hand delivery, our mailing address is also our physical address.