Please allow up to 10 business days for your request to be completed.
Policies Regarding Requesting Open Records
Please read the following policies
before requesting open records:
- Open records requests must be made in writing and there may be fees for the open records, depending upon the information that is requested.
- All open records requests are released on a case-by-case basis, according to the Public Information Act. Each open records request is processed in order of receipt.
- All information considered public, including basic information, will be released within 10 days from the date of receipt of the request.
- In an effort to provide prompt and efficient service, any request for information should include the following information (if known): Date of request, Report number, Type of report / incident, Date of report, Address where incident occurred, Parties involved in accident, and any other information to assist Records Division staff in locating desired record.
- A $5.00 search fee will be charged to perform a search if the offense number, call for service number and/or jailing date you are requesting is not provided on your request.
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Should you need additional information (e.g. Incident report number, date of incident, etc.) pertaining to a criminal case to complete the below-listed required fields, visit the Collin County Judicial Search Website to obtain the information through their free of charge online services. Collin County Judicial Search or Current Inmates.
- By law, the Sheriff’s Office has 10 days to respond or release the information, which is sought.
- Within that 10-day period, we will contact you when and if your records are ready for release and inform you of all costs associated with your open records request, which must be paid prior to the release of records.
- Pursuant to section 552.301(c), Government Code, the Sheriff’s Office is not responsible for responding to electronic mail requests sent to any electronic mail address other than the address for the Collin County Sheriff's Office Records Section.
- Any information to be withheld will be forwarded to the Texas Office of the Attorney General for a ruling. The Attorney General’s Office has up to a 90-day response time, which can be extended for larger or voluminous requests. When a final ruling notice has been received by the Sheriff’s Office, we have 15 days to release the information ordered by the Attorney General. When a final ruling is made, you will be contacted and provided with a ruling letter.
- You will be informed of all correspondence between the Sheriff’s Office and the Attorney General’s Office pertaining to your open records request.
- The Sheriff’s Office does not decipher which information is to be released or withheld.
- The Attorney General’s Office makes the ruling, which is final. All rulings are based upon Texas Law set forth by Texas Legislature.
- Information concerning the
Texas Public Information Act may be found at the
Texas Attorney General's Open Government Section.
