How to Check for a Warrant in Texas City
Texas City publishes no name-search form for warrants. Call Municipal Court or the Marshal at 409-643-5800 and ask whether your file holds an arrest warrant, a capias pro fine, or some other order. Keep the citation or cause number handy. The city offers payment by portal, phone, mail, or counter. None of those routes confirms the warrant changed, so verify with the court after paying.
- Call the Municipal Court or Marshal at 409-643-5800 for the warrant status.
- Ask whether the case is an arrest warrant after a missed date or a capias pro fine after judgment.
- Use the city's official payment instructions only after the court confirms the balance.
- Contact Police Records separately for an existing police record or a records question.
For a city court matter, use Texas City's own contact page rather than the Galveston County Sheriff list.
Texas City Arrest Warrant and Capias Split
Texas City splits its two common warrant situations into different fixes. An arrest warrant can follow a missed citation or court date. The listed choices are full payment, half payment under a plan, a cash, surety, or attorney bond for a new date, or surrender. A capias pro fine is different. It follows a guilty finding and failure to comply with the order, and the options shrink to full payment, half with a plan, or surrender. The official Texas City warrant instructions lay out that local split. Ask the court which process governs your file before you pick.
This is a city-court process notice, not a complete list of current warrants.
The Texas City Police Department and Municipal Court
Texas City Municipal Court of Record sits at 1004 9th Avenue North, Texas City, TX 77590. The court and Marshal share one number, 409-643-5800. Window and phone hours run Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., plus Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Police Department shares the same address. Its number is 409-643-5720.
Texas City Municipal Court and Marshal
1004 9th Avenue North
Texas City, TX 77590
409-643-5800
The court and Marshal page introduces the Texas City office that carries city Class C process.
The Marshal executes Texas City Municipal Court Class C warrants. The court still controls the case and every option for resolving it.
Texas City Marshal's Class C Warrants
The City Marshal's Office executes all Class C warrants generated by Texas City Municipal Court. The city describes the office as holding statewide police powers. It was established in August 2016. That is an enforcement role, not a lookup tool. Texas City posts no public form for searching current warrants by name. Ask the court or Marshal which office holds the case and whether a separate police records request applies. The court number is still 409-643-5800.
Texas City Warrant Service Hours
The City Marshal executes Class C warrants Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., per its published schedule. Those are the Marshal's duty hours. They sit apart from Municipal Court's customer window and the Police Records office hours. Ask whether your warrant can be handled inside that window. Ask who takes a surrender outside it, and whether the court must first set a payment or bond amount. The city's Marshal's Office page carries current contact details. An enforcement schedule alone does not show a warrant was served or cleared, so check the docket after any court action. Texas City keeps those records with the court.
Types of Texas City Warrants
Texas City Municipal Court hears Class C charges from several city services, including traffic and ordinance matters. A warrant can follow a failure to appear, a failure to comply with an order, or a missed payment schedule.
| Record | Local trigger | First contact |
|---|---|---|
| Arrest warrant | Missed citation or court date | Municipal Court or Marshal |
| Capias pro fine | Guilty finding followed by noncompliance | Municipal Court |
| Traffic warrant | Unresolved city traffic case | Municipal Court |
| Ordinance or Class C warrant | City charge not addressed by required date | Municipal Court or Marshal |
Texas City Warrant Surrender at 1004 9th
For the city's listed arrest-warrant route, surrender happens at the Police Department, 1004 9th Avenue North. A bond can buy a new court date. The court still sets the case terms. A capias pro fine carries different listed options than an arrest warrant. Call 409-643-5800 before you travel. Confirm whether surrender, full payment, or a plan fits your case. The court and Police share that address, but a court appearance and a police turn-in are not the same step. Texas City or not, get any receipt or new date in writing.
What a Texas City Warrant Record Shows
Texas City publishes no public search form and no local number format for its warrant records. Ask the court whether a record shows the citation, case, warrant type, originating agency, balance, and next date. A phone payment number is not a record identifier.
| Citation or cause | Use the number on the notice; Format not published |
|---|---|
| Warrant type | Arrest warrant, capias pro fine, or another local process. |
| Amount due | Fine, payment-plan amount, fee, or bond set by the court. |
| Status | Ask if active, served, recalled, paid, or pending court action. |
| Agency | Municipal Court, Marshal, or Police Records depending on the question. |
Texas City Payment Portal and No Checks
Texas City lists online, phone, mail, and in-person payment. Its FAQ gives phone payments at 833-259-4014 and accepts cash, credit card, and money orders, but no checks. The portal's fields are not published, so follow the official payment page and confirm the amount with Municipal Court. Police Records sits at 409-643-5818, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. That office handles existing records. Warrant status and resolution questions go to Municipal Court or the Marshal instead.
Where Texas City Warrants Fit With Galveston County
Warrant flow: Texas City Municipal Court → City Marshal or Police → county Sheriff only if the city warrant is sent into its repository → Texas DPS/OmniBase only for a participating-court report.
A Texas City warrant can stay active even when the county's Wanted interface shows nothing. For the Galveston County Sheriff, court clerks, JPs, and state channels, see Galveston County warrant records.
Texas City DPS Hold Clearance Timing
Texas City's FAQ gives DPS 7 to 10 business days to lift a license-renewal hold after payment. That clock is separate from your warrant status. Ask the Municipal Court when it received the payment and when it sent the clearance. DPS also notes that its license specialists cannot confirm whether an arrest warrant exists. A card receipt proves neither the city warrant nor the state hold has changed. Confirm each record with the office that keeps it.
Public Access to Texas City Warrant Records
Texas City Police Records sits apart from the Municipal Court. The city posts no public warrant roster and no warrant request portal. Name a specific record in any request. Tell the office you believe holds it. Texas Government Code Chapter 552 governs public information subject to exceptions, and executed arrest-warrant access and juvenile confidentiality carry added rules.
Access rules:
Texas Government Code Chapter 552 applies to city public records subject to exceptions.
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.26 covers executed arrest warrants and affidavits.
Texas Family Code Section 58.010 restricts juvenile warrant records.