Searching the Granbury Court Docket
The official Granbury citation search is the natural first stop for a city citation. It gives you six ways to look. Depending on the tab, have the citation number, date of birth, driver-license details, vehicle details, a full name, or a business name on hand. It covers Granbury Municipal Court only. A 355th District Court or Hood County Court at Law case belongs elsewhere. Don't run it through this portal.
- Read the papers and confirm that Granbury Municipal Court is the issuing court.
- Choose one portal mode and enter only the fields shown for that mode.
- Open the matching result and record the citation number, displayed date, status, and payment instructions.
- Call the court if the result is missing, the hearing is disputed, or the goal is to contest rather than pay.
- Move to the proper Hood County clerk or re:SearchTX only when the papers identify a county or district case.
Note: Seeing a balance or a pay button does not resolve the case. It does not set the Granbury disposition or cancel any appearance you still owe the court.
Granbury Docket Search by Six Identifiers
The Granbury portal bends more than the search routes you'll find elsewhere in Hood County. Its tabs split the identifiers apart, so a Granbury docket search never has to lean on a name alone.
| Mode | Fields | Search tip |
|---|---|---|
| Citation Number | Citation number and date of birth | Copy the identifier exactly from the paper |
| Driver’s License | License number and issuing state | Select the correct jurisdiction |
| Social Security Number | SSN and date of birth | Use only on the official form and never publish it |
| Vehicle | License plate and state | Both plate and jurisdiction are needed |
| Name | First name, last name, and date of birth | Check spelling against the citation |
| Business Name | Business name | Use the formal name shown on the paper |
State dropdowns cover U.S. states and territories plus Canadian provinces and territories. Search, Sign In, and Register controls sit in view. An account does not upgrade the locator into a certified Granbury docket, though.
Granbury Municipal Court Basics
Granbury Municipal Court hears city ordinance cases and state-law Class C matters inside its jurisdiction. The official page describes trials, hearings, fines, bail, bonds, warrants, juvenile magistrate warnings, and misdemeanor arraignment functions. Public office roles list Alan Hines as municipal judge. Lauren McPhate serves as administrator, and Margarita Hall as deputy clerk. The court sits at 116 West Bridge Street, Granbury, Texas 76048. The Granbury page posts (817) 573-1114 and fax (817) 573-7678. A directory and a payment source show (817) 573-8541 instead. Verify the live number before an urgent call. Staff schedule hearings, maintain records, report statistics, take payments, and generate warrants. The judge handles the judicial acts. For the clearest picture of what this court does, the official page is the place to look.
The image ties Granbury's posted contacts and court functions to the municipal route. It points to the city court, not to any county-level search.
Granbury Docket Search Tabs in View
The blank public form helps in one quiet way. It shows the available paths without asking anyone to enter a real citation, birth date, license number, address, or Social Security number. The official Granbury search interface lays out the mode tabs with their field labels in plain view.
The tabs explain their own rules. A vehicle search wants both a plate and a state, while a citation search wants a citation number and date of birth. Feed a value into the wrong mode and you may get no match even though the citation exists.
Court Dates and Settings in Granbury
A Granbury docket result can surface a court date or a status. What the court publishes stops there, though. No complete daily calendar exists on the Granbury sources. Nor is there a guaranteed refresh interval or universal appearance deadline. Read the citation first. Then call Municipal Court when a date is close, missing, or at odds with a notice.
| Date | The date printed on the citation or displayed by the Granbury portal; verify any conflict. |
|---|---|
| Time | The precise listed time, not the building’s office hours. |
| Court | Granbury Municipal Court only when the issuing papers name that court. |
| Setting Type | A hearing, trial, arraignment, compliance matter, or other Granbury-court event if stated. |
| Status | The current label in the Granbury system, which may require clerk confirmation. |
One caution: a reset can leave an older date in charge of nothing. Keep the citation number and the newest notice handy when you ask staff to confirm the Granbury setting.
Granbury Court Administration Roles
Several Granbury court tasks look the same from the outside but are not. A clerk maintains the Granbury court docket and schedules hearings. The judge presides and rules. The payment vendor moves your money but certifies no judicial record. A receipt is never a ruling.
- Municipal judge
- Presides over Granbury hearings and trials and performs the judicial functions listed by the City of Granbury.
- Court administrator
- Coordinates Granbury scheduling, records, reporting, payments, and warrant administration.
- Deputy clerk
- Supports the Granbury Municipal Court’s public counter and record operations.
- Payment service
- Provides citation lookup and transaction tools, not the complete signed case file.
That role map tells you where each request goes. Use the portal to locate, court staff to confirm, and the clerk to request an official record.
Traffic Tickets in Granbury
A citation filed into Granbury Municipal Court belongs in the Granbury search first. Keep the citation number and date of birth close. If the paperwork names a Hood County justice precinct, take it to that JP instead. A county-road citation does not belong to Granbury just because the driver lives there. The same goes for another agency's ticket. The official sources carry no complete current table of payment deadlines, contest deadlines, deferred-disposition eligibility, failure-to-appear outcomes, or license consequences. Ask the court before paying. Do that if you mean to contest, request a hearing, or seek another statutory option. The countywide traffic ticket lookup sorts out how the Granbury and justice-court lanes differ.
Granbury’s Two Percent Payment Fee
The Granbury payment page posts a 2% convenience fee on court-bill payments. It has been effective since November 1, 2015. That is a transaction charge and nothing more. It says nothing about whether a payment fits your citation, whether a hearing still stands, or where the case sits on final disposition. The Granbury payment landing page shows the court-linked payment route and its account context.
The screen draws the line between locating or paying a citation and getting a certified Granbury Municipal Court record. Check the total before you finish the payment.
Where Granbury Cases Go
Granbury serves as the seat of Hood County, and several county courts sit right there in town. That does not turn their cases into municipal ones. Where a case lives depends on its type. Felonies, large civil disputes, family matters, and other district assignments run through the 355th District Court and the District Clerk. County misdemeanors, along with assigned civil or probate matters, stay with the county courts and the County Clerk. A justice-level case belongs with the proper JP.
Docket flow: Granbury Municipal Court › Hood County Courts › 355th District Court.
This routing describes court level, not a built-in appeal path for every case. When a document names a district or county court, search the Hood County court docket. Federal matters go through the Northern District of Texas and PACER instead of any Granbury municipal interface.
Granbury City and County Records Differ
One searcher can hit three Granbury addresses or systems and still be viewing entirely different records. The West Bridge portal handles municipal citations. Head to 1200 W Pearl Street, though, and the case in hand may belong to the 355th District Court, the County Court at Law, the County Clerk, the District Clerk, JP1, or JP2. The statewide re:SearchTX service adds another layer, since it may surface an integrated county or district case. Address alone tells you little. Match the court name instead.
| Need | Granbury route | What it does not prove |
|---|---|---|
| City citation | Municipal citation portal | Full register or signed disposition |
| City hearing | Municipal Court staff | County or district setting |
| County or district matter | re:SearchTX and proper Hood clerk | Municipal citation status |
| Certified record | Custodian of the named court | That an online image is certified |
For routing, the court name printed on the paper wins. It beats the fact that every office shares a Granbury mailing address. Each task works best when it stays with its own source. Granbury citation identifiers belong in the Granbury portal. Granbury hearing conflicts belong with Municipal Court staff. Granbury payment totals show up on the vendor screen. Certified records come straight from the court itself. A county case sitting in Granbury still needs the named Hood County clerk. It does not use the Granbury citation form. Keep these lanes separate. That way a Granbury payment result never gets mistaken for a Granbury judgment. A Granbury street address never gets mistaken for the court's jurisdiction.
Granbury FY2024 Docket Activity
The Texas Office of Court Administration publishes aggregate Granbury municipal activity for FY2024. These are administrative counts. They say nothing about allegations, guilt, or any named person.
The same row lists 354 reactivated matters and 402 inactive ones, and it rests on a population field of 12,622. That figure is administrative, not demographic. It differs from the 2020 Census count of 10,958 and from a 2025 estimate of 13,263. Do not blend the three into one measure.
Granbury Court Record Access Rules
Ask Granbury Municipal Court for municipal case records. Name exactly what you want, whether a docket sheet, a filing, an order, a judgment, or a certified copy, and supply the citation number, an approximate date, and the case identity. Staff can confirm the current copy fees. They can also quote turnaround times before you commit.
Key Rules:
Texas Judicial Branch Open Records Policy distinguishes case records from Rule 12 judicial records and directs requests to the custodian.
Texas Rule of Judicial Administration 12 supplies access and exemption rules for covered judicial records, not a universal substitute for a municipal case-file request.
Texas Government Code Chapter 552 applies to qualifying Granbury-held public information, while court case access also depends on court rules, statutes, and confidentiality law.
Some material stays closed. Juvenile records, sealed files, protected identifiers, and legally confidential information may be withheld or redacted. A requester can still ask Granbury court staff about counter inspection, mail delivery, a plain copy, or certification. One limit holds firm. The court need not build a record or custom compilation that does not already exist.