How to Search the Hedley Court Docket
Begin with the court name on the citation, summons, or notice. The verified local route is Donley County Justice of the Peace Precincts 3–4, whose office is in Hedley. No current official Hedley municipal-court page, municipal directory row, public docket, or city payment portal was found. Have the full name, citation or cause number, approximate filing date, and matter type ready so the JP clerk can identify the correct Hedley court record.
- Read the citation or court notice and copy the full court name.
- If it names JP 3–4, contact that Hedley office and provide the exact identifier.
- Ask clerk Kathie Middleton for the charge, case status, and current setting.
- If JP 3–4 has no record, verify whether the matter belongs to another JP, County Court, or the 100th District Court.
- Confirm the date, time, place, and required appearance directly before traveling or paying.
A failed online payment search does not show that a case is closed or absent. It can mean the citation has not reached the system, the number was entered differently, or another court owns the record. For a county-level matter, the County/District Clerk can identify whether iDocket, a clerk-held index, or re:SearchTX is the useful next channel. State coverage is not universal.
No Hedley Public Docket Search Found
No official Hedley city docket table or dated calendar was located. The county justice page identifies JP 3–4 as the practical Hedley channel, but its payment link is not proof of a full public docket. No list of defendants, settings, or future dates was visible in the reviewed source set. Clerk confirmation is the sound route, especially when an appearance is near.
Quick answer: A payment link is not the Hedley court docket. It may help resolve a payable balance, while the clerk remains the source for a current setting, a reset, or a copy of the docket entry.
The Hedley Municipal Court
No current official Hedley municipal-court entry was located in the OCA directory or municipal report, and no official city court page was found. That gap must not be turned into a claim that a municipal court exists, or that no city authority could exist. A person holding a paper that expressly names a Hedley municipal court should verify its status with city and county contacts before relying on it.
The confirmed office is Donley JP Precincts 3–4, not a municipal clerk. Judge Patricia J. White and clerk Kathie Middleton serve from Main Street, P.O. Box 62, Hedley, Texas 79237. The office phone is (806) 856-5914, fax (806) 856-0017, and the county lists jpwhite@windstream.net. Ask which record exists, whether it can be inspected or copied, and whether a written request is needed.
Hedley JP Payment Versus Clerk Contact
The county justice page links donleycotxjp34.govtportal.com and gives (806) 208-4401 for phone payments. Exact live portal fields were not reliably captured. A payable result does not establish that the service displays the full case event history. It may omit settings, filings, clerk notes, and later action.
Before paying, compare the JP name and identifier with the paper citation. A person who wants to contest a charge or ask about a date should call JP 3–4 instead of treating payment as a hearing request. No Hedley-specific contest deadline, failure-to-appear consequence, deferred-disposition term, or defensive-driving rule was documented. Obtain current court instructions.
Hedley Court Dates and Settings
A Hedley setting should be read as a bundle of fields, not just a date. Confirm the time, location, judge, event type, and current status. A reset means the next event changed; it does not mean dismissal. Because no live Hedley calendar was found, call JP 3–4 at (806) 856-5914 and use the citation or cause number to verify each field.
| Date | The current event date confirmed by the Hedley clerk, including any reset. |
|---|---|
| Time | The time to report; do not infer it from another case or a city office schedule. |
| Courtroom | The location stated by the clerk or notice, checked again before travel. |
| Judge | The presiding official shown on the current court record or confirmed by staff. |
| Setting Type | The purpose, such as an initial appearance, pretrial matter, trial, or compliance review. |
The Hedley JP Office
JP 3–4 has a concrete Hedley address and contact set. Mail may be sent to P.O. Box 62, Hedley, TX 79237, and the listed physical location is Main Street. Judge Pat or Patricia J. White and clerk Kathie Middleton are identified in county and court-directory sources. The office phone is (806) 856-5914 and fax is (806) 856-0017.
Bring the notice or citation and arrive according to the clerk's instructions. The source set does not state parking, security screening, accessibility arrangements, a universal check-in time, or a public daily docket. Ask about those needs in advance. Office contact data helps reach the record holder, while the docket itself identifies what the court plans to hear.
Hedley Traffic Tickets
A Hedley traffic question should start with JP 3–4 unless the citation names another court. Use the citation number exactly as written and ask whether the matter has been entered, whether an appearance is required, and what the next date is. The county-linked government portal is a payment path, not a verified public name search or complete Hedley docket.
Follow the court printed on the ticket. The wider JP and municipal split is explained in the Donley County traffic court records resource. A court traffic record can contain the citation, complaint, plea, setting, disposition, judgment, and costs. It is not a state driving record. Never assume the court solely from where the stop occurred.
Hedley Population and Court Scale
The 2020 Census and the Texas Legislative Council's Census-derived report list Hedley at 275 residents. Hedley ranks third among the three incorporated places identified in Donley County. No Hedley row was located in the current OCA municipal report, so there are no verified municipal totals to present as a live city docket count.
Population supplies local scale, not case status. It cannot show whether a citation exists, when a hearing occurs, or how a judge ruled. For a named matter, the JP clerk's actual record controls.
Where Hedley Cases End Up
Municipal jurisdiction is only the first layer. Justice-court citations remain with the named JP. County Court handles its own criminal, civil, probate, and juvenile categories, while the 100th District Court carries felony, family, civil, probate, juvenile, and child-protection categories identified by OCA. The combined County/District Clerk contact does not merge those dockets.
Docket flow: Hedley JP 3–4 › Donley County Courts › 100th District Court
Read the court designation before choosing a search. City staff should handle a Hedley municipal record, while Vicky Tunnell's County/District Clerk office is the county-level records contact. The Donley County court docket overview explains the broader clerk, iDocket, and statewide paths without treating any one database as complete.
When Hedley Search Becomes a Request
A web search can end without answering a Hedley record question. No public city docket, calendar, or municipal search was found, and the JP payment route may expose only payable citation information. At that point, contact clerk Kathie Middleton and describe the exact record rather than repeating a broad name search.
Ask for the docket entry, complaint, setting notice, disposition, judgment, or certified copy needed. Include the full name, JP 3–4, citation or cause number, and a useful date range. Ask what fee and request form apply because no current local copy fee was located in the reviewed sources.
If the clerk says the file belongs to County Court or the 100th District Court, redirect the request to the County/District Clerk. That move follows custody and does not mean the JP case itself has been transferred.
Hedley Docket and Driver Records Differ
A Hedley JP traffic file is the court record behind a citation. It may contain the complaint, plea, settings, disposition, judgment, payments, and court costs. A state driving record is held through a separate licensing system. The JP payment portal does not become a full driving-record search merely because a traffic charge appears there.
Ask the JP 3–4 clerk for the exact court item needed. A docket entry answers what was filed and scheduled. A certified judgment may answer how the case ended. A receipt addresses payment. Keeping those items distinct helps prevent a narrow portal result from being mistaken for the complete Hedley court file.
Public Access to Hedley Court Records
Start a Hedley record request with the JP 3–4 clerk when that court appears on the notice. Describe the defendant or case, court, citation or cause number, date range, and exact document needed. Ask whether inspection, an ordinary copy, or a certified copy is available and what charge applies. Texas recognizes public access, but restricted, sealed, juvenile, and expunged material may not be released like an ordinary adult docket.
Key Rules:
Texas Public Information Act - written public-information requests must identify the information with enough detail for the responsible office to locate it.
Texas Rule of Judicial Administration 12 - covered judicial records not excluded by the rule are generally open for inspection and copying during regular business hours.
Texas Family Code Chapter 58 - juvenile records carry special confidentiality and access limits.