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Most questions about an official Hidalgo County record belong with the office that created or maintains it. The contacts below route court files, county bookings, police material, and statewide history to the correct government custodian. Hidalgo County Criminal History is a private reference site and cannot retrieve, change, certify, or accept filings for any record.

This Is Not a Government Office. This private resource cannot perform an official background check, correct or remove a record, issue certified copies, or receive an expunction filing.

Need an Official Record?

Choose the office by record type and court level. The courthouse contacts below are at 100 N. Closner Boulevard, Edinburg, Texas 78539.

  • Class A and B misdemeanor files: Hidalgo County Clerk Criminal Department, 956-318-2100 or 956-318-2811
  • Felony district-court files: Hidalgo County District Clerk, 956-318-2200
  • County arrest, booking, incident, 911, or dashcam material: Hidalgo County Sheriff, 711 El Cibolo Road, Edinburg, TX 78541, 956-383-8114, Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
  • Current county custody: Hidalgo Adult Detention, 956-381-7900
  • Statewide conviction and deferred history: Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Records Division
  • City police reports: the McAllen, Edinburg, Mission, or other police department that created the report

A focused written sheriff request may be sent to open.records@co.hidalgo.tx.us. Expunction and nondisclosure filings go through the court and clerk with jurisdiction over the specific case.