Jim Hogg Court Calendars Explained
For district matters, the 229th Judicial District Court page is the county's main calendar hub. It posts dated PDF and DOCX files sorted under civil, criminal, trial, and regular docket headings. The archive stretches from 2021 through 2026. Think of each file as the court business planned for a single date. Some combine civil and criminal sections. Others stick to one docket type.
One quirk matters here. The 229th serves Jim Hogg, Starr, and Duval counties, so the county label carries real weight. Anyone calling should say "Jim Hogg County" plainly. Offer the cause number if they have it, and note whether the setting is civil or criminal. These district calendar files say nothing about dates in the Constitutional County Court or the Justice Court.
Key point: A posted calendar is a setting sheet. The court or coordinator controls the current setting.
Jim Hogg PDF Calendar Archive
For Jim Hogg County district settings, the PDF archive is the most direct public calendar around. The 2026 files combine criminal and civil dockets on May 4, May 26, and July 20. Older entries help trace where a case has been. But they cannot tell you the next date. One caution: an August 31, 2026 archive link was listed. The file behind it did not resolve. Listings can outlive their files.
When a link breaks, go back to the district court archive first. Then call the right coordinator. Civil coordination sits at (956) 716-4800 ext. 8139. Criminal coordination sits at (361) 279-6233. Ask simply whether a later docket replaced the missing file. The County Clerk portal contact page shows the vendor's official route for court questions.
Treat the contact screen as a routing aid and nothing more. It is not a live daily calendar. Its job is to put you in touch with the court office when a county-side date is unclear.
Finding Your Court Date
Match the channel to the court named on your notice. Jim Hogg County posts no single calendar covering every court. The Tyler "Find My Case" forms can flag portal-indexed matters, though the blank forms offer no setting-date or date-range filter.
- Read the citation, notice, or case paper for the court name, precinct, and cause number.
- For a 229th District Court matter, open the dated archive and choose the newest relevant civil or criminal file.
- Check the child-protection docket selector only for its regional cluster calendar.
- Call the civil or criminal coordinator if the file is missing, stale, or different from the notice.
- For county court, call (361) 527-3015. For a JP matter, call (361) 527-5830 and identify the precinct.
- For a public calendar not posted, contact the County and District Clerk at (361) 527-4031 or request it under Rule 12.
To go in person, visit the courthouse and clerk counter at 102 E. Tilley in Hebbronville. Mail goes to P.O. Box 878, Hebbronville, TX 78361. One wrinkle deserves care: the district court also lists an administrative address in Rio Grande City, so confirm the destination before mailing anything time-sensitive. Fax and official staff email both work as contact routes. No public terminal is offered for docket access.
Jim Hogg Portal Calendar Limits
The County Clerk portal home names just two functions. They are "Online Case Payment" and "Find My Case." That is the whole menu. It makes no promise of a complete Jim Hogg County hearing calendar. So a portal result can connect you with a county-side case or payment matter, but a current hearing still needs a call to the office. The County Clerk portal home shows that limited purpose plainly.
Because the portal centers on case payment, it cannot replace a posted district docket or a coordinator's confirmation. The District Clerk portal contact page is the official starting point for district-side portal help.
Split the work: use that contact route for portal trouble, and use the 229th coordinator for a live district setting.
How to Read a Court Setting
Start with the docket header, not the case row. In Jim Hogg County samples, the header carries the court, county, judge, date, time, and docket type, and the row below it fills in the matter-specific details. Read time entries with care. A 9:00 AM header marks the docket-call time shown in a sample, not proof that every case gets heard at that exact minute.
| Date and time | The calendar date and header time; confirm a later reset. |
|---|---|
| Cause No. | The local case identifier. |
| Style | The abbreviated caption or parties. |
| Setting | The planned action, such as status, motion, final hearing, plea, or jury selection. |
| Attorney | Counsel information or “Pro Se,” meaning self-represented. |
| Notes | A procedural note, order date, FTA reference, or instruction. |
The samples do not consistently list a courtroom number, a remote-hearing link, an attendance method, or a full continuance history. If a detail is missing, ask before you count on it.
Jim Hogg Setting Terms
A setting is a plan, not a result. It names the court event the parties expect, and it says nothing about how anything ended. That gap matters every time you read Jim Hogg County court dates.
- Status
- A hearing used to check progress or scheduling, not a final judgment.
- Final hearing
- A potentially final proceeding; the signed order states the result.
- Trial/Jury Selection
- A trial-related setting, not proof that a trial occurred or ended.
- Entry of judgment
- A setting tied to entry of an order; obtain the filed document for its terms.
- FTA
- Often read as failure to appear, but the full entry or clerk should confirm its local use.
Sample labels also include temporary orders, summary judgment, diversion, fees, and announcement/dismissal. None of these becomes a ruling just by appearing in the Setting column.
Continuances, Resets, and Cancellations
Three words carry distinct meanings. A continuance moves a proceeding, a reset gives it a new setting, and a cancellation takes the event off the list. The county's public PDF samples do not record every change. An older file may hold a date that no longer controls. When a portal and a paper notice disagree, the stronger sources are the newest court notice, a signed order, and direct confirmation from the court.
Call the coordinator who handles that docket. Ask for the current date, time, court, setting type, and attendance instruction. Write down the name of the person you spoke with. Also note the time of the call. Your own notes are worth keeping.
Note: A downloaded docket file is a snapshot and may not show a later change.
Jim Hogg Child-Protection Calendar
Jim Hogg County child-protection hearings run through a separate statewide selector. They skip the regular docket channels. That specialty tool labels the 4th and 5th Administrative Judicial Regions Cluster Court for Jim Hogg County. It asks you to pick a docket date before it shows anything. This is not a blanket calendar. It does not cover all 229th cases. The state's 2024 district verification report actually marked child-protection caseload as "no" for the 229th. So keep the regional selector and the local court's classification apart when you search. One shows that a regional docket date exists for a matter. It does not make the private party details behind it fair to republish. Family and child records may be restricted, redacted, or limited to authorized persons. Call the clerk for the lawful access path.
If You Miss a Court Setting
Move fast if you miss a Jim Hogg County court setting. What happens next depends on the court and the case, so never assume the matter was dismissed, reset on its own, or worked out. Pull out your notice, find the exact court, and start there.
Missed setting: Call the court or coordinator now. Give Jim Hogg County, the cause number, your name, and the missed date. Ask what order or next setting controls.
Phone numbers differ by case type in Jim Hogg County. District civil matters go to (956) 716-4800 ext. 8139. District criminal matters use (361) 279-6233. The clerk's office is (361) 527-4031, and the courthouse line is (361) 527-3015. The shared JP line is (361) 527-5830. The clerk can tell you whether a public register, an order, or a redacted copy is available for your case.
Jim Hogg Portal Account Access
The Jim Hogg District Clerk portal has a help page for sign-in trouble. Registration and email validation are account mechanics only. They have nothing to do with the legal status of a hearing, so do not put off a court-date check while an account issue gets sorted. The official sign-in FAQ walks through that process step by step.
When portal access fails, fall back on phone, counter, mail, fax, or official email. Texas Rule 12 gives you a formal way to request a judicial record from the office that holds it. If part of the record is restricted, ask the clerk for a redacted form.