The Martin County Court Calendar
Martin County publishes no single daily trial calendar or public docket page. The reliable chain is different. It runs from the case docket itself to a served notice or scheduling order. Then it goes to the clerk or court coordinator. Court identification matters most here. A district setting, a county setting, a JP hearing, and a Stanton municipal appearance are distinct. Each has its own contact route.
One tool is easy to mistake for a hearing calendar. The county Agenda Center posts Commissioners Court agendas and minutes. Those records cover county business and meeting dates. They do not tell a party when to appear in a trial case. So search the case record and confirm with the named court.
Martin Has No Daily Calendar
Hearings still happen even without a public calendar page. Settings can surface through LGS, re:SearchTX, a mailed or electronic notice, a signed order, counsel's file, or a court's internal schedule. Online coverage may be incomplete, so one empty search proves little. Martin's sources publish no calendar-refresh promise. There is no standing Zoom link, no courtroom list, no holiday closure page, and no local code sheet.
Best source: use the newest court-issued notice or order, then confirm it with the office that controls the Martin County setting.
Skip the search-engine excerpt, the administrative agenda, and any old docket event. A hearing can be passed, reset, or moved while its earlier entry still sits in the case history.
How to Find Your Martin County Court Date
Begin on the official County & District Clerk page, which links to LGS Online Record Search. The portal offers Guest Login and account controls. An exact cause number is the best search key. If LGS leaves the question open, try re:SearchTX as a statewide supplement, then call the court.
- Read the notice and identify the court and cause number.
- Open LGS from the county clerk page and inspect the newest case events.
- Compare the newest setting with any later signed order or served notice.
- Write down date, time, judge or court, location, and setting type.
- Confirm through the clerk, coordinator, or attorney before appearing.
Courthouse postings may help once you arrive, but Martin promises no public terminal or advance posting. Settle an uncertain setting before you head out.
Martin Calendar Contact Routes
Four phone lines cover the Martin County court calendar. The 118th District Court coordinator is 432-264-2225. OCA lists Big Spring as that court's primary location, so it pays to confirm where any Martin County proceeding will actually be held. For docket questions outside the district court, call 432-607-3536. The combined clerk at 432-756-3412 handles record lookups and case filing questions. Justice of the Peace dates come through 432-756-3445. Stanton Municipal Court takes 432-756-3304 or municourt@ci.stanton.tx.us.
District settings
432-264-2225
Confirm date, time, location, and whether a later order controls.
County settings
432-607-3536
Use for constitutional County Court date questions.
Lower courts
432-756-3445
Use for Martin JP routing; Stanton municipal matters use 432-756-3304.
Have the exact cause or citation number and party name ready when you call. Ask one focused question instead of an open-ended search.
Reading a Martin County Court Setting
Every setting line needs context. Note the court, judge, date, time, cause number, style, event type, location, and source date. Martin's public pages do not publish exact calendar field labels. Treat the table as a confirmation checklist. It is not a description of one portal screen.
| Date | The scheduled day, checked against later events. |
|---|---|
| Time | The stated appearance time, which may differ from a broad docket call. |
| Court and location | The court holding the case and the place confirmed by that court. |
| Judge | The listed judicial officer or court assignment, subject to substitution. |
| Setting type | Arraignment, announcement, status, motion, trial, sentencing, review, or another stated event. |
A status date is not automatically a trial. A docket call, too, may review many cases before any later action gets set.
Martin Setting Types Differ
A trial docket groups cases ready for jury or bench trial. A motion docket takes up one specific request. Announcement and plea dockets usually concern readiness or resolution, not a trial. A status conference checks progress on the case. A dismissal docket may point toward dismissal for want of prosecution. Listing a case there does not dismiss it.
- Docket call
- A calendar review where cases may be announced, passed, settled, or set later.
- Motion hearing
- A proceeding focused on a filed request.
- Continuance
- An authorized postponement to a later date.
- Reset
- A changed setting that usually leaves the older event in the history.
Ask the court what your setting requires of you. Martin publishes no local code list, so never assign meaning to an abbreviation without confirmation.
Resets, Continuances, and Cancellations
A reset or continuance moves the clock. It decides nothing. Older dates stay on the docket as history. So read events in order and find the newest setting or signed order. A cancellation may appear as passed, vacated, canceled, or reset, depending on the court's wording. Martin's exact local labels are not published.
When a notice and the online docket disagree, keep both. Call the court that owns the case. Ask which date controls and whether a new written notice or order exists. Portals do not update in real time. Weather, holidays, emergency orders, and last-minute passes can all shift a calendar. An old web result may stay up anyway.
Note: A changed date does not erase the duty to verify the replacement setting.
Martin Notice and Docket Conflicts
Rank conflicting sources by authority and recency. A later signed order generally beats an older event summary. A freshly served notice may reflect the live setting. The portal still helps for chronology, but it can lag or omit a document image. Call the court coordinator, clerk, or counsel for direct confirmation.
- Write down both dates and where each came from.
- Check the docket for an intervening reset, pass, or continuance.
- Call the court that owns the case, not another county office.
- Ask whether a later order was signed and how it will be delivered.
- Keep the response with the case papers.
Never use the Commissioners Court Agenda Center to break a tie. That body runs county administration, not trial settings.
What to Do If You Miss a Setting
Move fast after a missed setting in Martin County. Pull up the latest entry on the court docket. Then call the court listed on the case. If a lawyer represents you, tell that attorney immediately. Ask what order or process now controls the case. Find out whether a new court date was set. One warning matters here: a phone call does not by itself withdraw a warrant, restore a bond, reopen a case, or guarantee a reset.
Missed a Setting? Consequences depend on the case and court, but can include a failure-to-appear entry, warrant, bond action, default, dismissal, or other order.
Call the correct Martin County clerk or coordinator immediately and obtain legal advice about the next lawful step.
Do not appear at an unconfirmed place or send money to an unofficial service.
Where you turn depends on which Martin County court issued the paperwork. A Stanton citation goes to Municipal Court. Justice court matters belong with the JP office. District and county cases each run on their own contact lines. The court named on the paper always controls the route.
Confirm Martin Hearing Details
Confirm every detail before you drive anywhere. That means the date and time, the courthouse or remote method, the courtroom if one applies, the judge or court, and the type of setting. Ask whether you need identification, check-in, documents, or counsel present. Martin County publishes no rules on parking, screening, devices, recording, interpreters, accessibility, or remote hearings, so confirm those points with the clerk rather than guessing.
The combined clerk counter sits at 301 N. St. Peter Street in Stanton. Records hours run Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Those hours describe the counter, not a hearing calendar. District administration may run through the Big Spring coordinator. Call ahead before trusting the physical address for your court date.
eFileTexas handles filings, not public calendars. A filing confirmation is not a hearing notice. It also proves nothing about a reset you may have requested.