Do you have an active Dallas County District Court case?
Have you had a criminal (felony) or civil case in a Dallas County District Court within the past 12 years?
If you answered yes to either question above go to:
https://courtsportal.dallascounty.org/DALLASPROD
Find your case's online county public record details.
Next, go to and try finding your case at (free registration may be necessary):
https://research.txcourts.gov/CourtRecordsSearch/Home#!/home
This record of your case is generated mostly by the e-filing activity into the case. The State has mandated all attorneys e-file case documents.
Do both the State and County details of your case match?
NO!
Probably not even close.
I urge you to save a copy of both these records as they appear now for future reference.
Example
DC-24-17968
as of 12/12/2025:
County record case status: Inactive
- OCA indicated on the first docket event
- 12/11/2025 Inactive Case (OCA)
- 12/15/2025 Cancel Reason: Case Settled. Event indicates 6 record Documents available
- 1/27/2026 Final Deposition Hearing
State record case status: Open
- 12/15 hearing still scheduled
- Missing the county's 1/27/2026 hearing
- No OCA indicated on the first docket event
- Out of sequence docket events
Update as of 12/15/2025, 7am:
State record case status: Closed (INACTIVE)
- 12/15/2025 hearing still not commented as canceled. Event indicates 4 record Documents available
- No 12/11/2025 docket entry event equal to county's "Inactive Case (OCA)"
- No 1/27/2026 Final Deposition Hearing scheduled as reported by county
- No OCA indicated whatsoever
State record as webpage view
- Completely different sequence of daily docket events
Which records are telling the truth?
Will there be a 12/15 hearing?
What is the actual truth of this matter?
Is this case going to be included in OCA reports?
Who is not maintaining the records???
What could be affected when the County's and State's records unknowingly conflict?
Litigant Frustration
Attorney Withdrawal
An uninformed new attorney assuming all details are known
Excessive legal fees fighting missing details
Courtrooms with growing backlogs
Cases without a first hearing set
Unnecessary prolonged detainments
Jails at near capacity
Everyone's Tax dollars being wasted
Big affects in an individual's remaining LIFE not knowing how it was caused
A district clerk's role is ministerial and is not a law maker. They are to follow the Texas District Clerk's Manual. A 228 page official comprehensive reference guide. It outlines the duties, responsibilities and procedures for Texas district clerks, covering record keeping, financial management (fees, fines, trusts), jury coordination, case filing, and implementing set state statutes and rules for the district courts. It's a crucial resource not to be ignored for an elected district clerk to ensure compliance and efficient administration of justice in their beloved county.
Regarding your case records, I also suggest that you obtain a certified copy of your case's Docket Sheet official record directly from Records Department located on the basement floor within the George Allen Courthouse to reference in the future for any content changes, regardless of your case's status. The details of the Docket Sheet should closely match the county online record details, but may contain some additional details not provided online, such as civil disbursements to the wrong party name receiving funds that were held by the District Clerk's Treasury, such as the $20,000 indicated in my divorce case.
The current District Clerk is clueless or ignoring problems like these, and is carelessly affecting everyone's livelihood that steps into a Dallas County District Court. After 12 years management has become too laxed. We need a new District Clerk and I will eliminate this type of reckless record keeping for you. Set the politics aside, I need both party's votes in the general election. Lets work together. I am a complete outsider with no ties to anyone working for the county. I will strictly follow the set guidelines and will manage appropriately. Everyone expects a fair trial in court, but how is that possible when you have poor record management. Its time for a Dallas County District Clerk changeout.
Today is December 10th 2025
My name is Dave Muehlhaeusler and I want to be your next Dallas County District Clerk. I am a former engineer from the aerospace and commercial lighting industry. Aerospace lighting conformed to high standards which included strict engineering document control of .pdf files. A database provided unique numbers assigned to every document completed. Finalized documents were submitted with 4 signatures of approval as they were verified following the proper steps. Documents were vaulted into a single database that was backed up daily per standard procedure. A set guideline with step by step instructions was followed by about 40 engineers all following the same guideline. If a document was not submitted properly, it was rejected. Never was it just accepted because someone said it was okay to leave any detail out.
In 2020 I decided to file for divorce (without children), DF-20-12290, through my first attorney in Dallas County. The case last closed in 2024 after the 2nd SAPCR enforcement action against me. SAPCR does not apply in a divorce without children (Suit Affecting Parent Child Relationship). Of which caused a false charge of criminal contempt to occur seeking a minimum 6-month jail sentence. I was not even offered a trial by a jury despite a potential jail sentence of over 180 days. My trial by jury demand was denied. My case has dozens of invalid details. So obvious that the opposing attorney also appears as retained by me / for both parties. When I complained to the District Clerk's office about the dozens of problems, no action was taken and I was told the record was found to be correct.
If you pay close attention practically all new cases per Dallas County's docket details have the initial docket event described with the indication: (OCA). My case was considered as family and this event appears through the county public record as:
NEW CASE FILED (OCA) - FAMILY
But if you look at my divorce case through the State's record OCA is not indicated for the initializing event which is just like over 29,000 other family cases. It simply indicates:
NCF-F
There is only one case in all the other Texas counties that has used NCF-F as any event. All counties should be following Procedural Codes, but not Dallas.
Although Dallas County has 29,000+ NCF-F events in cases per State records, the State also shows over 93,000 search results of Dallas cases with the event: NEW CASE FILED (OCA) - FAMILY. Of which the most recent date of a case with this event is 1/12/2014.
One other oddity recently noticed through the State records is that Dallas County appears to have recently stopped using NCF-F on 11/7/2025 for divorce cases. and this date appears to be the most recent search result of any new divorce case in Dallas County which obviously can't be true.
Why is this important you might ask. It indicates non-consistent record keeping and a lack of transparency that is essential for accountability. For the past two decades Dallas County has had only two different elected District Clerks that are still both working closely together today. They have poorly managed to follow guidelines as evident. On 11/4/2025 our current District Clerk admitted to having records with over 13,000 "invalids" that prevented State reports from generating that is holding up a 1.5 million dollar grant. She dodges taking accountability pointing to IT while also not answering why these 'invalids' wont allow reports to generate. She should know why or does know why: Poor case record management and carelessness. She was repeatedly asked, what help do you need, and never clearly answered the question while kicking buckets down the road. I am sure we have good clerks working for her in the county, but the clerks are not properly managed and are not following set standards other counties abide to everyday.
In 2026 vote Dave Muehlhaeusler for Dallas County District Clerk
People deserve accurate records, timely justice, and a clerk’s office that actually serves them.
Contact info: dm@dmdcdc.org
Pol. Adv. paid for by David John Muehlhaeusler