Find Panola County Court Dates

The Panola County Court Calendar

One online route covers most county needs. It is the Panola County Court Records and Odyssey Public Access portal. The menu offers a Court Calendar there. Civil, family, probate, and criminal case searches sit alongside it. You can search the calendar by attorney, case, judicial officer, or party and defendant name. That helps when no cause number is at hand. Every match still needs to be tied back to the right court.

Panola County has no single calendar governing every trial court. The 123rd Judicial District Court keeps its own setting routes. So do the County Court at Law, Constitutional County Court, two combined Justice of the Peace offices, and the municipal courts. Odyssey is a sound first stop for district or county matters. A JP traffic setting may live in its own local system. A city ordinance case might too. Trust the court named on the citation, pleading, or notice over a broad name match.

A calendar result is only a snapshot of a scheduled event. It is not a promise the hearing will happen as listed. The court controls the live setting. Its clerk keeps the filed case record and Register of Actions.

Four Panola County Calendar Routes

Odyssey lays out four ways to search a Panola County court calendar, and each one answers a different question. Searching with the narrowest fact you already know cuts down on false matches.

Required fields carry a red plus and bold red text. The parameters shift when you change Search By. Name fields support Soundex for similar-sounding names. An asterisk works for a partial name, but the two cannot be combined. The official help requires at least one character before a name wildcard. If the portal fails to load, check current access directly. The result layout can vary.

How to Find Your Court Date

A complete Panola County court date search pairs the published record with a direct confirmation call. Save the case number and court name first. Those two facts let the office tell cases apart and reveal whether a newer notice has replaced the displayed setting.

1. Open Odyssey Court Calendar and choose Attorney, Case, Judicial Officer, or Party or Defendant Name. Use the most exact mode available.
2. Review the result for court, cause number, style, date, time, judge, courtroom, and setting type when shown.
3. If Odyssey fails, call the District Clerk at 903-693-0306 or visit Room 227 at 110 S Sycamore Street in Carthage. Email, mail, and the record-request form are available when a filed notice is needed.
4. For the 123rd Judicial District Court, call coordinator Erin Johnson at 903-693-0315. For County Court at Law, call coordinator Gina Goldman at 903-693-0396.
5. Use the relevant JP or municipal court for its own calendar. Courtroom postings, docket call, counsel, and a written notice may also confirm a date. re:SearchTX supplies a statewide document route, not the local live schedule.

The clerk can locate a filed notice or event, while the coordinator verifies what the judge has set now. For a public lookup before calling, try the Panola County case search.

Panola County Calendar Coordinators

The 123rd District Court page names Judge LeAnn Rafferty, coordinator Erin Johnson, and the reporter. The office sits at 108 S Sycamore Street, Room 300, in Carthage. That coordinator line is the direct route for district docket calls. It also handles courtroom details and current changes.

The official staff page distinguishes the judge's office from the District Clerk counter. That counter handles the filed case record, not the live schedule.

The split matters: check the filed setting with the clerk, but ask the coordinator about the live calendar.

The County Court at Law page separately names Judge Rick McPherson, coordinator Gina Goldman, and reporter Kassi Cuff. County-level cases can follow that calendar rather than the district schedule.

That separate staff channel keeps a County Court at Law setting from being routed to the district coordinator.

Reading a Court Setting

Read each Panola County court calendar line as a group of linked fields. A date alone, with no court and cause number, is not enough. Capture the court, case number, judge, time, and setting type whenever a result shows them, since layouts can vary.

A setting is a scheduled event, not always the final trial. Docket call is the court's call of listed matters. A reset or continuance changes a date, and a processing target is not a fixed hearing date.

Panola County Docket Call Rules

Panola County publishes official local rules that govern how a case gets onto the calendar. Under Rule 1.14, a criminal setting can be requested out loud or on paper. The request can come before docket call or during it. Whoever makes the request must tell the other parties. Sureties and counsel must be told too when they are involved. So a docket call may matter as a calendar event itself. It is not automatically the trial.

Civil matters work a bit differently. For a contested case, a party can request a setting in person at docket call. An earlier request also works if everyone agrees and it is confirmed in writing. Notice must go out. The expected trial time must be stated. Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 245 applies unless the parties waive it. Uncontested settings can be oral or written. Written confirmation and copies to all parties must follow.

The court can also schedule conferences, pretrial matters, and trials on its own. Reasonable notice is required. Check both the Register of Actions and each court notice. One gives the event history; the other may carry the newest instructions.

Note: Local processing standards measure case progress, not guaranteed Panola County hearing dates.

Resets, Continuances, and Cancellations

A reset or a continuance means one thing. A prior Panola County court setting moved. That is all. It does not mean the case was dismissed, and a later entry or notice can supersede the first date. The public register may list both events, so compare dates and event labels before deciding which one controls.

What if a result vanishes from view? Do not assume the case is over. The setting may have moved, the case may sit in another court system, or the portal may simply not show the local docket. Call the coordinator for the named court. JP cases go to JP 1 & 4 at 903-693-0375 or JP 2 & 3 at 903-693-0377. City matters belong with the municipal clerk listed on the citation.

A lawyer or a party may hold a newer written notice. Compare it against Odyssey, then ask the court which date stands. Only the court can confirm a same-day cancellation.

Panola Child Protection Calendar

Not every Panola County court date shows up on the county's own docket. Some settings appear on a separate state calendar. The Northeast Texas Child Protection Court Number 1 docket has a Panola County endpoint, and it has listed future county dates into early 2027. That is a different calendar route. It reveals nothing about a child or family, and no one should draw such facts from it.

The official special calendar page appears below.

Think of this calendar as a routing aid. It is not permission to publish protected names or details. Confirm a specific setting through the District Clerk or the court when access is allowed.

The District Clerk holds the records for district juvenile and child-protection material. Confidentiality law, sealing, redaction, or a court order can limit what the public fields show. A missing public entry does not prove no setting exists.

Panola County Calendar Terms

Calendar labels tell you what is set, nothing more. The Register of Actions keeps the event history. These plain meanings keep a hearing entry from being mistaken for a result.

Setting

A scheduled appearance or proceeding.

Docket call

The court's call of listed cases or settings.

Reset

A change from an earlier date to another date.

Continuance

A court-approved delay or move of a matter.

Disposition

The recorded status or resolution, not a future setting.

Old Panola notices sometimes mention Zoom or YouTube. A January 2021 order required public broadcasts for remote hearings at that time. It also barred unauthorized recording. That order is historic evidence, not proof of current remote access. Ask the coordinator before relying on any old remote-hearing note.

What To Do If You Miss a Setting

Missed a Panola County court setting? Act promptly. Contact counsel first if you are represented. Then call the clerk or coordinator for the court named on the notice. Give them the cause number, party name, missed date, and event type. Ask whether an order, warrant, bond issue, new date, or other entry was filed. But treat nothing as a result until the court confirms it.

The district coordinator manages the live district calendar, while the District Clerk checks the filed register. County Court at Law has its own coordinator. JP and municipal cases stay with their local court. This court-by-court approach puts a missed Panola County setting back on the right schedule.