Potter County Court Cases

Find Potter County court case information. Lookup your case detail via the Potter County case website. Potter County Texas was established in 1876. The county was originally part of Bexar County. Named after Robert Potter (1800-1842), secretary of the navy for the Republic of Texas, and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, Potter County covers an area of 909 square miles and has a reported population of 121073. The county seat and court are located in the city of Amarillo, Texas.

Crime & Case Details for Potter County

For 2016, the following crime related statistics were reported in the county:

DWI & Alcohol-Related Driving Deaths: 43
Violent Crime Cases: 736
Murder / Homicide Rate (per 100k residents): 6.6

For the felony cases tried in the county last year (2016), here’s how the defendants were sentenced:

Prison: 430
Texas State Jail: 193
County Jail: 49
Probation Time: 129
Fines Only: 2

Potter County Court Case Volume

As of August 2016, the county had the following active-pending caseload volume:

Civil Cases: 1610
Family Relations Cases: 1497
Juvenile Cases: 36
Criminal Cases: 1018