Tarrant County Courts

{Tarrant County Courthouse during Pioneer Days Parade}

The Tarrant County Court system is comprised of Civil Courts, Criminal Courts, Family Courts, Magistrate's Court, Probate Courts and the Justices of the Peace.

The Tarrant County Courts are housed in the Tarrant County Courthouse, the Civil Courts Building, the Criminal Courts Building and the Justice Center.

The Tarrant County Courthouse was designed by firm of Gunn & Curtis and built by the Probst Construction Company of Chicago, 1893-1895. This pink Texas granite building, in Renaissance Revival style, closely resembles the Texas State Capital with the exception of the clock tower. The cost was $408,840 and citizens considered it such a public extravagance that a new County Commissioners' Court was elected in 1894.