Dallas County records

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Overview

The fields seem reasonably similar to the Harris County data that's already in the scraper, but there are two issues that need to be solved:

1. At first glance, records are only available in a search as opposed to downloading all court case records at once, and
2. Once you search for a record, the data is pretty messy and will probably need a lot of parsing.

Resources found

• General info: https://www.dallascounty.org/services/record-search/
• Disposition and court codes legend/key: https://www.dallascounty.org/criminalBackgroundSearch/disp_codes.jsp
• Records (searchable by case number): https://www.dallascounty.org/services/public_access.php
• Records (searchable by last name or case number): https://www.dallascounty.org/criminalBackgroundSearch/captcha

Data sample

(I redacted name and DOB but kept formatting)

DEF NAME LAST__FIRST_M_____________________ RACE W SEX M DOB MMDDYYYY  AGE  61
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DEF ADR1*****************************************  AC ___ PH _______  SS ***********************
DEF CITY MARSHALL____________  ST TX  ZIP 75672  DLNUM ************** DLST __
OFF FMFR________________________ DT 031898 TYP/CL M C GOC/CAT _ _ CODE DS000000
COMT __________ SID NUM ________ NAMELY ________
COMPLAINANT *********************************** TAPE # _____ ARREST DATE 000000
JUV STAT _  REPEAT OFFENDER _  CAREER OFFENDER _  ORIG-LOC UNKNOWN  CURR-LOC U
FILING AGENCY***************  SER/CAS NO********************   ARREST NUM  ______________
LAI NUM********************   AIS/DSO NO********************   BOOKIN NUM  ______________
JP FILE DATE 000000  JP CASE ID __________  JP COURT ID __  FED _  EVH _  AFF _
MAGISTRATE DATE 000000   MAGIS COURT __    MAGIS JUDGE _________   BOUND OVER _
EXAM TRIAL DATE 000000   EXAM  COURT __    EXAM  JUDGE _________   IND METH CAI
GJ/H/R DT ______ _ GJ# ________ GJ/W/FILE 010501 GJ DS X DA DSP _ ACC Y REAS _
DA DISPOS  DATE 000000        MISDEMEANOR REDUCTION _   SENTENCE PROBATED _
JUDCL CASE ID MC00B3955   GJ CT __  PROS STAT _ ___   PROS NAME _______________
COURT ASSIGNED TO MD    DATE ASSIGNED 010501      ASSIGNED BY M    REASON M

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Look like this system is tied to Odessy/Tyler Technologies as well.

Power Point Download: http://dallascounty.org/department/districtclerk/media/4-12-10_DIGITAL_CRTS_PRESENT_GEN.ppt