Galveston County was created in 1838 with Galveston selected as the county seat in 1839…read more This is the sixth building to serve as the county courthouse. Dedicated in 1966, this is clearly a "government" building from the look and feel, a "Moderne" style. It is a six-story concrete and glass structure. The first story has a wide brown colored band of concrete supported by concrete pillars. The upper stories include a concrete lattice over the recessed windows. The roof line is flat. The Galveston County Museum is inside and is free to visit but the hours did not align with my time in the area. Maybe on my next visit! [Review 886 of 2024 - 641 in Texas - 21915 overall]

Come here every year for my state inspection sticker. Efficient and friendly staff…read more This is the Tax Assessors office and county commissioners office for. Galveston county

Nice place. Been several times to vote and once for jury summons…read more Nice officers working front reception area.

The librarian was very helpful. There is a lot of historical information here such as the ships…read moresuch as Alyssa. It is the oldest library in Texas. We saw a video about the ships and a globe when Texas was a sovereign nation. The librarian also recommended the Galveston County museum.

We genuinely love this library. I grew up coming here but now I bring my kid here to check out…read morebooks and play in their great kids section whenever we are in town. The museum upstairs is spectacular and really honors the island and its history.

Court clerks at this location are a joke they have to clue…read more They are about 6 months behind in paper work. If you mail any paper work make sure you call several time to confirm that they received it even when they tell that they did.

Extraordinarily rude staff, weeks delayed on documents. Our tax dollars at work y'all.read more

This is the primary jury assembly room where potential jurists meet on day number one. Galveston…read moreCounty does jury duty a little bit different. You show up on Monday to the jury assembly room but you are "on call" for five straight days. Every night after 6 PM, they will email you, text you, or you can call in to see which Galveston County Court you need to report to on next day (if they need potential jurists). Many times, they do not need a jury at a different courthouse and when you call in after 6 PM, they will dismiss you until 6 PM the next day. The jury assembly room is designed to hold more than 300 potential jurists under normal conditions. However, with Covid protocol, they have chairs spaced where the room will hold 72 people. Today when I was there, 72 potential jurors showed up. Bottom line - Although jury duty can be a pain, it is the best system in the world and everyone should do their part. The jury assembly room in Galveston County is fairly organized and makes the process as painless as possible. Kudos to them and the work they do there.

I was called for Federal jury duty with the US District Court, Southern District of Texas at the…read morehistoric courthouse in downtown Galveston, TX. The judge was kind and pleasant, and I feel he exemplified everything our forefathers had in mind when this court was established in 1846. The woodwork and fixtures were amazing. I really wanted to take pictures! Since they offer tours I may have to take advantage of this and see if they will allow a picture or two in the future. To schedule a tour when court is not in session or to check the dockets to attend an open court case please call the District Clerk's office at 409-766-3530. As a reminder to those using social media please do not comment on any case and if you are serving on a jury, do not search for or read any news related to the case.

On February 16 I was visiting the city of Galveston. I parked my car and noticed there were varying…read moreways by which to pay for parking. I went to the pay machine at the nearest corner, and a gentleman was frustrated because he had tried his credit card a number of times, and the machine kept on saying "invalid." He told me "good luck". I then tried two credit cards a number of times and it came back repeatedly invalid even though both credit cards had just been used and one of them was used a half hour later every time valid. I then noticed a sign saying I could pay by app. So I called the number, followed the instructions very carefully, used my credit card to pay and the indication was I had three hours because I just paid $6.75. A little under three hours later, I came back. and found a parking ticket on my car. I even wrote a letter to the Municipal Court in which I stated all the above and that I had tried to do the right thing in every way possible to pay for parking. So I sent them a check for the $33 ticket and a check for the $6.75 that I believed I had already paid for the three hours and told them that I had done everything I could to do the right thing and now it was up to them. They unfortunately kept the ticket for $33 and sent me back my check for $6.75. In my opinion, they did not do the right thing.

HA! Where to start!? For starters their court time are…read moreALWAYS 8 O'clock!! Like why!? I live 2 hours away and you want me to be here at 8 AM!? Girl...Bye! Well long story short, Galveston County is antiquated on their reporting system. Can you believe they hand write tickets.....STILL!? You'd think with all that tax money from the colleges, businesses, and tourist money they could at least afford a better system. I received a letter at my parents house about a ticket that I have not taken care off, they send it to my parents since while I was in college in the island my DL had my parents address and said I had court on XX date. I couldn't make it and called to change it and/or have it dismissed since I NEVER RECEIVED A TICKET FROM THEM TO BEGIN WITH!!! I was given all the info I needed, suggested to come in with proof of license, insurance or vehicles and proof that the vehicle that I was stopped with wasn't my vehicle since it was registered under a different name. I walked in before my court date to clear my name but the front counter administrators were the worst!! They did not want to look into my case since I was under the suspicion that someone had stolen my Identity since I have NOT received any tickets since 2008. All they kept stating is "Ma'am you just need to come on your court date" I was not willing to loose the fight since I work for Law and Public safety and kept asking for any higher ups down the chain of command until I was given the answer I wanted and had someone look into this case. These type of cases can be taken care of even before a judge reviews the case. At the end I yelled at them to simply give my ticket to a different Monica L., I didn't care which one because at the end of the day they had no proof that it was me. (One lady finally realized that they didn't have my ID number and said that it was awfully odd that they couldn't get it since my number has never changed). So after one other lady said that I just needed to come to my court date and handle it, I had enough and had the ticket that "I" signed and what do you know.....my signature did NOT match nor did MY NAME!!! It was a ticket for a Martha with the same last name!! At the end after kept fighting the 5+ ladies and not willing to come to court, they apologized for the inconvenience and removed it from my record. Morale of the story: NEVER GIVE UP!

Another courthouse in the South and of course, another Confederate Monument. This one is in…read moreGalveston and stands at the very center of the Galveston County Courthouse which surely invokes some feelings. It was erected in 1911 by the local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. I did not spot a context marker and it does appear that the one on the base of the statue is missing. It would read, "Erected to the Soldiers and Sailors of the Confederate States of America by The Veuve Jefferson Davis Chapter No. 17, United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1911 Galveston, Texas." and contines, "There has never been an armed force which in purity of motives intensity of courage and heroism has equaled the Army and Navy of the Confederate States of America 1861-65" At this time, the County Commissioners and the County Judge and the Galveston County Historical Commission want it to remain. So there it is. [Review 887 of 2024 - 642 in Texas - 21916 overall]