About this archive
A public record of how Polk County operates.
The PCT Activity Records Repository publishes records obtained from Polk County, Texas governmental bodies through the Texas Public Information Act. Every entry is sourced from an official request to the agency that produced it.
Texas law gives any resident the right to obtain government records. In practice, exercising that right takes time, paperwork, and sometimes money. This archive documents what was asked, what was provided, what was withheld, and what it cost — to make the workings of local government visible to the public that funds it.
Records come from the Polk County Sheriff's Office, the Commissioners Court, the cities of Livingston, Onalaska, Corrigan, Goodrich and Seven Oaks, the District Attorney's Office, the Onalaska Police Department, and other county bodies. No paywall, no registration, no rights reserved.
By the numbers
Records span August 2025 to August 2026.
Records published, last 12 months
Agency response
Each Polk County governmental body that's been the subject of a request is listed below — total requests, how many are still pending, the average days to resolve, and what they charged. Click an agency name to see all its requests.
| Governmental body | Total | Pending | Resolved | Avg days | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polk County | 8 | 2 | 6 | 56 | $0.00 |
| City of Onalaska | 6 | 0 | 6 | 30 | $0.00 |
| Polk County Sherriff's Office | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | $46.50 |
| City of Livingston | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47 | $0.00 |
| Polk County District Attorney's Office | 1 | 0 | 1 | 351 | $0.00 |
| Texas Department of Public Safety | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | $0.00 |
Cost transparency
Texas law lets agencies charge for fulfilling records requests (copying, redaction labor, etc.). Every charge is documented here.
Public funds paid for these records once when the agency produced them. Citizens then paid again to obtain copies. The "tried to charge us" figure shows what agencies originally quoted — we negotiate, dispute, or escalate to the OAG when those numbers are inflated.
How records are obtained
Records here come from formal requests filed under the Texas Public Information Act. Each entry is grouped by the agency that produced it.
- A formal request is filed with the relevant Polk County body under Texas Government Code Chapter 552.
- The agency responds within 10 business days — producing records, asking for clarification, or referring the matter to the Office of the Attorney General if it claims an exemption.
- If sent to the OAG, the agency must wait for the OAG's ruling before withholding records. Pending requests are tracked publicly on the request trackers page.
- Records are posted verbatim once received. Agency-applied redactions are noted; descriptions add context without altering the document.
- Updates are tracked over time. Subsequent releases, amended responses, or reversed denials are added as dated timeline entries.
What we don't pursue
Records protected by attorney-client privilege, ongoing criminal investigation exemptions, and genuine privacy interests (medical, juvenile, etc.). When in doubt, we respect agency redactions.
When agencies don't comply
Sometimes an agency claims records don't exist when we can prove otherwise, or fails to produce records the OAG has ordered released. These are documented openly on the affected tracker via three statuses:
- Records Confirmed; Not Produced — we have evidence the records exist; the agency hasn't produced them.
- OAG Compliance Issue — the OAG ruled in our favor; the agency hasn't produced or claims no records.
- Released by OAG Order; Agency Non-Compliance — the agency refused to comply with an OAG order.
Cases & incidents
Alongside the archive, the site maintains a curated inventory of Polk County cases and incidents — missing persons, unsolved homicides, unidentified persons, and other open investigations local to this county. Each case is a documentation page, not a case file: we link to released records and active requests as they become available. Cases are verified against NamUs, the Texas DPS clearinghouse, and the investigating agency before publishing.
Local scope, on purpose
The cases section is restricted to incidents that occurred in Polk County or to subjects with significant Polk County ties. National missing-persons sites already exist; this section adds local documentation, links to county records, and a way for Polk County residents to surface information about people they actually knew.
How a case lands on the site
- Verified against authoritative sources — NamUs, the Texas DPS Missing Persons Clearinghouse, NCIC where applicable, and the primary investigating agency. We don't publish on rumor.
- Family contact preference recorded. When the family has explicitly welcomed publicity (e.g., they run a "missing X" Facebook page) the case page links to it. When the family wants only the record on file, no public engagement features show. When the family wants the case private, it stays admin-only.
- Published as a draft first. Every case goes through a review pass before it goes public. After publication, edits and additions are dated and visible on the case page.
Submitting a case
If you know of a Polk County case that belongs in this inventory, you can submit it through the form. The form is gated by the same content notice as the rest of the cases section. Only include information you want public. Don't share addresses, license plates, or identifying details that aren't already documented on a NamUs entry, Charley Project page, or news flyer.
Tips & privacy
Have a public record we should request, or a document we should publish? Submit a tip — tips are private and may be submitted anonymously.
What happens to your tip
- Contact info is private. Name, email, and phone are never published, sold, or shared — and are automatically deleted after 90 days (this applies to tips, record submissions, case submissions, and takedown requests alike).
- All fields are optional. You can submit anonymously.
- Your IP is logged with the tip for spam prevention — never published.
- Attached files stay private and admin-only; contents may be published only after review.
- We never publish identifying information about tipsters without explicit permission.
Visitor logging
The site logs basic visit data — page path, referrer, country, IP, and a coarse browser class — for security and traffic analysis. Logs are admin-only. Raw IPs are purged after 90 days; only a salted hash is retained for aggregate analytics.
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