District Clerk

Sandra Featherston

Kaufman County Courthouse
100 W. Mulberry St.
Kaufman, Texas 75142

Phone: 972-932-4331 Ext. 1274

After serving as Chief Deputy District Clerk, Sandra Featherston was elected District Clerk in 1986.  At that time this county had only a Circuit Judge responsible for three counties, Kaufman, Rockwall, and Van Zandt.  Today the District Clerk’s office is responsible for and maintains files and records for the 86th and 422nd District Courts, parts of the two County Courts at Law as well as the Child Protective Services and Attorney General Courts.

As official record keepers for the courts the far-ranging duties play a vital role in the day-to-day operation of the justice system.  An efficient District Clerk’s office is essential to the smooth operation of the court system.  Featherston is a pioneer in the implementation of technology with county records.  Documents are imaged and easily retrieved.  Files and cases may be accessed on the computer index dating as far back as 1849.  The history of the lives of Kaufman County families are found in these records and accessed daily.

Featherston has been a member of the County and District Clerk’s Association of Texas for over twenty years and has served on various committees and panels of instruction for District Clerks throughout the state.  To stay updated on laws and procedures affecting her office, she regularly attends schools of instruction at Texas A & M at College Station and the University of Texas at Austin.