Records Services Director Keith Buckner

Keith Buckner was promoted to Records Services Director on October 1, 2020. In 2012 he was hired as the Records Specialist for the Records Services Department. Keith grew up in Tyler and attended all Tyler public schools, including graduating from John Tyler High School (renamed Tyler High School). He also attended Tyler Junior College and graduated with his bachelor’s degree from Texas College. He enjoys helping customers and assisting the courts. While away from work, he enjoys sports, especially football, and volunteering for the Red Cross installing smoke detectors in local neighborhoods.

Records Services activities concern all inactive records covering Smith County’s District and County Courts and other select documentation regarding and preserving the history and heritage of Smith County. 

Actions involving the receipt, storage, retrieval, use and disposition of the records are done according to state law and the rules of the State Library and Archives Commission. This pertains directly to the statutory authority of Government Code: Chapter 441, subchapter L; 441.225(b); 441.185, and State Agency Bulletin No. 4 of September 2007. The counties of Texas are legally responsible for retaining and preserving their permanent and historical records.

Under the legal purview of the Commissioners Court, service is provided to all residents of Smith County and any others wishing to access the records properly consistent with maintaining the requisite security of the documentation. All efforts are aimed toward striving for excellence.

Records management can be defined as a field of management responsible for both the efficient and systematic administration and control of the creation, receipt, maintenance, utilization, protection, and disposition of records, regardless of the recording medium involved.

The Records Services Department was founded on February 1, 1984, as the Records Bureau.

Location

Cotton Belt Building
1517 West Front Street, Room 150 (Basement)
Tyler, Texas 75702-7897

Phone: (903) 590-2960
Fax: (903) 590-2965

Office Hours: 
Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 
Closed for lunch noon-1p.m.

Closed for major holidays

RSD Documents

County Clerk Microfilm at ACS - II

County Clerk Microfilm at ACS - I

Records Destruction Form

Records Transfer List Form 

Important Links

• Judicial Search
• Commissioners Court
• County Clerk
• District Clerk
• Justice of the Peace