Texas Open Data — Legal & Professional Certification Datasets (Ground Truth)

This document lists datasets from data.texas.gov that are legal-related, professional certification, or suitable as ground truth for the Legal Luminary agent per RUBRIC.md (Experiment 5, Test Oracle, Texas Data Crawler).

Rubric alignment

  • Experiment 5 (Texas Data Pipeline): Crawl data.texas.gov, classify datasets as LAW_VERIFICATION, NEWS, or ATTORNEY_RESOURCE, measure ground-truth quality.
  • Test Oracle (RUBRIC §4.2): “Texas Government Data — Official TDCJ, TCEQ, TDLR datasets from data.texas.gov”.
  • Explicit rubric examples: TDCJ inmate records, TCEQ civil judgments/administrative orders, TDLR licenses, insurance complaints, CPS investigations.
  • Experiment 6 negative test: “Scott Weeden should NOT be found in the TX Secretary of State Notary Public database.”

1. Professional licensing & certification (ground truth for validators)

Dataset ID Agency Use as ground truth
TDLR - All Licenses 7358-krk7 Texas Dept of Licensing & Regulation Primary. All TDLR license holders; verify professional credentials (contractors, cosmetologists, etc.). Dataset
Texas Notary Public Commissions gmd3-bnrd Secretary of State Critical. Notary verification; required for Experiment 6 negative test (Scott Weeden not in DB). Dataset
TREC HOA Management Certificates 8auc-hzdi Texas Real Estate Commission Professional certification (HOA managers). Dataset
TCEQ - Petroleum Storage Tank (PST) Delivery Certificates jx8f-z4hu TCEQ Regulatory certificates (delivery authorization). Dataset
Degrees and Certificates at Public Universities 2021-2023 94km-5r7i THECB Educational credentials (degrees/certificates). Dataset

2. Legal / court / enforcement (ground truth)

Dataset ID Agency Use as ground truth
CPS 2.4 Children In Legal Responsibility… 9e7a-4cbm DFPS Court-appointed legal responsibility (conservatorship). Dataset
CPS 2.5 Legal Statuses Granted… ydea-2aps, 58va-q8t3 DFPS Legal statuses granted by courts (conservatorship). Dataset
CPS 2.6 Conservatorship - Children With Legal Statuses Granted hkvg-m54n, 8mr7-mb7z DFPS Court-entered legal status orders. Dataset
CPS 2.3 Children In DFPS Legal Responsibility… v7mp-wh8p DFPS Children in DFPS custody (court-ordered). Dataset
CPS 2.8 Exits from DFPS Custody k3di-36u5 DFPS Court termination of legal responsibility. Dataset
CPS 2.1 Removals - by County xmtn-e5c8 DFPS Legal custody / removals (court-related). Dataset

TCEQ administrative orders / civil judgments are referenced in the rubric; they may appear under “TCEQ” or “administrative orders” on the portal or via TCEQ Commission Issued Orders. TDCJ inmate data may be under a different publisher; search for “TDCJ” or “inmate” on data.texas.gov.

3. Certification (general)

From the certification search on the catalog API:

  • TREC HOA Management Certificates (8auc-hzdi) — Permits and Licensing
  • TCEQ - PST Delivery Certificates (jx8f-z4hu) — Energy and Environment
  • Degrees and Certificates at Public Universities (94km-5r7i) — Education

4. How to discover more (API)

  • Catalog search (JSON):
    https://data.texas.gov/api/catalog/v1?domains=data.texas.gov&search_context=data.texas.gov&limit=100&offset=0&only=datasets&q=<query>

  • Suggested queries: legal, certification, license, TDLR, notary, court, judge, attorney, TDCJ, TCEQ, administrative, CPS, enforcement, insurance complaints.

  • SODA API (per-dataset):
    https://data.texas.gov/resource/<dataset-id>.json
    Example: https://data.texas.gov/resource/7358-krk7.json for TDLR All Licenses.

5. Summary for rubric

  • Legal / court: DFPS conservatorship and legal-status datasets (CPS 2.x) provide court-ordered legal responsibility counts and statuses — usable as ground truth for “legal status” and custody-related checks.
  • Professional certification: TDLR All Licenses (7358-krk7) and Texas Notary Public Commissions (gmd3-bnrd) are direct ground-truth sources for license and notary verification (including the Experiment 6 negative test).
  • Certification (other): TREC HOA certificates, TCEQ PST delivery certificates, and THECB degrees/certificates support credential-style ground truth.
  • Crawler: Use the catalog API above to discover datasets, then classify each with the pipeline (LAW_VERIFICATION, NEWS, ATTORNEY_RESOURCE) and evaluate ground-truth quality (record counts, identifier fields, confidence) as in Experiment 5.

6. Quick reference — dataset IDs for crawler/config

# Professional / certification (ground truth)
7358-krk7   TDLR All Licenses
gmd3-bnrd   Texas Notary Public Commissions (SOS)
8auc-hzdi   TREC HOA Management Certificates
jx8f-z4hu   TCEQ PST Delivery Certificates
94km-5r7i   Degrees and Certificates at Public Universities

# Legal / court (DFPS conservatorship)
9e7a-4cbm   CPS 2.4 Children In Legal Responsibility (Aug 31)
ydea-2aps   CPS 2.5 Legal Statuses Granted (by region/demographics)
58va-q8t3   CPS 2.5 Legal Statuses Granted (county/region)
arrp-6dmq   CPS 2.4 Children In Legal Responsibility (region/demographics)
hkvg-m54n   CPS 2.6 Children With Legal Status Granted (county)
8mr7-mb7z   CPS 2.6 Children With Legal Status Granted (region/demographics)
v7mp-wh8p   CPS 2.3 Children In DFPS Legal Responsibility (county/region)
k3di-36u5   CPS 2.8 Exits from DFPS Custody
xmtn-e5c8   CPS 2.1 Removals by County
kgpb-mxxd   CPS 3.2 Children in Substitute Care by Placement Type

Generated from data.texas.gov catalog API (legal, certification) and rubric requirements. Last updated: 2026-02-15.