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Texas Government Code - Chapter 51 ClerksLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Government Code > Texas Government Code - Chapter 51 Clerks Sponsored Links(a) The order appointing the clerk of the supreme court must be recorded in the minutes of the court. (b) The clerk must reside at ... (a) The supreme court, when necessary, may appoint a clerk pro tempore. (b) The supreme court, by an order recorded in the minutes of the ... (a) The supreme court by motion may remove the clerk for neglect of duty or misconduct in office. The motion must specify the particular charges. ... The clerk of the supreme court shall: (1) file and carefully preserve the transcripts of records certified to the supreme court and papers relative to ... (a) The clerk shall collect the fees described in Subsection (b) in a civil case before the court for the following services: (1) filing records, ... The clerk shall collect a fee of $10 for the issuance of an attorney's license or certificate affixed with a seal. The fee shall be ... If the office of clerk becomes vacant during vacation, the chief justice and one justice shall appoint an individual to serve as clerk until a ... The clerk of the court of criminal appeals must sign the oath prescribed for officers of this state and must give a bond in the ... (a) The court of criminal appeals, or the clerk of the court of criminal appeals with the court's approval, may appoint a stenographer employed by ... The court of criminal appeals may remove the clerk for good cause, entered in the minutes of the court. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, ... (a) The clerk of the court of criminal appeals shall perform the like duties for the court of criminal appeals that the clerk of the ... (a) In the performance of the duties imposed by Section 51.104, the clerk of the court of criminal appeals may maintain writs and other records ... (a) A clerk of a court of appeals serves for a term of two years and the order appointing the clerk must be recorded in ... (a) A court of appeals, when necessary, may appoint a clerk pro tempore. (b) With the approval of the court, the clerk may appoint deputy ... (a) After motion and a hearing, a court of appeals may remove its clerk for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office. The motion must ... (a) The clerk of a court of appeals shall: (1) file and carefully preserve records certified to the court and papers relative to the record; ... (a) Each clerk of a court of appeals is the librarian of the court and shall keep the books in the court's library in good ... (a) The clerk of a court of appeals shall collect the fees described in Subsection (b) in a civil case before the court for the ... (a) If a vacancy occurs in the office of district clerk, the vacancy shall be filled by the district judge of the county. (b) If ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (g), before beginning the duties of office, each district clerk must give a bond with two or more sufficient ... (a) The clerk of a district court has custody of and shall carefully maintain and arrange the records relating to or lawfully deposited in the ... (a) A district clerk may perform all duties necessary to process an application for a United States passport, including taking passport photographs. (b) To recover ... (a) The district clerk may, pursuant to the clerk's duty to record the acts and proceedings of the court, provide a plan for the storage ... (a) A district clerk who has duties in more than one district court may combine the minutes of the civil business of the courts into ... If a district clerk receives a certified copy of a judgment rendered in a county court in which jurisdiction has been transferred to the district ... If a district clerk is a party to an action in a court he serves, the district judge, on the application of any interested person ... (a) The district clerk may appoint deputy clerks. Each appointment must be in writing under the hand and seal of the district court and must ... (a) The district clerk of Bexar County shall appoint one or more deputy clerks to serve each district court in Bexar County. Persons appointed deputy ... (a) In Lubbock and Nueces counties, the district clerk shall appoint, at the request of a district judge, a special deputy district clerk to serve ... (a) In Dallas, El Paso, Harris, Tarrant, and Travis counties, the district clerk may appoint, at the request of a district judge, a special deputy ... (a) In Collin and Denton counties, the district clerk may appoint, at the request of a district judge, a special deputy district clerk to serve ... The Commissioners Court of Galveston County may pay for the services of a special deputy district clerk if the commissioners court considers a deputy clerk ... (a) The Commissioners Court of Harris County may pay the salary of the special deputy district clerks that it considers necessary for the 177th, 178th, ... (a) In Hidalgo, Jefferson, and Nueces counties, the district clerk may apply in writing to the district judges in the county to appoint a deputy ... (a) The district clerk shall collect at the time the suit or action is filed the fees provided by Subsections (b) and (b-1) for services ... (a) In addition to a fee under Section 51.317 the district clerk shall collect at the time the service is performed or at the time ... The district clerk shall collect the following fees for services performed by the clerk: (1) for performing services related to the matter of the estate ... (a) On the written request of a party in an action, the district clerk shall provide the court with a copy of a motion, order, ... A fee under this subchapter is not payable until the district clerk produces, or is ready to produce, a bill for services that contains the ... A court rendering a judgment removing a district clerk under Article V, Section 9, of the Texas Constitution shall include in the judgment an order ... If a county clerk is a party to an action in the court he serves, the county judge, on the application of any interested person ... (a) The clerk of a county court may: (1) issue marriage licenses; and (2) take affidavits and depositions. (b) On the last day of each ... (a) If a case is transferred from a county court to a district court, the clerk of the county court shall send to the district ... The Commissioners Court of Galveston County may pay for the services of a special deputy district county clerk if the commissioners court considers a deputy ... (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a county with a population of less than 8,000 shall elect a single clerk to perform the ... A joint clerk performing the duties of the district clerk and the county clerk shall use the district court seal to authenticate official acts for ... (a) The clerk of each court that has an official court reporter shall collect a court reporter service fee of $15 as a court cost ... The salaries of the clerks of the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, and the courts of appeals are determined by the legislature in ... (a) The district clerk shall collect a $30 jury fee for each civil case in which a person applies for a jury trial. The clerk ... (a) In this section, the word "clerk" includes a county clerk, district clerk, or county and district clerk. (b) A clerk shall complete 20 hours ... A clerk is not entitled to a fee for: (1) the examination of a paper or record in the clerk's office; (2) filing any process ... (a) Following each regular session of the legislature, the comptroller shall identify each law enacted by that legislature, other than a law disapproved by the ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (g), in addition to all other fees authorized or required by other law, the clerk of a statutory county ... (a) In addition to all other fees authorized or required by other law, the clerk of a county court with a judge who is entitled ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (f), in addition to all other fees authorized or required by other law, the clerk of a statutory probate ... (a) In this section, "Dallas County civil court" means a district court, including a family district court, a probate court, a county court at law, ... In this subchapter, "electronic filing of documents" means the filing of data transmitted to a district or county clerk or a clerk of a court ... The place of filing is the receiving station designated by the district or county clerk or the clerk of the court of appeals to which ... (a) The supreme court shall adopt rules and procedures to regulate the use of electronic copying devices for filing in the courts. (b) An instrument ... To complete an electronic filing: (1) the person filing an instrument with the district or county clerk or the clerk of a court of appeals ... (a) A receiving station, on completion of an electronic filing, shall: (1) transmit data to the appropriate court as required; and (2) distribute data as ... (a) If the supreme court determines that each document filed by electronic transmission must be signed in the original, that requirement is satisfied if the ... (a) The courts of a county may adopt local rules that govern the transmission and receipt of documents or reports stored or created in digital ... (a) If a clerk of the supreme court, clerk of the court of criminal appeals, clerk of a court of appeals, district clerk, county clerk, ... (a) A person against whom a purported judgment was rendered who has reason to believe that a document previously filed or recorded or submitted for ... (a) A person who is the purported debtor or obligor or who owns real or personal property or an interest in real or personal property ... A clerk described by Section 51.901(a) shall post a sign, in letters at least one inch in height, that is clearly visible to the general ... (a) If the lien or other claim that is the subject of a judicial finding of fact and conclusion of law authorized by this subchapter ... (a) In addition to other fees authorized or required by law, the clerk of the supreme court and courts of appeals shall collect a $25 ... (a) The supreme court shall adopt: (1) rules and procedures for the distribution of funds under this subchapter; and (2) rules and procedures for imposing ... (a) The basic civil legal services account is an account in the judicial fund administered by the supreme court. (b) Funds in the basic civil ... (a) The commissioners court of a county shall adopt a family protection fee in an amount not to exceed $30. (b) Except as provided by ... Last modified: August 11, 2007 |