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Texas Local Government Code - Chapter 118 Fees Charged By County OfficersLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Local Government Code > Texas Local Government Code - Chapter 118 Fees Charged By County Officers Text of section as amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 66, § 1 (a) The fees for "Services in Pending Probate Action" under ... Text of section as amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1001, § 2 Each fee under Section 118.052(2)(B) shall be paid in cash ... (a) The fee for "Adverse Probate Action" under Section 118.052(2) is for clerical duties in an adverse action, contest, or suit in a probate court ... (a) The fee for "Claim Against Estate" under Section 118.052(2) is for clerical duties in connection with filing and entering a claim against an estate. ... (a) The fee for "Issuing Document" under Section 118.052(3) is for issuing an original document and one copy and includes recording the return of the ... (a) The fees for "Certified Papers" under Section 118.052(3) are for the county clerk's certificate that shall be placed on each page or part of ... (a) The fee for "Noncertified Papers" under Section 118.052(3) is for issuing a noncertified copy of each page or part of a page of a ... The fee for "Letters Testamentary, Letter of Guardianship, Letter of Administration, or Abstract of Judgment" under Section 118.052(3) is for the issuing of any of ... The fee for "Safekeeping of Wills" under Section 118.052(3) is for filing and keeping wills held for safekeeping. The fee must be paid at the ... The fee for "Mail Service of Process" under Section 118.052(3) is for the clerk's service of process by certified or registered mail. The fee is ... (a) The fee "Additional, special fee" under Section 118.052(2)(A)(vi) is to be paid for each original action filed in a probate court and is in ... (a) The fee for "Records Management and Preservation" under Section 118.052 is for the records management and preservation services performed by the county as required ... (a) This subchapter does not limit or deny any person full and free access to any document referred to in this subchapter. A person is ... A county clerk is not entitled to a fee for: (1) the examination of a paper or record in the clerk's office; (2) filing any ... The county judge shall collect the following fees in probate matters: (1) Probate of a will $2.00 (2) Granting letters testamentary, letter of guardianship, or ... A justice of the peace shall collect the following fees for services rendered to any person: (1) Services rendered before judgment (§ 118.122): (A) Justice ... (a) The fee for "Services rendered before judgment" under Section 118.121(1) is for all required filings of documents, including the filing of a counterclaim, and ... (a) The fee for "Services rendered after judgment" under Section 118.121(2) applies to a civil matter in a justice court or small claims court. (b) ... The fee for "Certified copy of court papers" under Section 118.121(2) is for issuing a certified copy of a paper filed in a justice court ... A justice of the peace is not entitled to a fee for: (1) the examination of a paper or record in the justice's office; (2) ... (a) The commissioners court of a county may set reasonable fees to be charged for services by the offices of the sheriff and constables. (b) ... A sheriff shall collect the same fee for service of process issued by the supreme court or a court of appeals as the fee provided ... (a) The commissioners court of a county with a population of more than 3.3 million by order may adopt a system by which the county ... (a) A sheriff or constable may keep possession of property legally acquired until the party seeking to replevy the property pays the officer's costs incurred ... (a) The county treasurer, or another officer who receives revenue in place of the county treasurer, may collect the following fees for services rendered to ... The fee for "Returned check" under Section 118.141 is for a check that is presented to a county in payment of any service, fee, claim, ... The fee for a "Stop-payment order" under Section 118.141 is for placement of a stop-payment order on a check issued by a county for which ... The fee for "Copy of check or other record" under Section 118.141 is for each copy made of a page or part of a page ... The fees collected under this subchapter shall be deposited in the general fund of the county to the credit of the county treasurer fees of ... A county surveyor shall collect the following fees: (1) for recording the field notes and plat of a survey for a tract of land, providing ... The county tax assessor-collector has the same authority to set and collect a fee for a check returned to the tax assessor-collector that the county ... (a) An officer named in this chapter who, in bad faith, demands and receives a higher fee than authorized under this chapter or a fee ... Texas Lawyers
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