SUBCHAPTER A CLERK OF SUPREME COURT
- Texas Section 51.001 - Appointment; Residence; Bond; Seal
(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...
- Texas Section 51.002 - Clerk Pro Tempore; Deputy Clerk
(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...
- Texas Section 51.003 - Removal Of Clerk
(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....
- Texas Section 51.004 - Duties
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...
- Texas Section 51.0045 - Electronic Or Microfilm Storage
(a) In the performance of the duties imposed by Section 51.004, the clerk of the supreme court may maintain records and documents in an electronic...
- Texas Section 51.0046 - Privacy Of Certain Records And Documents; Liability
(a) The supreme court shall adopt rules establishing procedures for protecting personal information contained in records and documents stored by the clerk of an appellate...
- Texas Section 51.005 - Fees And Costs
(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,...
- Texas Section 51.0051 - Additional Fees
(a) In addition to other fees authorized or required by law, the clerk of the supreme court shall collect an additional fee on the filing...
- Texas Section 51.006 - Fee For Attorney's License Or Certificate
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...
SUBCHAPTER B CLERK OF COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
- Texas Section 51.007 - Vacancy During Vacation
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...
- Texas Section 51.101 - Oath; Bond
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...
- Texas Section 51.102 - Deputy Clerk
(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...
- Texas Section 51.103 - Removal Of Clerk
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,...
- Texas Section 51.104 - Duties And Liabilities
(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...
- Texas Section 51.1045 - Electronic Documents And Digital Multimedia Evidence
(a) In this section, "digital multimedia evidence" has the meaning assigned by Article 2.21, Code of Criminal Procedure. (b) The clerk of the court of...
SUBCHAPTER C CLERKS OF COURTS OF APPEALS
- Texas Section 51.105 - Electronic Storage
(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...
- Texas Section 51.201 - Appointment; Residence; Bond; Seal
(a) An order appointing a clerk of a court of appeals must be recorded in the minutes of the court. (b) The clerk must reside...
- Texas Section 51.202 - Clerk Pro Tempore; Deputy Clerk
(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...
- Texas Section 51.203 - Removal Of Clerk
(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...
- Texas Section 51.204 - Records Of Court
(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;...
- Texas Section 51.205 - Electronic Or Microfilm Storage
(a) In the performance of the duties imposed by Section 51.204, the clerk of a court of appeals may maintain records and documents in an...
- Texas Section 51.206 - Law Library
(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...
- Texas Section 51.207 - Fees And Costs
(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...
SUBCHAPTER D DISTRICT CLERKS
- Texas Section 51.208 - Additional Fees
(a) The clerk of a court of appeals shall collect an additional fee on the filing of any case appealed to and filed in the...
- Texas Section 51.301 - Vacancy; Bond; Seal; Signature Of Clerk
(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...
- Texas Section 51.302 - Bond; Oath; Insurance
(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...
- Texas Section 51.303 - Duties And Powers
(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...
- Texas Section 51.3031 - Issuance Of United States Passports
(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...
- Texas Section 51.304 - Preservation Of Records
(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...
- Texas Section 51.305 - District Court Records Technology Fund
(a) In this section: (1) "Court document" means any instrument, document, paper, or other record that the district clerk is authorized to accept for filing...
- Texas Section 51.306 - Recording Proceedings Of More Than One Court
(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...
- Texas Section 51.307 - Transferred Judgments
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...
- Texas Section 51.3071 - Transfer Of Cases
If a case is transferred from a district court to a county court, the clerk of the district court may send to the county clerk...
- Texas Section 51.308 - Clerk Pro Tempore
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...
- Texas Section 51.309 - Deputy Clerk
(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...
- Texas Section 51.310 - Deputy District Clerks Of Bexar County
(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...
- Texas Section 51.311 - Special Deputy District Clerk In Lubbock And Nueces Counties
(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...
- Texas Section 51.312 - Special Deputy District Clerk In Dallas, El Paso, Harris, Tarrant, And Travis Counties
(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...
- Texas Section 51.313 - Special Deputy District Clerk In Collin And Denton Counties
(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...
- Texas Section 51.314 - Special Deputy District Clerk In Galveston County
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...
- Texas Section 51.315 - Special Deputy District Clerks For Certain Courts In Harris County
(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,...
- Texas Section 51.316 - Deputy Clerk And Assistant In Hidalgo, Jefferson, And Nueces Counties
(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...
- Texas Section 51.317 - Fees Due At Filing
(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...
- Texas Section 51.318 - Fees Due When Service Performed Or Requested
(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...
- Texas Section 51.319 - Other Fees
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...
- Texas Section 51.3195 - Copies Of Court Records Preserved Only On Microfilm Or By Electronic Method
(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,...
- Texas Section 51.320 - Bill For Services
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...
SUBCHAPTER E COUNTY CLERKS
- Texas Section 51.322 - Removal
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...
- Texas Section 51.401 - Clerk Pro Tempore
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...
- Texas Section 51.402 - Duties And Powers
(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...
- Texas Section 51.403 - Transfer Of Cases
(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...
SUBCHAPTER F JOINT CLERKS
- Texas Section 51.404 - Special Deputy County Clerk In Galveston County
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...
- Texas Section 51.501 - Joint Clerks
(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...
SUBCHAPTER G MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 51.502 - Seal
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...
- Texas Section 51.601 - Court Reporter Service Fee
(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...
- Texas Section 51.602 - Compensation Of Certain Clerks
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...
- Texas Section 51.604 - Jury Fee
(a) The district clerk shall collect a $40 jury fee for each civil case in which a person applies for a jury trial. The clerk...
- Texas Section 51.605 - Continuing Education
(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...
- Texas Section 51.606 - Prohibited Fees
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...
- Texas Section 51.607 - Implementation Of New Or Amended Court Costs And Fees
(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...
SUBCHAPTER H ADDITIONAL FILING FEE FOR JUDICIAL FUND
- Texas Section 51.608 - Imposition Of Court Costs In Criminal Proceedings
Notwithstanding any other law that establishes the amount of a court cost collected by the clerk of a district, county, or statutory county court from...
- Texas Section 51.702 - Additional Fees And Costs In Statutory County Courts
(a) The clerk of a statutory county court shall collect a $40 filing fee in each civil case filed in the court to be used...
- Texas Section 51.703 - Additional Fees And Costs In Certain County Courts
(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...
- Texas Section 51.704 - Additional Fees In Statutory Probate Courts
(a) In addition to all other fees authorized or required by other law, the clerk of a statutory probate court shall collect a $40 filing...
- Texas Section 51.705 - Additional Filing Fee For Dallas County Civil Courts
(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,...
- Texas Section 51.706 - Additional Filing Fee For Civil Cases In Bexar County
(a) This section applies only to district courts, statutory probate courts, and county courts at law in Bexar County. (b) Except as otherwise provided by...
- Texas Section 51.707 - Additional Filing Fee For Civil Cases In Hays County
(a) This section applies only to district courts, probate courts, county courts at law, and justice courts in Hays County. (b) Except as otherwise provided...
- Texas Section 51.708 - Additional Filing Fee For Civil Cases In Certain Courts
(a) In addition to all other fees authorized or required by other law, the clerk of a county court, statutory county court, or district court...
- Texas Section 51.709 - Additional Filing Fee For Civil Cases In Rockwall County
(a) This section applies only to district courts, statutory probate courts, county courts at law, and justice courts in Rockwall County. (b) Except as otherwise...
- Texas Section 51.710 - Additional Filing Fee For Civil Cases In Travis County
(a) This section applies only to district courts, probate courts, and county courts at law in Travis County. (b) Except as otherwise provided by this...
SUBCHAPTER I ELECTRONIC FILING OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS
- Texas Section 51.711 - Additional Filing Fee For Civil Cases In Hidalgo County And Cameron County
(a) This section applies only to district courts, statutory probate courts, and county courts at law in Hidalgo County and Cameron County. (b) Except as...
- Texas Section 51.801 - Definition
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...
- Texas Section 51.802 - Place Of Filing
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...
- Texas Section 51.803 - Supreme Court Regulation And Approval
(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...
- Texas Section 51.804 - Completion Of Electronic Filing
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...
- Texas Section 51.805 - Transmission Or Distribution Of Data
(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...
- Texas Section 51.806 - Signature On Original
(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...
SUBCHAPTER I-1 ELECTRONIC FILING FEE
- Texas Section 51.807 - Local Rules
(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...
- Texas Section 51.851 - Electronic Filing Fee
(a) In this section, "conviction" has the meaning assigned by Section 133.101, Local Government Code. (b) In addition to other fees authorized or required by...
SUBCHAPTER J CERTAIN FRAUDULENT RECORDS OR DOCUMENTS
- Texas Section 51.852 - Statewide Electronic Filing System Fund
(a) The statewide electronic filing system fund is an account in the general revenue fund. (b) Money in the statewide electronic filing system fund may...
- Texas Section 51.901 - Fraudulent Document Or Instrument
(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,...
- Texas Section 51.902 - Action On Fraudulent Judgment Lien
(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...
- Texas Section 51.903 - Action On Fraudulent Lien On Property
(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...
- Texas Section 51.904 - Warning Sign
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...
SUBCHAPTER L ADDITIONAL FILING FEE FOR BASIC CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES FOR INDIGENTS
- Texas Section 51.905 - Documents Filed With Secretary Of State
(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...
- Texas Section 51.941 - Additional Filing Fee In Appellate Courts For Basic Civil Legal Services For Indigents
(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...
- Texas Section 51.942 - Rules
(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...
SUBCHAPTER M ADDITIONAL FILING FEE FOR FAMILY PROTECTION
- Texas Section 51.943 - Basic Civil Legal Services Account
(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...
- Texas Section 51.961 - Family Protection Fee
(a) The commissioners court of a county shall adopt a family protection fee in an amount not to exceed $15. (b) Except as provided by...