Texas Local Government Code Title 4, Chapter 118 - Fees Charged By County Officers

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 118.001 - Definition
  In this chapter, "document" includes any instrument, document, paper, or record. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

SUBCHAPTER B FEES OF COUNTY CLERK OTHER THAN COURT FEES

• Texas Section 118.002 - Bill For Fees
  A fee under this chapter is not payable to a person until a clerk or officer produces or is ready to produce a bill in...
• Texas Section 118.011 - Fee Schedule
  (a) A county clerk shall collect the following fees for services rendered to any person: (1) Personal Property Records Filing (Sec. 118.012): for the first...
• Texas Section 118.012 - Personal Property Records Filing
  (a) The fee for "Personal Property Records Filing" under Section 118.011 is for filing or filing and registering, including indexing, in the personal property, chattels,...
• Texas Section 118.013 - Real Property Records Filing
  (a) The fee for "Real Property Records Filing" under Section 118.011 is for filing and recording, including indexing, in the real property records in the...
• Texas Section 118.0131 - Optional Recording Fees For Court Facilities: Hidalgo County And Cameron County
  The county clerk of Hidalgo County and the county clerk of Cameron County may assess an additional fee not to exceed $10 for real property...
• Texas Section 118.0135 - Waiver Of Real Property Filing Fees
  (a) The commissioners court may direct the county clerk to waive fees for the filing of real property records under this subchapter for a person...
• Texas Section 118.014 - Certified Papers
  (a) The fees for "Certified Papers" under Section 118.011 are for the county clerk's certificate that shall be placed on each page or part of...
• Texas Section 118.0145 - Noncertified Papers
  (a) The fee for "Noncertified Papers" under Section 118.011 is for issuing a noncertified copy of each page or part of a page of a...
• Texas Section 118.015 - Birth Or Death Certificate
  (a) The fee for "Birth or Death Certificate" under Section 118.011 is for issuing a certified copy of a birth certificate or death certificate and...
• Texas Section 118.016 - Bond Approval
  The fee for "Bond Approval" under Section 118.011 is for approving bonds other than notarial bonds and bonds required to be approved in a county...
• Texas Section 118.018 - Marriage License
  (a) The fee for "Marriage License" under Section 118.011 is for issuing a marriage license. The fee must be paid at the time the license...
• Texas Section 118.019 - Declaration Of Informal Marriage
  The fee for "Declaration of Informal Marriage" under Section 118.011 is for all services rendered in connection with the execution of a declaration of informal...
• Texas Section 118.020 - Brand Registration
  The fee for "Brand Registration" under Section 118.011 is for registering a brand, including indexing, searching the records, and issuing the certificate. Acts 1987, 70th...
• Texas Section 118.021 - Oath Administration
  (a) The fee for "Oath Administration" under Section 118.011 is for administering an oath with or without the seal of the clerk. (b) The fee...
• Texas Section 118.0215 - Returned Check
  The fee for "Returned Check" under Section 118.011 is for a check that is presented to the county clerk in payment of taxes or any...
• Texas Section 118.0216 - Records Management And Preservation
  (a) The fee for "Records Management and Preservation" under Section 118.011 is for the records management and preservation services performed by the county clerk after...
• Texas Section 118.0217 - Mental Health Background Check
  (a) The fee for a "mental health background check for license to carry a handgun" is for a check, conducted by the county clerk at...
• Texas Section 118.022 - Disposition Of Marriage License And Declaration Fees
  (a) If the county clerk collects a fee for issuing a marriage license, the county clerk shall deposit, as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 133:...
• Texas Section 118.023 - Fees For Ex Officio Services
  (a) If the county clerk receives fees for ex officio services or for other public services not otherwise provided for, the commissioners court shall set...
• Texas Section 118.024 - Free Access To Records
  (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...
• Texas Section 118.025 - County Clerk's Records Archive
  (a) In this section: (1) "Deterioration" means any naturally occurring process or a natural disaster that results in the destruction or partial destruction of a...

SUBCHAPTER C FEES OF CLERK OF COUNTY COURT

• Texas Section 118.026 - Fee For County Records Technology And Infrastructure In Certain Counties
  (a) The commissioners court of a county that borders the United Mexican States and the Gulf of Mexico may adopt a records technology and infrastructure...
• Texas Section 118.051 - Clerical Duties
  Except as provided by Section 118.067, the fees listed in this subchapter for county civil court dockets under Section 118.052(1) and county probate court dockets...
• Texas Section 118.052 - Fee Schedule
  Each clerk of a county court shall collect the following fees for services rendered to any person: (1) CIVIL COURT ACTIONS (A) Filing of Original...
• Texas Section 118.0525 - Increased Fee For Noncompliance With Document Specifications
  If a legal paper presented to a county clerk for filing or for recording does not comply with the specifications prescribed by Section 191.007, the...
• Texas Section 118.0526 - Copies Of Court Records Preserved Only On Microfilm Or By Electronic Method
  (a) On the written request of a party in an action, the clerk of a county court shall provide the court with a copy of...
• Texas Section 118.053 - Filing Of Original Action
  (a) The fee for "Filing of Original Action" under Section 118.052(1) is for all clerical duties in connection with an original action filed in a...
• Texas Section 118.054 - Filing Of Action Other Than Original
  (a) The fee for "Filing of Action Other than Original" under Section 118.052(1) is for filing of each interpleading, cross action, or action other than...
• Texas Section 118.0545 - Services Rendered After Judgment In Original Action
  (a) The fees for "Services Rendered After Judgment in Original Action" under Section 118.052(1) are for services rendered after judgment in an original action filed...
• Texas Section 118.0546 - Records Management And Preservation Fee--civil Cases
  (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...
• Texas Section 118.055 - Probate Original Action
  (a) The fee for "Probate Original Action" under Section 118.052(2)(A) is for all clerical duties in connection with an original action in a probate court....
• Texas Section 118.056 - Services In Pending Probate Action
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the fees for "Services in Pending Probate Action" under Section 118.052(2) are for services in an action in...
• Texas Section 118.056 - Services In Pending Probate Action
  Each fee under Section 118.052(2)(B) shall be paid in cash at the time of the filing or the rendering of the service and is in...
• Texas Section 118.057 - Adverse Probate Action
  (a) The fee for "Adverse Probate Action" under Section 118.052(2)(C) is for clerical duties in an adverse action, contest, or suit in a probate court...
• Texas Section 118.058 - Claim Against Estate
  (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....
• Texas Section 118.059 - Issuing Document
  (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...
• Texas Section 118.060 - Certified Papers, No Return Required
  (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...
• Texas Section 118.0605 - Noncertified Papers
  (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...
• Texas Section 118.061 - Letters And Abstracts
  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...
• Texas Section 118.062 - Safekeeping Of Wills
  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...
• Texas Section 118.063 - Mail Service Of Process
  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...
• Texas Section 118.064 - Additional Fee In Original Probate Action
  (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...
• Texas Section 118.0645 - Records Management And Preservation Fee--probate Cases
  (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...
• Texas Section 118.065 - Free Access To Records
  (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...
• Texas Section 118.066 - Prohibited Fees
  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...
• Texas Section 118.067 - Supplemental Court-initiated Guardianship Fee
  (a) The "supplemental court-initiated guardianship fee" under Section 118.052(2)(E) is for the support of the judiciary in guardianships initiated under Chapter 1102, Estates Code. Fees...
• Texas Section 118.068 - Supplemental Public Probate Administrator Fee
  (a) The "supplemental public probate administrator fee" under Section 118.052(2)(F) is for the support of the office of public probate administrator under Chapter 455, Estates...

SUBCHAPTER D FEES OF COUNTY JUDGE

• Texas Section 118.069 - Fee For County Records Technology And Infrastructure
  If adopted by the commissioners court under Section 118.026, the clerk of a county court shall collect the records technology and infrastructure fee at the...
• Texas Section 118.101 - Fee Schedule
  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 letter of...

SUBCHAPTER E FEES OF JUSTICE OF THE PEACE

• Texas Section 118.102 - Fee For County Records Technology And Infrastructure
  If adopted by the commissioners court under Section 118.026, the county judge shall collect the records technology and infrastructure fee at the time a person...
• Texas Section 118.121 - Fee Schedule
  A justice of the peace shall collect the following fees for services rendered to any person: (1) Services rendered before judgment (Sec. 118.122): (A) Justice...
• Texas Section 118.122 - Fees Before Entry Of Judgment
  (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...
• Texas Section 118.123 - Fees After Entry Of Judgment
  (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)...
• Texas Section 118.1235 - Fee For Certified Copy
  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...

SUBCHAPTER F FEES OF SHERIFF AND CONSTABLE

• Texas Section 118.124 - Prohibited Fees
  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)...
• Texas Section 118.131 - Fees Set By Commissioners Court
  (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)...
• Texas Section 118.132 - Service Of Process For Appellate Court
  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...
• Texas Section 118.133 - Sheriff's And Constable's Response To False Alarm In Populous County
  (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...

SUBCHAPTER G FEES OF COUNTY TREASURER

• Texas Section 118.134 - Payment Of Costs Incurred For Care Of Certain Property
  (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...
• Texas Section 118.141 - Fee Schedule
  (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...
• Texas Section 118.142 - Returned Check
  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,...
• Texas Section 118.143 - Stop-payment Order
  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...
• Texas Section 118.144 - Copy Of Check Or Other Record
  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...

SUBCHAPTER H FEES OF COUNTY SURVEYOR

• Texas Section 118.145 - Disposition Of Fees Collected
  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...

SUBCHAPTER I FEES OF COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR

• Texas Section 118.161 - Fee Schedule
  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...

SUBCHAPTER Y PENALTIES

• Texas Section 118.171 - Returned Check
  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...
• Texas Section 118.801 - Overcharging Of Fees; Penalty
  (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...

Last modified: September 28, 2016