(a) A justice or municipal court shall have a court seal.
(b) The impression of the court seal must be:
(1) attached to all papers issued out of the justice or municipal court except subpoenas; and
(2) used to authenticate the official acts of the clerk and of the recorder.

Terms Used In Texas Code of Criminal Procedure 45A.052


(c) A court seal may be created by electronic means, including:
(1) optical imaging;
(2) optical disk; or
(3) another electronic reproduction technique that does not permit changes, additions, or deletions to an original document created by the same type of system.


Text of article effective on January 01, 2025