(a) The district clerk shall collect at the time the service is performed or at the time the service is requested the fees provided by Subsection (b) for services performed by the clerk.
(b) The fees are:



(1) for issuing a subpoena, including one copy




$8;






(2) for issuing a citation, commission for deposition, writ of execution, order of sale, writ of execution and order of sale, writ of injunction, writ of garnishment, writ of attachment, or writ of sequestration, or any other writ or process not otherwise provided for, including one copy if required by law




$8;






(3) for searching files or records to locate a cause when the docket number is not provided or to ascertain the existence of an instrument or record in the district clerk’s office




$5;






(4) for abstracting a judgment




$8;






(5) for preparation of the clerk’s record on appeal, for each page or part of a page




$1;






(6) for approving a bond




$5;



(7)  for a certified copy of a record, judgment, order, pleading, or paper on file or of record in the district clerk's office:




(A) including certificate and seal




$5; and



(B)  for each page or part of a page:




(i) printed on paper




$1;






(ii) that is a paper document converted to electronic format




$1; or



(iii)  that is an electronic copy of an electronic document:




(a) for a document up to 10 pages in length




$1; and






(b) for each page or part of a page over 10 pages




$0.10;



(8)  for a noncertified copy:




(A) printed on paper, for each page or part of a page




$1;






(B) that is a paper document converted to electronic format, for each page or part of a page




$1; or



(C)  that is an electronic copy of an electronic document:




(i) for each document up to 10 pages in length




$1; and






(ii) for each page or part of a page over 10 pages




$0.10;



(9)  for preparation of the clerk's record of transfer under Sections 33.105 and 1023.006, Estates Code, § 155.207, Family Code, and Sections 51.3071 and 51.403 of this code:




(A) for the clerk’s transfer certificate and index




$5;






(B) for each page or part of a page of a case record up to 10 pages in length




$1.00; and






(C) for each page or part of a page of a case record over 10 pages




$0.10.


Terms Used In Texas Government Code 51.318
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Justice: when applied to  a magistrate, means justice of the peace. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • United States: includes  a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.

(c)  The fee is the obligation of the party to the suit or action initiating the request.
(d)  The district clerk may accept a bond as security for a fee imposed under this section.
(e)  The district clerk may not charge a fee for a copy of any document on file or of record in the clerk's office relating to an individual's criminal history, regardless of whether the document is certified, to:
(1)  United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement;
(2)  United States Citizenship and Immigration Services; or
(3)  a criminal justice agency that requests the document for a criminal justice purpose, including a request to determine an individual's eligibility to purchase a firearm.
(f)  In this section, "criminal justice agency" and "criminal justice purpose" have the meanings assigned by § 411.082.



	
															

									
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