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Tex. Gov't Code § 30.00025

CERTIFICATE OF APPELLATE PROCEEDINGS

Known as the Uniform Municipal Courts of Record Act

The act spans §§ 30.00001 to 30.01912 (246 sections).

Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 811, Sec. 1, eff

(a) When the judgment of the appellate court becomes final, the clerk of that court shall certify the proceedings and the judgment and shall mail the certificate to the municipal clerk. The municipal clerk shall file the certificate with the papers in the case and note the certificate on the case docket.

(b) If the municipal court of record judgment is affirmed, to enforce the judgment the court may:

(1) forfeit the bond of the defendant;

(2) issue a writ of capias for the defendant;

(3) issue an execution against the defendant's property;

(4) order a refund for the defendant's costs; or

(5) conduct an indigency hearing at the court's discretion.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.