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Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 118.051

CLERICAL DUTIES

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff

The fees listed in this subchapter for county civil court dockets under Section 118.052(1) and county probate court dockets under Section 118.052(2) are fees for all clerical duties performed in connection with the docket, including:

(1) filing, registering or recording, docketing, and taxing costs for an application, will, complaint, petition, return, document, or proceeding;

(2) issuing and recording the return of a citation, notice, subpoena, commission to take depositions, execution while the docket is still open (civil docket), garnishment before judgment (civil docket), order, writ, process, or any other document authorized or required to be issued by the clerk on which a return must be recorded;

(3) attendances in court as clerk of the court;

(4) impaneling a jury (civil docket);

(5) swearing witnesses;

(6) approving bonds involved in court action; and

(7) administering oaths.

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