Sec. 51.319. OTHER FEES. The district clerk shall collect the following fees for services performed by the clerk:
(1) for performing services related to the matter of the estate of a deceased person or a minor transacted in the district court, the same fees allowed the county clerk for those services;
(2) for serving process by certified or registered mail, the same fee that sheriffs and constables are authorized to charge for the service under Section 118.131, Local Government Code;
(3) for performing any other service prescribed or authorized by law for which no fee is set by law, a reasonable fee; and
(4) for performing services related to a matter filed in a statutory county court, the same fees allowed the district clerk for those services in the district court.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 641, Sec. 1.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 654 (H.B. 2182), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2015.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle D - Judicial Personnel and Officials
Section 51.301. Vacancy; Bond; Seal; Signature of Clerk
Section 51.302. Bond; Oath; Insurance
Section 51.303. Duties and Powers
Section 51.3031. Issuance of United States Passports
Section 51.3032. Electronic Display of Official and Legal Notices by District Clerk
Section 51.304. Preservation of Records
Section 51.306. Recording Proceedings of More Than One Court
Section 51.307. Transferred Judgments
Section 51.3071. Transfer of Cases
Section 51.308. Clerk Pro Tempore
Section 51.309. Deputy Clerks and Other Employees
Section 51.310. Deputy District Clerks of Bexar County
Section 51.311. Special Deputy District Clerk in Lubbock and Nueces Counties
Section 51.313. Special Deputy District Clerk in Collin and Denton Counties
Section 51.314. Special Deputy District Clerk in Galveston County
Section 51.315. Special Deputy District Clerks for Certain Courts in Harris County
Section 51.316. Deputy Clerk and Assistant in Hidalgo, Jefferson, and Nueces Counties
Section 51.318. Fees Due When Service Performed or Requested
Section 51.3195. Copies of Court Records Preserved Only on Microfilm or by Electronic Method