Brewster County Justice of the Peace Courts Filing Fees and Waivers

CRITICALCriminal cases

A child's diversion may not be made contingent on payment of a fee under the article.

h. the diversion of a child may not be contingent on payment of a fee under this article.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Dsc request

A defendant requesting a DSC must pay the DSC fee.

5. Pays the DSC fee.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Fee

20

Applies to

Dismissal request

A $20 fee must be paid for an expired-driver's-license dismissal request.

2. Payment of a $20.00 fee.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Fee

20

Applies to

Dismissal request

A $20 fee must be paid for an expired-registration dismissal request.

2. Payment of a $20.00 fee;

CRITICALCriminal cases

No fee may be assessed for a child diverted under the subchapter other than the fee authorized by subsection (a).

g. except for the fee authorized under Subsection (a), a fee may not be assessed for a child diverted under this subchapter.

CRITICALCriminal cases

The court must waive the fee if the child's parent is indigent or lacks sufficient resources or income to pay it.

b. a court shall waive the fee if the child's parent is indigent or does not have sufficient resources or income to pay the fee;

CRITICALCriminal cases

Fee

10

Applies to

Dismissal request

A $10 fee must be paid for a driver's-license-restriction dismissal request.

2. Payment of a $10.00 fee.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Jury trial request

Jury fees must be paid when the jury-trial request is submitted to the court.

Jury fees are to be paid at the time the request is submitted to the court.

CRITICALCriminal cases

The administrative fee may be collected only if it is a term of the diversion agreement accepted by the child's parent.

a. the fee under this article may not be collected unless specified as a term of the diversion agreement accepted by the child's parent.

CRITICALCriminal cases

If the fee remains unpaid after the parent has an opportunity to be heard, the court must order a financially able parent to pay it to the clerk.

If the fee is not paid after giving the child's parent an opportunity to be heard, the court shall order the parent, if financially able, to pay the fee to the clerk of the court;

WARNINGCriminal cases

Fee

50 $

During the period of this agreement, Parent shall I shall not pay to the clerk of the Justice Court a $50.00 administrative fee to defray the costs of this diversion.

During the period of this agreement, Parent shall I shall not pay to the clerk of the Justice Court a $50.00 administrative fee to defray the costs of this diversion.

WARNINGCriminal cases

d. an order under Subsection (b) is enforceable against the parent by contempt;

d. an order under Subsection (b) is enforceable against the parent by contempt;

WARNINGCriminal cases

The clerk must record fees collected under the article and forward the funds to the appropriate county or municipal treasurer or equivalent.

e. the clerk of the court shall keep a record of the fees collected under this article and shall forward the funds to the county treasurer, municipal treasurer, or person fulfilling the role of a county treasurer or municipal treasurer, as appropriate;

WARNING

A court may assess a noncompliant party up to $1.00 for a titled document’s first page and $0.25 for each additional page to provide necessary copies.

A court may assess fees to the party who fails to comply with TCRP in order to provide necessary copies of documents to parties, up to $1.00 for a titled documents first page and $0.25 for each additional page.

WARNINGCriminal cases

Collected fees must be deposited in a special account used only to offset the operating costs of youth diversion programs under the subchapter.

f. the fee collected under this article shall be deposited in a special account that can be used only to offset the cost of the operations of youth diversion programs under this subchapter;

WARNINGCriminal cases

Fee

50

A justice or municipal court clerk may collect a $50 administrative fee from a child's parent to defray diversion costs.

The clerk of a justice or municipal court may collect from a child's parent a $50 administrative fee to defray the costs of the diversion of the child's case:

WARNING

Applies to

Jury trial request

Jury fees are non-refundable.

Jury fees are non-refundable.

INFOCriminal cases

A court may adopt rules allowing a waiver of the fee for financial hardship.

c. a court may adopt rules for the waiver of a fee for financial hardship under this article;