Galveston County District Courts Filing Fees and Waivers

Applies to

Court costs fees and dps restitution

Court costs, fees, and DPS restitution are waived for an indigent defendant, except restitution paid to a victim.

☐ All Court Cost, Fees, DPS Restitution are hereby Ordered Waived; as the court has found the defendant Indigent. (Restitution WILL NOT be waived, if paid to a victim)

Applies to

Court costs and fees

Court costs and fees are waived when the defendant is deceased.

☐ The Court orders court cost and fees waived defendant is deceased

Electronic filers must pay regular filing fees through Texas.gov using a method specified by Texas.gov.

Filers who electronically file documents will pay regular filing fees to the Clerk indirectly through Texas.gov by a method set forth by Texas.gov.

Texas.gov will charge an additional convenience fee for electronic filing, capped at the amount approved by the Department of Information Resources Board.

Texas.gov will charge filers a convenience fee to electronically file documents. This fee will be in addition to regular filing fees and will be in an amount not to exceed the amount approved by the Department of Information Resources Board.

Applies to

Electronically transmitted filing

Court costs and fees must be paid before an electronically transmitted document will be accepted for filing, and payment may be made through the clerk's escrow account.

C. No document electronically transmitted shall be accepted by the clerk for filing until court costs and fees have been paid. Court costs and fees may be paid through an escrow account established with the clerk. Documents tendered to the clerk electronically without payment of court costs and fees, or with incomplete information on the charge authorization or request, or which do not conform to applicable rules, will not be filed.

Applies to

Affidavit of inability to afford court costs

Documents filed with an affidavit of inability to afford court costs must be handled by the Clerk as required by Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 145.

and complies with all filing requirements. The Clerk shall handle electronically-transmitted documents that are filed in connection with an affidavit of inability to afford court costs in the manner required by TEX. R. CIV. P. 145.

Applies to

Electronically transmitted document

The clerk will not accept an electronically transmitted document for filing until court costs and fees are paid.

No document electronically transmitted shall be accepted by the clerk for filing until court costs and fees have been paid.

An EFSP may charge an additional convenience fee for electronic filing.

An EFSP may charge filers a convenience fee to electronically file documents. This fee will be in addition to regular filing fees.

The Clerk may charge an additional convenience fee for electronic filing.

The Clerk may charge filers a convenience fee to electronically file documents. This fee will be in addition to regular filing fees, credit card fees, or other fees.

The clerk must adopt an electronic-filing fee schedule annually with approval from the local courts.

D. A fee schedule for electronic filing shall be adopted annually by the clerk and approved by the local courts.

The clerk may impose an electronic-filing convenience fee in addition to regular filing, credit card, and other fees.

The Clerk may charge filers a convenience fee ,to electronically file documents. This fee will be in addition to regular filing fees, credit card fees, or other fees.

Applies to

Electronic filing

The clerk must adopt an annual electronic-filing fee schedule subject to approval by the local courts.

A fee schedule for electronic filing shall be adopted annually by the clerk and approved by the local courts.

A digital signature authorizes payment of filing fees for an electronically filed document.

A digital signature on an electronically-filed document is deemed to constitute a signature by the filer for the purpose of authorizing the payment of document filing fees.

Applies to

Electronically transmitted document

Court costs and fees for electronically transmitted documents may be paid through an escrow account established with the clerk.

Court costs and fees may be paid through an escrow account established with the clerk.