Jefferson County Courts at Law Filing Fees and Waivers

Applies to

Application or case

An application or case may not be presented to a judge until it has been filed with the Clerk and all fees have been paid.

shall not be presented to a judge until the application or case has been filed with the Clerk (and all fees paid).

Applies to

Record paper

Applicable filing fees must be paid to the Clerk for papers made part of the record.

All pleadings, motions, notices, briefs, proposed orders, proposed judgments, and any other paper, document or thing made a part of the record shall be filed (and all applicable fees paid) with the Clerk, via E file and pursuant to the mandates of the Office of Court Administration, before being presented to the Court.

Applies to

Application for relief

An application for action or relief may not be presented to a judge until the application or case has been filed with the Clerk and all fees have been paid.

(a) An application for action or relief, including but not limited to, restraining orders, writs of habeas corpus, receivership, temporary administration, proceedings for examination and delivery of the contents of safe deposit boxes or any papers of a decedent pursuant to Sections 151.001 through 151.005 of the Texas Estates Code, shall not be presented to a judge until the application or case has been filed with the Clerk (and all fees paid).

Applies to

Court filing

Applicable filing fees must be paid when record materials are filed with the Clerk.

(a) All pleadings, motions, notices, briefs, proposed orders, proposed judgments, and any other paper, document or thing made a part of the record shall be filed (and all applicable fees paid) with the Clerk, via E file and pursuant to the mandates of the Office of Court Administration, before being presented to the Court.