Tex. Government Code § 51.319
This is the official text of Tex. Government Code § 51.319, part of Texas’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of Texas state and local government.
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§ 51.319. OTHER FEES.
Official statutory text
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.
(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.
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