Tex. Government Code § 80.002

This is the official text of Tex. Government Code § 80.002, part of Texas’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of Texas state and local government.

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§ 80.002. DELIVERY OF NOTICE, ORDER, OR DOCUMENT.

Official statutory text

(a) A court, justice, judge, magistrate, or clerk may send any notice or document using mail or electronic mail. This subsection applies to all civil and criminal statutes requiring delivery of a notice or document.

(b) In addition to any other delivery method required or authorized by law or supreme court rule, a statutory county court, statutory probate court, district court, or appellate court shall deliver through the electronic filing system established under Section 72.031 to all parties in each case in which the use of the electronic filing system is required or authorized all court orders the court enters for the case.

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