Tex. Local Government Code § 118.051
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 118.051, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 118.051. CLERICAL DUTIES.
Official statutory text
The fees listed in this subchapter for county civil court dockets under Section 118.052(1) and county probate court dockets under Section 118.052(2) are fees for all clerical duties performed in connection with the docket, including:
(1) filing, registering or recording, docketing, and taxing costs for an application, will, complaint, petition, return, document, or proceeding;
(2) issuing and recording the return of a citation, notice, subpoena, commission to take depositions, execution while the docket is still open (civil docket), garnishment before judgment (civil docket), order, writ, process, or any other document authorized or required to be issued by the clerk on which a return must be recorded;
(3) attendances in court as clerk of the court;
(4) impaneling a jury (civil docket);
(5) swearing witnesses;
(6) approving bonds involved in court action; and
(7) administering oaths.
(1) filing, registering or recording, docketing, and taxing costs for an application, will, complaint, petition, return, document, or proceeding;
(2) issuing and recording the return of a citation, notice, subpoena, commission to take depositions, execution while the docket is still open (civil docket), garnishment before judgment (civil docket), order, writ, process, or any other document authorized or required to be issued by the clerk on which a return must be recorded;
(3) attendances in court as clerk of the court;
(4) impaneling a jury (civil docket);
(5) swearing witnesses;
(6) approving bonds involved in court action; and
(7) administering oaths.
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