Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

§ 21.011 — FILING OF CHARGING INSTRUMENT OR RELATED DOCUMENT IN ELECTRONIC FORM

CR § 21.011Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 21. INDICTMENT AND INFORMATION

Statute text

(a)An indictment, information, complaint, or other charging instrument or a related document in a criminal case may be filed in electronic form with a judge or clerk of the court authorized to receive the document.

(b)A judge or clerk of the court is authorized to receive for filing purposes an information, indictment, complaint, or other charging instrument or a related document in electronic form in accordance with Subchapter I, Chapter 51, Government Code, if:

(1)the document complies with the requirements that would apply if the document were filed in hard-copy form;

(2)the clerk of the court has the means to electronically store the document for the statutory period of record retention;

(3)the judge or clerk of the court is able to reproduce the document in hard-copy form on demand; and

(4)the clerk of the court is able to display or otherwise make the document available in electronic form to the public at no charge.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 312 (S.B. 611), Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 2005.