Texas Government Code

§ 30.00310 — FILING OF ORIGINAL PAPERS

GV § 30.00310Title 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH · Part A. COURTS · Ch. 30. MUNICIPAL COURTS OF RECORD · Art. H. WICHITA FALLS

Statute text

Text of section as amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1248, Sec. 29

(a)The clerk of the municipal courts of record shall file the original complaint and the original of other papers and proceedings in each case under the direction of the presiding judge. The filed original papers constitute the records of the courts and a separate record book is not required.

(b)The clerk shall keep a separate folder for each case, and shall note on the outside of the folder:

(1)the style of the case;

(2)the nature of the charged offense;

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Legislative history

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1248, Sec. 29, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Renumbered from Government Code, Sec. 30.120 by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 8.10, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.