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Fourth (4th) Court of Appeals — Fee Schedule, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/27/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.
The fees below are established by Court order or statute. As such, waivers for exemption from bond or security for court costs or appeals do not apply. Unpaid fees will be reported to the Court for action as appropriate. Motions accompanying other actions must be treated as separate. The following fees apply except to persons exempt by law. 1. In the Courts of Appeals: Fee Amount a. appeal from a district or county court $205 b. petition for permissive appeal (no additional fee if petition is granted) $205 c. original proceeding $155 d. administering an oath with sealed certificate of oath $5 e. certified copy including certificate and seal certification $1.00 per page, $5 minimum f. comparing and certifying copy of document $1.00 per page, $5 minimum g. motion for rehearing or for en banc reconsideration $15 h. motion not otherwise listed $10 i. exhibit tendered for oral argument $25 2. In the Supreme Court: Fee Amount a. petition for review $155 b. additional fee if petition for review is granted $75 c. original proceeding $155 d. additional fee if original proceeding is granted $75 e. certified question from a federal court of appeals $180 f. direct appeal to the Supreme Court $205 g. any other proceeding filed in the Supreme Court $180 Fees for the Supreme Court of Texas, Texas Courts of Appeals, and Multidistrict Litigation Panel h. administering an oath with sealed certificate of oath $5 i. certified copy including certificate and seal $0.50 per page, $5 minimum j. comparing and certifying copy of document $0.50 per page, $5 minimum k. motion for rehearing $15 l. motion not otherwise listed $10 m. exhibit tendered for oral argument $25 3. In the Supreme Court and the Courts of Appeals: Fee Amount paper copy, no certificate or seal* $0.10 per printed side of page or part of side of page a. audio tape of oral argument (if available)* $1 per tape b. VHS video tape of oral argument (if available)* $2.50 per tape c. digital video disc of oral argument (if available) $3 per DVD d. personnel, overhead, and document retrieval charge see 1 Tex. Admin. Code § 70.3 A court may authorize additional, reasonable charges for personnel, overhead, or document retrieval for services provided by the clerk or by contract with an outside entity 4. Before the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation: Fee Amount a. motion to transfer to pretrial court $275 b. appeal of a pretrial court order by motion for rehearing $275 c. any other motion or document $50 This Order is promulgated in accordance with: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., ch. 1182, § 4.01 (S.B. 1139) (amending TEX. GOV'T CODE § 51.851(b)). The order supersedes the fee provisions in Misc. Docket Nos. 13-9127 (August 16, 2013), 98-9120 (July 21, 1998), 03-9151 (September 10, 2003), and 07-9138 (August 28, 2007). 08/28/15 - Filing Fees Increase SC Order - Misc. Docket 15-9158
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Division XI: information forms for data processing (Rule 11.2); required action - action taken on all calendared cases and a future date always set (Rule 11.19); and pro tem judges - an attorney named as a plaintiff in a civil or small claims case may not sit as a judge pro-tem during the case or within six months following its resolution, nor one named as a defendant in two or more such cases (Rule 11.22). Rules 11.1, 11.3 to 11.5, 11.7 to 11.18, 11.20 and 11.21 are repealed, and Rule 11.6 (voluntary arbitration; see Local Rule 10.2) was repealed and renumbered.
Duval County's indigent-defense and magistration rules under the Texas Fair Defense Act (S.B. 7): who may be booked into the county jail and on what paper; arrest-case numbering; presentment to a magistrate within 48 hours (art. 15.16); the magistrate's warnings, counsel inquiry, interpreter duty, indigence determination and appointment of counsel within 24 hours of a request; the alternative appointment plan under art. 26.04(g)-(h) with annual applications, seven attorney categories (capital, first and second degree, third degree/state jail/misdemeanor, competency, appeals, post-conviction, extradition), CLE and experience standards, random rotation within each category, written acceptance within 48 hours, first contact by the end of the next working day, replacement and suspension of counsel, fee applications within five days of completing services and the compensation attachment ($500 pleas; $175/$150 hourly; $1,400 per jury-trial day; appellate caps); bail schedules by offense class with a personal bond office (fee $20 or 3%), pre-trial supervision and revocation hearings within two working days; arraignment settings and notice; repeal of conflicting rules.