Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 103.010 · Chapter 103. PAYMENT, COLLECTION, AND RECORDKEEPING
RECEIPT BOOK.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Each county shall provide a receipt book to each officer collecting fines and fees in criminal cases for the county. The book must contain duplicate official receipts. Each receipt must bear a distinct number and a facsimile of the official seal of the county.
(b) An officer who collects fines or fees in a criminal case shall give the person paying the money a receipt from the receipt book. The receipt must show:
(1) the amount of money paid;
(2) the date the money was paid;
(3) the style and number of the case in which the costs were accrued;
(4) the item of costs;
(5) the name of the person paying the money; and
(6) the official signature of the officer receiving the money.
(c) Instead of a receipt book, each officer collecting fines or fees in criminal cases for the county may maintain the information listed in Subsections (b)(1)-(5) in a computer database. The officer shall provide a receipt to each person paying a fine or fee.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Subsec. (c) added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 412, Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 1999.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.103.htm
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