Tex. Gov't Code § 30.00025 · Subchapter A. GENERAL LAW FOR MUNICIPAL COURTS OF RECORD
CERTIFICATE OF APPELLATE PROCEEDINGS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) When the judgment of the appellate court becomes final, the clerk of that court shall certify the proceedings and the judgment and shall mail the certificate to the municipal clerk. The municipal clerk shall file the certificate with the papers in the case and note the certificate on the case docket.
(b) If the municipal court of record judgment is affirmed, to enforce the judgment the court may:
(1) forfeit the bond of the defendant;
(2) issue a writ of capias for the defendant;
(3) issue an execution against the defendant's property;
(4) order a refund for the defendant's costs; or
(5) conduct an indigency hearing at the court's discretion.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 811, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 31, 1987. Renumbered from Government Code Sec. 30.503 by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 8.02, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Renumbered from Sec. 30.00023 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 691, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.30.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 04d2eda821beb12e1b228adcb3703c033eb096ec3e41ac7dbf9120a76a6b5669
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.