Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 135.102 · Subchapter C. LOCAL CIVIL FEES
LOCAL CIVIL FEE FOR PROBATE, GUARDIANSHIP, AND MENTAL HEALTH CASES IN STATUTORY COUNTY COURT, STATUTORY PROBATE COURT, OR COUNTY COURT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person shall pay in a statutory county court, statutory probate court, or county court in addition to all other fees and court costs a fee of:
(1) $223 on filing any probate, guardianship, or mental health case; and
(2) $75 on any action other than an original action for a case subject to Subdivision (1), including an adverse probate action, contest, or suit in a probate court, other than the filing of a claim against an estate, in which the movant or applicant filing the intervention pleading seeks any affirmative relief.
(b) The county treasurer shall allocate the fees received under Subsection (a)(1) to the following accounts and funds so that each receives to the extent practicable, utilizing historical data as applicable, the same amount of money the account or fund would have received if the fees for the accounts and funds had been collected and reported separately, except that the account or fund may not receive less than the following percentages:
(1) the appellate judicial system fund 2.2422 percent;
(2) the court facility fee fund 8.9686 percent;
(3) the clerk of the court account 17.9372 percent;
(4) the clerks records management and preservation account 6.7265 percent;
(5) the court reporter service fund 11.2108 percent;
(6) the county law library fund 15.6951 percent;
(7) the courthouse security fund 8.9686 percent;
(8) the language access fund 1.3453 percent;
(9) the county jury fund 4.4841 percent;
(10) the county dispute resolution fund 6.7265 percent;
(11) the court-initiated guardianship fund 8.9686 percent;
(12) the judicial education and support fund 2.2422 percent; and
(13) the public probate administrator fund 4.4843 percent.
(c) The county treasurer shall allocate the fees received under Subsection (a)(2) to the following accounts and funds so that each receives to the extent practicable, utilizing historical data as applicable, the same amount of money the account or fund would have received if the fees for the accounts and funds had been collected and reported separately, except that the account or fund may not receive less than the following percentages:
(1) the clerk of the court account 53.3333 percent;
(2) the clerks records management and preservation account 6.6667 percent;
(3) the court-initiated guardianship fund 26.6667 percent; and
(4) the public probate administrator fund 13.3333 percent.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 472 (S.B. 41), Sec. 1.03, eff. January 1, 2022.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 256 (S.B. 1612), Sec. 24, eff. January 1, 2024.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.135.htm
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Cited by 18 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 135.102. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Code of Criminal Procedure
Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 22.229APPELLATE JUDICIAL SYSTEM FUND.Printed as Section 135.101(b)(1) or 135.102(b)(1), Local Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 25.0022ADMINISTRATION OF STATUTORY PROBATE COURTS.Printed as Section 135.102, Local Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 25.0595DALLAS COUNTY PROBATE COURTS.Printed as Section 135.102, Local Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 25.1723MONTGOMERY COUNTY PROBATE COURT PROVISIONS.Printed as Section 135.102, Local Government Code
Local Government Code
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 135.003CIVIL FEES.Printed as Sections 135.101, 135.102, and 135.103
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 135.052ALLOCATION OF DEPOSITED FEES.Printed as Sections 135.101, 135.102, and 135.103
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 135.151MAINTENANCE OF FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS.Printed as Section 135.101, 135.102, or 135.103
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 135.152COURT FACILITY FEE FUND.Printed as Section 135.101 or 135.102
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 135.153CLERK OF THE COURT ACCOUNT.Printed as Section 135.101 or 135.102
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 135.154CLERKS RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION ACCOUNT.Printed as Section 135.101 or 135.102
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 135.155LANGUAGE ACCESS FUND.Printed as Section 135.101, 135.102, or 135.103
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 135.156COUNTY JURY FUND.Printed as Section 135.101 or 135.102
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 135.157COUNTY DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND.Printed as Section 135.101, 135.102, or 135.103
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 135.158COURT-INITIATED GUARDIANSHIP FUND.Printed as Section 135.102
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 135.159JUDICIAL EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FUND.Printed as Section 135.102
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 135.160PUBLIC PROBATE ADMINISTRATOR FUND.Printed as Section 135.102
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 203.003DUTIES OF COMMISSIONERS COURT.Printed as Sections 135.101 and 135.102
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