Section 51.403. Transfer of Cases

TX Govt Code § 51.403 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 51.403. TRANSFER OF CASES. (a) If a case is transferred from a county court to a district court, the clerk of the county court shall send to the district clerk in electronic or paper form:

(1) a certified transcript of the proceedings held in the county court;

(2) the original papers filed in the county court; and

(3) a bill of the costs that have accrued in the county court.

(b) If civil or criminal jurisdiction of a county court is transferred to a district court, the clerk of the county court shall send a certified copy of the judgments rendered in the county court that remain unsatisfied, in electronic or paper form, to the district clerks of the appropriate counties.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 629 (S.B. 1341), Sec. 2, eff. June 16, 2015.