Texas Code of Criminal Procedure 103.009 – Fee Records
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(a) Each clerk of a court, county judge, justice of the peace, sheriff, constable, and marshal shall keep a fee record. The record must contain:
(1) a statement of each fee or item of cost charged for a service rendered in a criminal action or proceeding;
Terms Used In Texas Code of Criminal Procedure 103.009
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Justice: when applied to a magistrate, means justice of the peace. See Texas Government Code 312.011
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(2) the number and style of the action or proceeding; and
(3) the name of the officer or person who is entitled to receive the fee.
(b) Any person may inspect a fee record described by Subsection (a).
(c) A statement of an item of cost in a fee record is prima facie evidence of the correctness of the statement.
(d) The county shall provide to officers required to keep a fee record by this article equipment and supplies necessary to keep the record.
(e) An officer who has been provided a computerized case and financial management system by the county shall:
(1) maintain the information described by Subsection (a) in the system; and
(2) provide the complete computerized fee record in hard-copy form for purposes of satisfying the requirements of Article 103.001.