Texas § 51.610 UNCOLLECTIBLE FEES.

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§ 51.610 — UNCOLLECTIBLE FEES.

Texas § 51.610

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Tex. Government Code Code Ann. § 51.610 (2026).

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Sec. 51.610. UNCOLLECTIBLE FEES.

(a)The clerk may request the court in which a court cost or fee was imposed on a party in a civil case to make a finding that the cost or fee is uncollectible if the cost or fee has been unpaid for at least 15 years.

(b)On a finding by a court that a court cost or fee imposed on a party in a civil case is uncollectible, the court may order the clerk to designate the cost or fee as uncollectible in the fee record. The clerk shall attach a copy of the court's order to the fee record.

(c)This section does not apply to a court cost or fee imposed by the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, or a court of appeals. SUBCHAPTER I. ELECTRONIC FILING OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS

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Sec. 51.610. UNCOLLECTIBLE FEES. (a) The clerk may request the court in which a court cost or fee was imposed on a party in a civil case to make a finding that the cost or fee is uncollectible if the cost or fee has been unpaid for at least 15 years.
(b) On a finding by a court that a court cost or fee imposed on a party in a civil case is uncollectible, the court may order the clerk to designate the cost or fee as uncollectible in the fee record. The clerk shall attach a copy of the court's order to the fee record.
(c) This section does not apply to a court cost or fee imposed by the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, or a court of appeals.
SUBCHAPTER I. ELECTRONIC FILING OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 121 (H.B. 435 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019. Redesignated from Government Code, Section 51.609 by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3607 ), Sec. 21.001(11), eff. September 1, 2021.