Tex. Government Code § 30.00021
BRIEF ON APPEAL
Texas · Texas Government Code · Status: effective
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- Tex. Government Code § 30.00021, BRIEF ON APPEAL, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/649347
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(a) An appellant's brief on appeal from a municipal court of record must present points of error in the manner required by law for a brief on appeal to the court of appeals.
(b) The appellant must file the brief with the appellate court clerk not later than the 15th day after the date on which the clerk's record and reporter's record are filed with that clerk. The appellant or the appellant's attorney must certify that the brief has been properly mailed to the appellee.
(c) The appellee must file the appellee's brief with the appellate court clerk not later than the 15th day after the date on which the appellant's brief is filed.
(d) Each party, on filing the party's brief with the appellate court clerk, shall deliver a copy of the brief to the opposing party and to the municipal judge.
(e) The record and the briefs on appeal shall be limited as far as possible to the questions relied on for reversal.