Tex. Government Code § 51.610
UNCOLLECTIBLE FEES
Texas · Texas Government Code · Status: effective
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- Tex. Government Code § 51.610, UNCOLLECTIBLE FEES, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/650069
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(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.