Tex. Government Code § 52.041
APPOINTMENT OF OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
Texas · Texas Government Code · Status: effective
Cite this
- Citation
- Tex. Government Code § 52.041, APPOINTMENT OF OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/650099
- Permanent ID
ys:prov:650099@1- SHA-256
61b0c1fb791e6b2d9eecc6224dd527737bc9a4383a9e6eb02fb6351ecd28040e
The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.
Full text
(a) Each judge of a court of record shall appoint an official court reporter. An official court reporter is a sworn officer of the court and holds office at the pleasure of the court.
(b) The judges of two or more courts of record that are not located in the same judicial district on agreement may jointly appoint an official court reporter to serve the courts, provided each court is located in a county with a population of 125,000 or less according to the 2020 federal decennial census.
(c) Notwithstanding any other law, two or more judges of courts of record may appoint a certified shorthand reporter to serve each court as an official court reporter of the court, provided each court is located in a county with a population of 125,000 or less according to the 2020 federal decennial census. A certified shorthand reporter appointed under this subsection may serve as an official court reporter for more than one county and be an employee of more than one county.