Courts and Clerks of Travis County: Changes for 2022

Changes in Civil Filing Fees

BY VELVA PRICE, DISTRICT CLERK, TRAVIS COUNTY

Thank you everyone for your patience as the Courts and Clerks of Travis County transitioned to Odyssey, our new internal case management system.

HOW DOES THIS AFFECT THE PUBLIC?

With the implementation of the new internal case management system, the inputting of information should be faster, and the information should be available more quickly. The transition to the new Odyssey system does not require anyone outside of Travis County to learn this system except when using the public terminals.

Civil Court Costs: Civil court costs changes take effect on Jan. 1, 2022, but the changes do not apply to some family law actions. See Tex. Loc. Gov’t Code §§ 135.101(b), 135.102(b) for the updated court cost schedules.

With the implementation of the new internal case management system, the inputting of information should be faster, and the information should be available more quickly.

In addition, we ask that filers include the following information, as required by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure and additional statutes. Please note that exemptions may apply to these requirements. The list of required information is as follows:

• Names of the parties. Tex. R. Civ. P. 79; Tex. Gov't Code § 51.303.

• Last three digits of drivers license number and social security number. Tex. R. Civ. P. 45(c); Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 30.014.

• Parties’ residential/business addresses. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code §§ 30.014, 30.015; Tex. Gov't

If you have questions, please call 512.854.9457 or email districtclerkhelp@traviscountytx.gov. AL