how to serve documents on district attorney harris county

by Rosalee Kiehn Sr. 6 min read

All documents must be filed electronically with the Harris County District Clerk. Documents should not to be hand-delivered or faxed directly to the court. If documents are delivered directly to the court for filing, the clerks will not accept the documents.

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How do I file documents with the Harris County civil district court?

By order of the Supreme Court of Texas all courts are now mandatory E-File Court. All documents must be filed electronically with the Harris County District Clerk. Documents should not to be hand-delivered or faxed directly to the court. If documents are delivered directly to the court for filing, the clerks will not accept the documents.

How to contact the Harris County district attorney's office?

Serving documents in Harris County Jail services Also, you will only be able to determine all these when you can differentiate the person’s facility. If it’s the county jail, you can serve papers with the Sheriff’s help as they will be able to provide you with all the necessary things that you need to serve the papers.

What is the Harris County Court kiosk?

Jun 10, 2014 · or Data Sensitive Document. Harris County District Clerk Chris Daniel You will have a more expansive set of choices in the security field when your file is headed to the Harris County DO. That’s because the DO operates a fully electronic filing system. For e-routing purposes, we needed a field where filers could categorize filings by type.

Can documents be sent to the 152nd District Court directly?

Administration Bureau 713-274-5814 Asset Forfeiture Division 713-274-5570 Bond Forfeiture Division 713-274-0260 Chief Investigator 713-274-5813

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Search Our Records and Documents

Search our records and documents to view detailed case (cause) information such as court costs, documents, case details, parties, and the location of a case (cause) file within our office.

e-Filing

Through TexasOnline, attorneys can electronically file (e-File) documents with the Civil District Courts and Family District Courts of Harris County via a certified Electronic Filing Service Provider (EFSP). Upon registering with the EFSP of their choice, attorneys can remotely file documents 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Download Forms

Various general, criminal, and child support forms are available for download. To use the forms, a plug-in is needed for your browser or a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader.

e-Gov

e-Gov is a web-based program designed to allow governmental agencies access to information maintained by the District Clerk via the Internet.

Initial Filings

Select New Case Filings under Document Categor y for the lead document for most original petitions.

Subsequent Filings

Items not needing a file stamp should have a cover letter as the lead document.

Other

The complete document title must be entered in the description field of the lead document ,word for word as it appears on the pleading, on the document upload page. Since eFileTexas limits the document name to 50 characters, type the exact name of the document and continue typing until the max characters are reached.

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