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Bell County Clerk
Attn: Civil Department
P. O. Box 480
Belton, Texas  76513


            Civil Fees for Bell County
                    
Effective 01/01/2010


CIVIL COURT ACTIONS
to include Foreign Judgment*/Civil Suit Occupational Drivers License*/Administrative Hearing Appeal* and Appeal from Justice of the Peace Court*.
County Clerk's Fees $  40.00 LGC Sec. 118.052(1)(A)
Law Library Fee CC $  20.00 LGC Sec. 323.023
Legal Education Fee $    1.00 LGC Sec. 118.052(2a)(vi) & 118.064
County Judge Fee $    5.00 LGC Sec. 118.101
State Judge Fee (HB 66) $  40.00 GC Sec. 51.702 (Fee Goes to State)
Court Reporter Fee $  15.00 GC Sec. 51.601
Record Management Fee CC $    5.00 LGC Sec. 118.052(3)(G) & 118.0645
Courthouse Security Fee $    5.00 LGC Sec. 291.008
Indigent Legal Service Fee 10.00 GC Sec. 51.941(a)(4)(fee Goes to State)
Civil Judiciary Support Fee   $  42.00   LGC Sec. 133.154(HB11)(HB600)
Appellate Judicial System   $    5.00   LGC Sec. 22(e) Senate Bill 1241
Preservation Fee   $  10.00   GC 51.708

Total - Civil Filing Fees

$198.00
         
   *service not required unless requested  
         
         
Civil Filing of Non-Disclosures    

Fees are the same as Civil Court Action + $28 additional civil fee

 


$226.00

 

 
GC Sec. 411.081(d) HB 3093

 

       
Additional Fees      
Each Citation, Show Cause, Subpoenas
$    4.00
 
LGC Sec. 118.052(3)(A) & 118.059
Issuance of Citation & Service by Certified Mail
$  64.00
 
LGC Sec. 118.052(3)(f) & 118.063
Service by Sheriff 60.00 LGC Sec. 118.131
Jury Fee
$  22.00
GC Sec. 51.604
Issuing Abstract of Judgment


$    5.00


LGC Sec. 118.052(1)(C)(i)


OTHER CIVIL FEES
Execution, Writ of Other Process $    5.00 LGC Sec. 118.052(1)(C)(ii)
Service by Sheriff (Writs) CC $100.00 LGC Sec. 118.131
Filing of any Action in an Original
Suit, such as cross-action, etc....
$  40.00
LGC Sec. 118.052(1)(B)
Copies (each page)


$    1.00


LGC Sec. 118.052(3)


FOREIGN JUDGMENT


 
Civil Practice & Remedy Code 35.007



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