NEW FILING FEE FOR MOTION TO REINSTATE AFTER DISMISSAL.
Effective January 1, 2024, a plaintiff whose case is dismissed and who files a motion to reinstate the case pursuant to Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 505.3 must pay the court’s civil filing fee of $54. See SB 1612, passed by the 88th Regular Legislature.
NEW STATEMENT OF INABILITY TO AFFORD PAYMENT OF COURT COSTS OR APPEAL BOND IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
The Supreme Court of Texas released an updated Statement of Inability to Afford Payment of Court Costs or Appeal Bond in both English and Spanish on October 20, 2022. Click here for the form [PDF]. Note that this form must be either signed under penalty of perjury or before a notary public.
NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR JUDGMENT CREDITORS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT THROUGH POST-JUDGMENT WRITS.
Effective May 1, 2022. New Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 679b provides that in any post-judgment turnover order, order appointing a receiver under section 31.002 of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code, writ of garnishment, writ of execution, or other post-judgment order resulting in the freeze or seizure of personal property of an individual judgment debtor, the judgment creditor or receiver must serve the judgment debtor with the Notice of Protected Property Rights, the Instructions for Protected Property Claim Form, and the Protected Property Claim Form approved by the Supreme Court.