Texas Administrative Code
Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION
Part 8 - TEXAS JUDICIAL COUNCIL
Chapter 171 - REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Section 171.5 - Statutory County Court Reports
Universal Citation: 1 TX Admin Code § 171.5
Current through Reg. 49, No. 52; December 27, 2024
(a) Method. Each district clerk or county clerk who maintains the records for the statutory county courts (including statutory probate courts) of a county shall submit a court activity report of criminal, civil, family law, juvenile, probate and guardianship, and mental health cases for these courts. A separate report may be submitted for each statutory county court or a single report may be submitted for all statutory county courts in the county. Unless OCA grants a waiver for good cause, the clerk shall submit the reports by electronic means approved by the OCA. The maximum duration of a waiver is one year, but OCA may approve successive waivers.
(b) Reporting Categories.
(1) Criminal Cases.
(A) Criminal case type categories. The
monthly report for criminal cases is divided into sections for misdemeanors and
felonies.
(i) Misdemeanor case types. The
report contains the following categories for reporting misdemeanor cases:
D.W.I.--first offense, D.W.I.--second offense, theft, theft by check, drug
possession--marijuana, drug offenses--other, family violence assault, other
assault, traffic, D.W.L.S./D.W.L.I., and other misdemeanor cases.
(ii) Felony case types. The report contains
the following categories for reporting felony cases: capital murder, murder,
other felony homicides, aggravated assault or attempted murder, sexual assault
of an adult, indecency with or sexual assault of a child, family violence
assault, aggravated robbery or robbery, burglary, theft, automobile theft, drug
sale or manufacture, drug possession, felony D.W.I., and other
felonies.
(B) Criminal
case activity categories. The monthly report contains sections for reporting
cases on docket, dispositions, supplemental information and additional court
activity.
(C) Report of a request
for a hate crime finding. This section of the monthly report requests
information pursuant to Article
RSA 2.211
of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
(D) Other Case Activity Reporting.
(i) Pursuant to Section
RSA 71.0353 of the
Government Code, the clerk shall also report the number of cases filed for the
following offenses:
(I) trafficking of
persons under Sec.
RSA 20A.02, Penal
Code;
(II) prostitution under Sec.
RSA 43.02, Penal Code;
and
(III) compelling prostitution
under Sec.
RSA 43.05, Penal
Code.
(ii) The clerk
shall also report the number of reports provided to the court under Art.
RSA
16.22(a)(1)(B) of the Code
of Criminal Procedure.
(2) Civil Cases.
(A) Civil case type categories. The monthly
report contains the following categories of civil cases: injury or
damage--motor vehicle, injury or damage--medical malpractice, injury or
damage--other professional malpractice, injury or damage--asbestos/silica
product liability, injury or damage--other product liability, other injury or
damage, real property--eminent domain, other real property,
contract--consumer/commercial/debt, other contract, civil cases relating to
criminal matters, all other civil cases, and tax cases.
(B) Civil case activity categories. The
monthly report contains sections for reporting cases on docket, dispositions
and additional court activity.
(3) Family Law Cases.
(A) Family law case type categories. The
monthly report contains the following categories of family law cases:
divorce--children, divorce--no children, parent/child--no divorce, child
protective services, termination of parental rights, adoption, protective
orders--no divorce, Title IV-D--paternity, Title IV-D--support order, Title
IV-D--UIFSA, all other family law cases, and post-judgment actions for
modification--custody, modification--other, enforcement, and Title
IV-D.
(B) Family law case activity
categories. The monthly report contains sections for reporting cases on docket,
dispositions and additional court activity.
(4) Juvenile Cases.
(A) Juvenile case type categories. The
monthly report contains a category for C.I.N.S. cases and the following
categories of delinquent conduct cases: capital murder, murder, other
homicides, aggravated assault or attempted murder, assault, indecency with a
child or sexual assault, aggravated robbery or robbery, burglary, theft,
automobile theft, felony drug offenses, misdemeanor drug offenses, D.W.I.,
contempt of court, and all other offenses.
(B) Juvenile case activity categories. The
monthly report contains sections for reporting juvenile case activity for cases
on docket, adjudications, dispositions and additional court activity.
(5) Probate and Guardianship
Cases.
(A) Probate and guardianship case type
categories. The monthly report contains the following categories for reporting
probate and guardianship case types: decedents' estates (independent
administration, dependent administration, and all other estate proceedings),
guardianships (minor and adult), and other cases.
(B) Probate and guardianship activity
categories. The monthly report contains activity report categories for cases on
docket and additional information.
(6) Mental Health Cases.
(A) Mental health case type categories. The
monthly report contains the following categories for reporting mental health
cases: temporary mental health services, extended mental health services,
modification--inpatient to outpatient, modification--outpatient to inpatient,
and orders to authorize psychoactive medications.
(B) Mental health activity categories. The
monthly report contains activity report categories for intake, hearings, and
other information.
(C) Mental
health commitments. Pursuant to Section
RSA 574.014 of
the Health and Safety Code, the clerk shall report the number of applications
for commitment orders for involuntary mental health services filed with the
court and the disposition of those cases, including the number of commitment
orders for inpatient and outpatient mental health
services.
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