AI-assisted research summary: This section requires court clerks to transfer specified case documents to the proper court within 10 working days after a transfer order is signed, and it sets filing, notice, copying, and marking rules for the receiving and sending clerks.
Sec. 155.207. TRANSFER OF COURT FILES. (a) Not later than the 10th working day after the date an order of transfer is signed, the clerk of the court transferring a proceeding shall send, using the electronic filing system established under Section 72.031, Government Code, to the proper court to which transfer is being made: (1) a transfer certificate and index of transferred documents; (2) a copy of each final order; (3) a copy of the order of transfer signed by the transferring court; (4) a copy of the pleadings in the pending proceeding and any other document specifically requested by a party; (5) a copy of the transfer certificate and index of transferred documents from each previous transfer; and (6) a bill of any costs that have accrued in the transferring court. (a-1) The clerk of the transferring court shall use the standardized transfer certificate and index of transferred documents form created by the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System under Section 72.037, Government Code, when transferring a proceeding under this section. (b) The clerk of the transferring court shall keep a copy of the documents transferred under Subsection (a). (c) The clerk of the transferee court shall: (1) accept documents transferred under Subsection (a); (2) docket the suit; and (3) notify, using the electronic filing system established under Section 72.031, Government Code, all parties, the clerk of the transferring court, and, if appropriate, the transferring court's local registry that the suit has been docketed. (c-1) The clerk of the transferee court shall physically or electronically mark or stamp the transfer certificate and index of transferred documents to evidence the date and time of acceptance under Subsection (c), but may not physically or electronically mark or stamp any other document transferred under Subsection (a). (d) The clerk of the transferring court shall send a certified copy of the order directing payments to the transferee court: (1) to any party affected by the order, and, if appropriate, to the local registry of the transferee court using the electronic filing system established under Section 72.031, Government Code; and (2) to an employer affected by the order electronically or by first class mail. (e) The clerks of both the transferee and transferring courts may each produce under Chapter 51, Government Code, certified or uncertified copies of documents transferred under Subsection (a) and must include a copy of the transfer certificate and index of transferred documents with each document produced. (f) Sections 80.001 and 80.002, Government Code, do not apply to the transfer of documents under this section. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1023, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 916 (H.B. 260), Sec. 16, eff. June 18, 2005. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 211 (S.B. 1929), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 934 (H.B. 3774), Sec. 7.01, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 256 (S.B. 1612), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 861 (H.B. 3474), Sec. 11.007, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 389 (H.B. 1734), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025. SUBCHAPTER D. TRANSFER OF PROCEEDINGS WITHIN THE STATE WHEN PARTY OR CHILD RESIDES OUTSIDE THE STATE