Rule 1.3 - Participation in Electronic Filing By Justice of the Peace Courts(a) Each justice of the peace in Texas may determine whether the court over which the justice of the peace presides will accept electronically filed documents. These rules do not require any individual justice of the peace to accept electronically filed documents. Documents may be electronically filed only in a participating justice of the peace court.(b) The county clerk ofeach county must maintain a current list, available to the public at no charge in the county clerk's office-and, ifthe county has a website accessible by the public atno cost, on the county's website as well--ofparticipatingjustice ofthe peace courts in the county. After ajustice ofthe peace court has begun participating in electronic filing, it must continue to do so until the justice of the peace has notified the county clerk, the county commissioner's court, and TexasOnline that the court will no longer participate and that the TexasOnline account has been closed, at which time the county clerk must promptly update the list to reflect the change. A justice of the peace court must provide advance notice ofits decision to cease participating in electronic filing, in the form of(1) a general notice posted in a prominent place in the clerk's office or other location where the paper filings for the justice of the peace court are made, the county clerk's office, and the county's website, if available, posted in each location for at least 30 consecutive days before the TexasOnline account is closed; and (2) direct notice bye-mail or other means, provided at least 7 days before the TexasOnline account is closed, to every party registered with TexasOnline in a case then pending in the justice of the peace court.Tex. R. eFiling Just. Ct. 1.3
Effective January 1, 2008.