Civil Division

Documents that are submitted electronically must be through eFileTexas.gov. Please refer all questions to your e-filing provider.

Attorneys are required to e-file.

E-filing tips for everybody:

• Use ALL CAPS when adding parties, addresses or event comments.
• Enter each party within initial filing (including intervenors, cross-defendants, counter-plaintiffs, and third-party plaintiffs).
• Please leave a note if filer would like service by a constable other than PCT 5.
• Please choose the correct case type and category when filing a new petition.
• Add address for parties added to e-filing.
• Please note related cases in the comments section (ex., a garnishment case or a Protective Order case that has a companion divorce case).
• Fees need to be accurate prior to submitting your e-file.

Self-Represented Litigants can come to our office by appointment or without an appointment, your preference. To schedule an appointment, please visit our appointment scheduling system.

Our office is located at:

Civil Family Court Facility
1700 Guadalupe Street
3rd Floor, Room 3.200
Austin, Texas 78701 (Map)

This option is only available to self-represented litigants.

Please send two copies of the documents and a self-addressed stamped envelope. We will mail you back the copy with a file stamp. If no copies are included, you will not receive a file-stamped copy of the documents.

Please send the copies to:

Travis County District Clerk
P.O. Box 679003
Austin, TX 78767

Please note that we cannot accept documents that must be filed via e-file.

Note: Credit card payments charge a non-refundable 3% convenience fee with a minimum of $3.

The fees below apply to all new cases filed on or after 1/1/2022.

Please allow 2 business days for processing before contacting our office to inquire on the status unless it’s an emergency filing.

If you are looking for the status of your filing as an attorney, please see Online Case information. If you do not have an account, please register. If the document is not reflected in the file, then it is being processed.

For more information, please visit the E-File website.

To inquire on the status of a citation to be issued, please contact the clerk who accepted the pleading or request for service. Their name can be found on the file mark of the document you received back.

You may also call (512) 854-9457 to be connected to a clerk.

To inquire on the status of a records request that you have submitted, please call (512) 854-4352. Please have the confirmation number emailed to you when you call.

To inquire on the status of a records request for which you have submitted a payment, please contact the clerk that sent you the invoice via email.

To order copies of any records, please fill out and submit the Records Request form.

If you prefer, you may make an in-person appointment to pick up documents. You may also come to our office and wait to be seen without an appointment.

You can also send a letter requesting copies to:

TCDC, P.O. Box 679003
Austin, TX 78767.

Please call our office at (512) 854-9457 and request that the document you e-filed be expedited. After contacting us, please contact the duty judge for the setting. 

If your order is signed and a bond is required to be posted, please contact our Finance Division to post a bond prior to requesting issuance.

Hearings and Trials are managed by the Court Administrator. You may call them at (512) 854-2484 or reach them by email at [email protected].

Please do not contact the District Clerk’s office about hearings or trial dates.

Even though Occupational Licenses are assigned a civil case number, they are assigned to a criminal court and heard by criminal judges.

For more information about ODL, contact the Travis County Law Library at (512) 854-8677.

You can find more information in the JP5 Occupational Driver License information packet.