Filing Requirements

No paper copies are required when electronically filing.

If you are filing with the Supreme Court of Texas, you will need to file the original copy. The original should be unbound.

The Clerk's Office will not copy, fax or e-mail cases to individuals. If you would like a copy of a case, filing or record you will need to come in person, or send a runner to the Clerk's office. The briefs are not allowed to leave the building. Copies are made in the State Law Library located down the hall from the Clerk's Office. Capitol Complex Map

Rule 9.4(e) governs the font type and size that must be used in documents filed in all Texas appellate courts, including the Supreme Court of Texas. If you are using a computer, the font size must be no smaller than 14 point font and footnotes may be no smaller than 12 point font. The rule does not require that you use any particular font, although common fonts used are Times New Roman, Georgia, and Courier. If you are using a typewriter, the typeface may be no smaller than standard 10-character-per-inch (cpi) nonproportionally spaced Courier typeface. See Rule 9.4(e).

No. Fax filings are not accepted and will not be docketed. In an emergency, the Clerk's Office may accept an advance copy of a motion for emergency relief or other filing by e-mail, but your document will not be officially "filed' until you file the document through eFileTexas.gov or, if you are not an attorney, file through the traditional paper filing method. In the event that you need emergency relief, please contact the Clerk's Office at (512) 463-1312 before sending any filings by e-mail.

We recommend that you use eFileTexas.gov electronic filing system. If you cannot e-file for some reason, there are numerous copy, courier, and lawyer assistance companies in Austin. We cannot recommend or endorse any particular company, but you can find them by using an internet search engine or by contacting a local attorney that may be familiar with these companies.

The Court requires Notices of Rule 76A Motions to Seal Court Records to be electronically filed via an electronic filing service provider. Please file the notice as a new case with the case number "76A" and as the "Letter/Notice" filing type. You must complete the party information using the "Petitioner and "Respondent" party fields. No filing fee is required.

Documents filed under seal or subject to a motion to seal may not be electronically filed. In order to file a document under seal in the Supreme Court, regardless of whether it has already been sealed by a lower court, you must electronically file a motion to seal. You may include in the appendix any trial court order sealing the document(s) and any notice filed with the Supreme Court upon moving to seal per T.R.C.P. 76(a)(3).

Follow the instructions below for submitting your sealed documents.

Please indicate the title of the sealed exhibit in the bookmarks and exhibit cover page, and include the notation "Filed under Seal." The unsealed appendix or record will still be filed via the electronic filing service provider, and the sealed exhibit will be mailed separately. Please place the sealed exhibit(s) in an envelope (separate envelopes if multiple exhibits), with a label on the envelope indicating the case number, case style, and the title of the sealed document. Along with one paper copy of each sealed document, please mail an electronic copy of each exhibit filed under seal on a thumb drive or CD.

Please mail the sealed record to the Court in an envelope (place multiple volumes in separate envelopes) with a label on the envelope indicating the case number, cast style, title of the sealed document, and a notation that the document is filed under seal. Along with one paper copy of each volume of a sealed record, please mail a bookmarked electronic copy on a thumb drive or CD.