The Fourteenth Court of Appeals was created in 1967 by an amendment to the Texas Constitution which created 14 court of appeals districts.
The Court is composed of a Chief Justice and eight (8) justices. It has intermediate appellate jurisdiction of both civil and criminal cases appealed from lower courts in ten (10) counties of Texas (see below); in civil cases where judgment rendered exceeds $100, exclusive of costs, and other civil proceedings as provided by law; and in criminal cases except in post-conviction writs of habeas corpus and where the death penalty has been imposed.
Filing fees increase as of September 1, 2007 - Misc.
Docket 07-9138 [pdf].
Link to fees can be found under "Practice Before the Court" or by clicking here: Fees
Effective September 1, 2007, the Court of Criminal Appeals has amended the Certification
of the Defendant’s Right of Appeal. See Misc.
Docket No. 06-105 [pdf], (Tex. Crim. App. Aug. 20, 2007).
— No briefs, motions, or other documents will be accepted for filing via email. —
- Legal Citation:
- Texas Constitution, Article V, Section 1
Texas Government Code Annotated, § 22.201
Effective December 7, 2006, the Texas Supreme Court has approved Local Rules for the Fourteenth District Court of Appeals, Houston Relating to Assignment of Related Cases to and Transfers of Related Cases between the First and Fourteenth Courts of Appeals. See Miscellaneous Docket No. 06-9158 [pdf] (Tex. Dec. 7, 2006).
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Updated: 08-Sep-2009
