Houston Code of Ordinances § 16-21 Position created; appointment, term and duties.
Sec. 16-21. - Position created; appointment, term and duties.
(a) There is hereby created the position of clerk of the municipal courts, who shall be appointed by the presiding judge. The clerk of the municipal courts shall serve at the pleasure of the presiding judge.
(b) The clerk of the municipal courts shall be the official clerk for each of the municipal courts created in this chapter and shall discharge all of the duties attendant upon that position as prescribed by this chapter and the laws of the state and the charter and ordinances of this city; provided, however, that all of the duties shall be carried out under the direction and supervision of the presiding judge, and further provided that each respective municipal judge shall have control over the deputy clerk serving his or her court.
(c) The duties of the clerk of the municipal courts shall be, in part, to administer oaths and affidavits, make certificates, affix the seal of the courts thereto, keep minutes of the proceedings of the courts, issue all processes and to do generally and perform all things and acts usually or necessarily performed by clerks of courts in connection with the business thereof. He shall do and perform any additional duties as may be required of him by the city council.
(d) The clerk of the municipal courts also shall, under the direction and supervision of the presiding judge of the municipal courts, perform the following duties:
(1) Maintain a central docket for all cases filed in the municipal courts.
(2) Keep for the period required by law permanently all dockets, books, papers, and other records of the municipal courts and to make the records available for inspection at all reasonable times by any interested party.
(3) Maintain as part of the records of the municipal courts an index of municipal courts judgments.
(4) Where necessary for the proper functioning of the municipal courts, provide for the preservation by microfilm of the records of the courts.
(e) The duties of the clerk of the municipal courts shall include other duties as are prescribed by applicable law.
(Ord. No. 00-325, § 1, 4-26-00; Ord. No. 2010-740, § 2, 9-22-2010)