GUIDELINES ON SUBMISSION OF ELECTRONIC CLERKS’ AND REPORTERS’ RECORDS
Fifth Court of Appeals

Clerks’ Records 

            Clerks’ records filed electronically with the Fifth Court of Appeals must conform to this Court’s Local Rules Directing the Form of the Appellate Record and must be submitted by way of the Court’s web portal.  To request access to the web portal, please send your name, title, and e-mail address to theclerk@5thcoa.courts.state.tx.us.  Once processed, a password and filing instructions will be e-mailed to you by the Office of Court Administration. 

Reporters’ Records 

            Reporters’ records filed electronically with the Fifth Court of Appeals must conform to this Court’s Local Rules Directing the Form of the Appellate Record and the Uniform Format Manual for Texas Reporters’ Records and must be submitted by way of the Court’s web portal.  To request access to the web portal, please send your name, title, and e-mail address to theclerk@5thcoa.courts.state.tx.us.  Once processed, a password and filing instructions will be e-mailed to you by the Office of Court Administration.

 ** The local rules for electronic clerks’ and reporters’ records have been approved by the Supreme Court of Texas and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and are effective December 1, 2010.