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received by TexFile. The acknowledgment will note the date and time that the
electronically-transmitted document was received by TexFile.
(d) Upon receiving a document from a filer’s EFSP, TexFile shall electronically
transmit the document to the district clerk. If the document was not properly formatted,
TexFile will transmit a warning to the filer’s EFSP.
(e) Not later than the first business day after receiving a document from TexFile, the
district clerk shall decide whether the document will be accepted for filing. The district
clerk shall accept the document for filing provided that the document is not misdirected
and complies with all filing requirements. The district clerk shall handle electronically-
transmitted documents that are filed in connection with an affidavit of inability to afford
court costs in the manner required by TEX. R. CIV. P. 145. If the clerk fails to accept or
reject a document within the time period, the document is deemed to have been accepted
and filed.
(f) If the document is accepted for filing, the district clerk shall note the date and time of
filing which, with the exception of subsection (h) below, shall be the date and time that
the filer transmitted the document to the filer's EFSP. The district clerk shall inform
TexFile of its action the same day action is taken. TexFile shall, on that same day,
electronically transmit to the filer’s EFSP a “confirmation” that the document has been
accepted for filing by the district clerk. The EFSP will electronically transmit the
confirmation to the filer. This confirmation will include an electronically “file-marked”
copy of the front page of the document showing the date and time the district clerk
considers the document to have been filed.
(g) If the document is not accepted for filing, the district clerk shall inform TexFile of its
action, and the reason for such action, the same day action is taken. TexFile shall, on
that same day, electronically transmit to the filer’s EFSP an “alert” that the document
was not accepted along with the reason the document was not accepted. The EFSP will
electronically transmit the alert to the filer.
(h) Except in cases of injunction, attachment, garnishment, sequestration, or distress
proceedings, documents that serve to commence a civil suit will not be deemed to have
been filed on Sunday when the document is electronically transmitted to the filer's EFSP,
TexFile, or the Clerk on Sunday. Such documents will be deemed to have been filed on
the succeeding Monday.
Rule 4.4 Filing Deadlines Not Altered
The electronic filing of a document does not alter any filing deadlines.
Rule 4.5 Multiple Documents
(a) Except as provided by subsection (b) below, a filer may include only one document in
an electronic transmission to TexFile.
(b) A filer may electronically transmit a document to TexFile that includes another