Way in advance of a final deadline, all 254 Texas counties have gone live on EFileTexas.gov. And now the state is turning an eye to creating next-generation electronic-filing features like an online court document viewer for courts across Texas.

The Texas Supreme Court’s mandate that lawyers use e-filing in most civil cases started in January 2014. The mandate was for the largest counties and will not be fully effective statewide until July 2016. Nevertheless, e-filing is now available and permissive in the entire state, said David Slayton, administrative director of the Texas Office of Court Administration.

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