New suits are the origination of cases filed in the District Clerk's Office, consisting of : family cases, such as divorce, adoption and annulments; such as suits on land and name changes; delinquent tax suits; juvenile; and felony criminal matters. When a new suit is filed it is given a cause number and assigned to a court on a rotating basis; cases over $100,000.00 are assigned to district court and cases under $100,000.00 may be assigned to either district or county court. Costs are assessed for each case filed and are due at time of filing.

We do not accept personal or business checks. Court costs may be paid by cash, cashiers check, money orders, attorney checks or MasterCard and Visa credit cards.