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Justice court requests second full‑time clerk amid rising caseloads
Summary
A justice of the peace told commissioners that debt-collection caseloads and electronic filing needs require converting a part‑time clerk to full‑time to maintain operations and avoid ex parte contacts.
At the Rio County Commissioners Court budget workshop, a justice of the peace asked the court to convert a current part‑time clerk position to full time to support rising justice‑court workloads and an electronic filing transition. Nut graf: The JP said statutory increases in justice‑court jurisdictional limits and an influx of debt‑collection suits have increased filings and administrative work, leaving the office short‑staffed and unable…
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