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District clerk asks for more staff, a records manager and reclassification to handle rising e‑filings and a new district court
Summary
District Clerk Leah Carlson told commissioners that civil and family filings and electronic filings have risen sharply; she requested additional clerks assigned to county courts at law, two clerks for a new district court, a records‑management clerk funded from special fees, and job‑grade adjustments to improve recruitment and retention.
Leah Carlson, Rockwall County district clerk, told the Commissioners Court on June 17 that her office is handling a higher workload driven by rising civil/family filings and a steady increase in electronic filings, and she requested multiple new positions and reclassifications to keep court operations staffed.
Carlson presented three years of filing data showing that felony filings are relatively flat while civil and family filings have increased by roughly 400 cases over two years. She said the biggest pressure is on civil level‑1 cases (small civil claims) and on the routine volume of electronic filings: the office processed about 28,736 e‑filings in 2024, which she…
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