District Clerk
Lead: Director: Velva Price
We record and secure all court records, manage jury selection, collect fees, handle court funds, and process passport applications.
Topic: Courts & Legal Help
Jury Duty fake page
Important to know
How was I selected
The jury wheel, which is the list of potential jurors, comes from three lists:
- All registered voters in Travis County
- All registered voters from neighboring counties that reside within Austin city limits
- All persons in Travis County with either a Texas driver’s license or a Department of Public Safety identification card
Each year, the Voter lists and DPS lists are merged by matching the names as best as is possible to minimize duplications. The merged list is given to the Travis County District Clerk. The district clerk, county clerk, and sheriff then meet to ‘reconstitute’ the jury wheel by replacing the old list with the new one. Jury summonses are sent from the jury wheel on a random basis.
About 120,000 to 150,000 summonses are sent each year.