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Harris County courts open Wednesday
From Harris County District Clerk Teresa Chang:

All the buildings in the Harris County Courthouse complex will be open Wednesday as operations of the Harris County District Clerk's Office recover from Hurricane Ike.

The Civil Courthouse, Family Law Center and Juvenile Justice Center opened with limited staff Tuesday morning. Tuesday afternoon, probable cause hearings resumed in the Criminal Justice Center. (Those hearings were held in the Civil Courthouse on Monday and at 49 San Jacinto Tuesday morning and midday.)

There will be no jury service until Monday, Sept. 22.

"I am very proud of our staff's working with our judiciary and the District Attorney to keep the justice system going during Hurricane Ike," District Clerk Theresa Chang said Tuesday afternoon.

"I am especially proud of those who worked in the Criminal Intake and the Probable Cause areas through the worst of the storm. Along with some assistant district attorneys, they were locked in the Criminal Justice Center for most of three days to accept complaints filed by local law enforcement officers and assist in probable cause hearings. These people are the unsung heroes in our government," she said.

Throughout the recovery from Hurricane Ike, e-Filing was be available through TexasOnline. Although filers may not have gotten a receipt from the District Clerk's Office as quickly as normal, the filing time is recorded as the time the filer sent the document to his Electronic Filing Service Provider.

The 24-hour drop box at the northwest corner of the Civil Courthouse, 201 Caroline, remained open as always.

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