Opinion No.

The Honorable Vince Ryan Harris County Attorney 1019 Congress, 15th Floor Houston, Texas 77002

Re: Whether a district clerk may accept assignment of a defendant's cash bail bond refund as payment of the defendant's fines and costs (RQ-0819-GA)

Dear Mr. Ryan:

You ask whether a district clerk may accept assignment of a defendant's cash bail bond refund in payment of the defendant's fines and costs.1 If so, you also ask when the clerk may accept the assignment and list the following possibilities: (1) when the defendant deposits the cash bail bond; (2) after the defendant's adjudication; or (3)…