Opinion No.

The Honorable James W. Carr Lavaca County Attorney Box 576, Second Floor Courthouse Hallettsville, Texas 77964

Re: Whether a county clerk must file a judgment issued by a "common law court" (RQ-876)

Dear Mr. Carr:

You have requested our opinion as to whether a county clerk must file a judgment rendered by a "common law" court.

In recent years, the so-called "Republic of Texas" movement has harassed various local public officials by, among other things, conducting "trials" in self-styled "common law" courts of the movement's invention, and attempting to file the "judgments" resulting from those…