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Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure · February 6, 2026 edition

Rule 65 — ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENT AFTER MANDATE

Read the original court rule and its historical notes. Illustrations, where shown, are educational explanations of the rule.

Original appellate rule wording

Operative provisions

65.1. Statement of Costs The Supreme Court clerk will prepare, and send to the clerk to whom the mandate is directed, a statement of costs showing:

(a) the costs that were incurred in the Supreme Court, with a notation of those items that have been paid and those that are owing; and

(b) the party or parties against whom costs have been adjudged.

Visual guide: Rule 65 costs statement, judgment enforcement after mandate, and immediate remittance if appellate costs are collected. Consult the complete original rule text.

65.2. Enforcement of Judgment If the Supreme Court renders judgment, the trial court need not make any further order. Upon receiving the Supreme Court's mandate, the trial court clerk must proceed to enforce the judgment of the Supreme Court's as in any other case. Appellate court costs must be included with the trial court costs in any process to enforce the judgment. If all or part of the costs are collected, the trial court clerk must immediately remit to the appellate court clerk any amount due to that clerk.

Notes and Comments (historical, not operative rule text)

Comment to 1997 change: Subdivision 65.1 is new. Subdivision 65.2 is from former Rule 183.

Reader text is from the February 6, 2026 court compilation. Historical comments are shown separately.