Online Resources

Texas Courts

Texas Judiciary Online

• Texas Supreme Court
• Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
• Texas 1st Court of Appeals (Houston)

The Harris County Probate Courts Site
Harris County's probate court site has information about each court, including court staffers and docket information..

• County Clerk Home Page
• Harris County Clerk's Office
• Brazoria County Clerk
• Fort Bend County Clerk
• Jefferson County Clerk's Office
• Montgomery County Clerk

• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals (Fifth Circuit)
• U.S. District Court Northern Dist. Texas

All Courts
Courts.net
Information on virtually every court in the country (including Texas, of course),  including links to online opinions.

Texas Law Resources

• Constitution of Texas (1876)
• Texas Supreme Court Opinions
• Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Opinions
• Texas Rules of Civil Procedure
• Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
• Texas Rules of Evidence
• Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure
• Texas Statutes
• Texas Penal Code
• Texas Family Code
• Texas Probate Code

Legal

Cornell LII -- Texas Legal Materials
Cornell's collection of state Internet resources -- mostly official state sites

Texas Legislature Online -- Texas Statutes
Legislative information

Fifth Court of Appeals, Dallas
Opinions, court information

Texas Center for Public Information Quick Reference Law Library
Searchable index of most Texas legal resources online

The Texas Probate Web Site
Legislative information, substantive articles, forms, recent case summaries

Federal Law Resources

• U.S. Constitution
  
• U.S. Supreme Court Opinions
  
• U.S. Court of Appeals (Fifth Circuit) Opinions
  
• U.S. Code
  
• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
  
• Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
  
• Federal Rules of Evidence
  
• Code of Federal Regulations
  
• THOMAS-U.S. Congress Legislation

Texas Government Resources

The State of Texas Web Site

Texas State Comptroller
This site has lots of useful information, including state inheritance tax forms and appraisal district information.

• Secretary of State of Texas Site
• TaxNet USA -- Texas Appraisal Districts Online
• Harris County Appraisal District
• Bexar County's tax appraisal records
• Galveston Central Appraisal District
• Brazoria County Appraisal District

Federal Government Resources

• FirstGov
  
• Library of Congress
• U.S. House of Representatives
• U.S. Senate
• White House
• Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R. TX)
• Senator John Cornyn (R. TX)
• Congresswoman Kay Granger (R. TX., 12th Cong. Dist.)

General Information and Reference

Kelly Blue Book
Get a blue book value for that used car, online, for free

Edmunds Car Info
Similar to Kelly Blue Book, with lots of information about new and used cars.

Ancestry.com
Geneological information. Some information is searchable for free, while other searches require a paid subscription.

Ecola Newsstand
Links to newspapers and other English-language media sites.

Crescendo
Crescendo is a planned giving software product. This page includes the "rate of the month" for calculating the income and remainder interest values for charitable remainder unitrusts.

Non Profit Resources