Since the ARPANET became the first network to use internet protocol in the 1960s, many lawyers have wondered when electronic mail would be recognized as a legal means of service. At long last, service by electronic mail has arrived. This allowance corresponded with the advent of the Texas Supreme Court’s Order, effective Jan. 1, 2014, mandating e-filing in all civil cases in district courts, statutory county courts, constitutional county courts, and statutory probate courts.
The revised Rule 21a, entitled “Methods of Service,” accounts for the electronic filing of all pleadings, pleas, motions or other form of request required to be served under Rule 21. The e-mail address of the party (if pro se) or attorney of record must be provided to the “electronic filing manager” and Rule 21(f)(2) also requires that the “email address of an attorney or unrepresented party who electronically files a document must be included on the document.”
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