Art. 33.07 RECORD OF CRIMINAL ACTIONS

Every court that handles criminal cases has to keep detailed written records of what happens in each case. The clerk of the court is the person responsible for doing this.

For every criminal case, the clerk must write down the case name and file number, what crime the person is charged with, and who the lawyers are on the case. The clerk also has to record each step that happens in the case, along with the date it happened.

This record keeping matters because it creates an official history of the case. If anyone needs to look back at what happened and when, whether that's the people involved in the case, their lawyers, or someone else with a reason to check, this record gives them an accurate timeline to rely on.