Please read these instructions in full prior to submitting your first online closure report.
Please read the supplemental instructions on the online form itself, the first time you submit.
Clerks, judges, and court staff may report court and clerk's office closures.
If, in an emergency, you cannot submit the online form yourself, email the OCA Service Desk, or call them at (512) 463-1642, and they will submit it for you.
Report closures using our online form, Report a Closure.
Only submit the online form one time, that being when you initially report the closure.
Please read the instructions on the form itself, the first time you submit.
If you know the reopening date & time while you're reporting the closure, you can enter them at that time.
To report a reopening some time after you've reported the closure, email the OCA Service Desk, or call (512) 463-1642.
Treat a delay as a short closure, and submit the online form, Report a Closure.
To amend a report:
Email the OCA Service Desk, or call (512) 463-1642.
Don't submit the online form
Only report closures due to:
Emergency
Special Circumstances
Emergencies include, but are not limited to:
Hurricane
Flooding
Fire
Ice or snow storm
Bombing
Special Circumstances include, but are not limited to:
Courthouse being under repair
Clerks and courts need not report:
Holiday closures
Other examples of what not to report include court closures due to:
Judge having a personal emergency
Judge being on sick leave
Judge being on vacation
Judge attending a conference or continuing education class, etc.
Your closure will be publicly visible on our Court & Clerk's Office Closures page.
Your closure will disappear from that page when the reopening time has passed. If no reopening time has been reported, it will stay there indefinitely.
If OCA determines that the closure doesn't qualify, it may be removed from the page prior to the reopening time.