Constables will charge $100 to serve a subpoena or eviction citation in Collin County starting Jan. 1

Anyone in Collin County who pays a constable to hand-deliver court papers will pay more starting Jan. 1, 2027, according to the county's fee schedule for the new budget year.

A 170-page list of fee changes by department, posted with the Commissioners Court's Nov. 2 agenda, shows a long run of constable fees marked "increase fee... effective date 01/01/2027." Most fall into two tiers:

• $75 to $100: serving a citation, including citations in eviction (forcible detainer) cases and citations served by posting or publication, along with subpoenas, notices, precepts, tax citations and service of writs.
• $175 to $250: serving writs of possession, garnishment, attachment, execution, sequestration, injunction or temporary restraining order, habeas corpus and others, plus orders of sale, turnover orders, commitment orders and writs of re-entry and retrieval.

The fee for serving a writ of restoration in an unlawful utility disconnection case also rises from $175 to $250, the schedule shows. A separate execution and enforcement charge, billed per officer for each hour beyond two, goes from $50 to $75.

Why it is back on the agenda

The Nov. 2 item does not change the amounts. In a Sept. 25 memo, Budget and Finance Director Mónika Arris wrote that it had been brought to her attention that some sheriff's office and constable fees do not take effect until Jan. 1.

The amendment would add a note to those fees "to make the fee schedule clearer to the public," she wrote, and remove the same fees where they were duplicated in the County Clerk's section.

The Commissioners Court meets at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 2 at the Jack Hatchell Administration Building, 2300 Bloomdale Road in McKinney. Agendas that far out can still change before the meeting.

Sources

eagenda.collincountytx.gov

eagenda.collincountytx.gov

eagenda.collincountytx.gov