According to an article,
Dallas County courts moving to all-electronic filing published on October 11, 2009 on DallasNews.com, that the Dallas County, Texas District Clerks Office is:
"Converting files for the county criminal, family and civil cases to electronic form and destroying the old-fashioned versions."
The article further notes that:
"Seventeen district clerk employees spent a combined 250 hours scanning thousands of documents in Magnis court over an August weekend."
And in the sidebar - Going Paperless: By the Numbers the article states two significant facts:
- 75 percent: Amount of requested files from the clerks office that are from the last two years
- Jan. 1, 2010: The date Dallas County new criminal cases will no longer generate paper files
