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Velva L. Price

Velva is the Travis County District Clerk. She works at the Travis County District Clerk’s office. She previously worked in private law practice, representing individuals, governmental entities and corporations throughout Texas.

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Collaborates with local officials to organize community events like the Travis County Expunction Expo.

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Velva is the Travis County District Clerk. She works at the Travis County District Clerk’s office. She previously worked as a lawyer in private practice representing individuals, governmental entities and corporations throughout Texas.

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Velva L. Price is currently the Travis County District Clerk.

Collaborates with local officials to support community events like the Expunction Expo, aimed at providing legal services to the public.

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Velva Price is from a military family and has lived in various places in the United States and Europe. She has a law degree from the University of Texas School of Law. She attends David Chapel Missionary Baptist Church.

Velva is an attorney. She previously worked as a lawyer, representing individuals, governmental entities, and corporations throughout Texas. She also worked at Austin Community Radio, Inc. a/k/a KAZI FM while attending law school. 

Velva is currently the Travis County District Clerk.

As a district clerk, collaborated with the county attorney and district attorney to host the 8th Annual Travis County Expunction Expo, which helps eligible individuals remove certain criminal records from the public database.

Administration

- Serves as clerk and custodian of all records for district courts. Supports attorney general and child protective services courts.
- Indexes and secures all court records and verdicts, collects filing fees, and handles funds held in litigation and money awarded to minors. Also manages court registry funds and may process passport applications.
- Fulfills requests from attorneys or via court order to issue documents, collecting fees and distributing them to state and local agencies monthly.
- Gathers data and reports to various agencies to assist county, state, and Texas Legislature in proper operation of courts, effectiveness of statues, and any need for changes.
- Often in courtroom, filing documents, administrating oaths to defendants, witnesses, and jurors, and assists judge in docket management. Coordinates jury panel selection process and acts as liaison between jurors, courts, and employers.
- District clerks are elected through partisan, county-wide elections to four-year terms. Candidates must be a U.S. citizen, at least 18 years old, have been a Texas resident for at least 12 consecutive months, a county resident for at least six consecutive months, and registered to vote in that county.
- The annual salary for district clerks range from $35,236 to $207,952, set by the county’s Commissioners Court.

Preserves records for and serves as clerk in district courts.