The Indigent Defense Expense Reports have been entered by each county. The presence of these reports and the data on this site does not indicate final submission by the county or approval by the Texas Indigent Defense Commission. To view the status of a county’s Indigent Defense Expense Report, please visit: Indigent Defense Expense Report Submission Status .

Data for Fiscal Year 2023 and prior years are available at https://tidc.tamu.edu/public.net/Reports/StateFinancialReport.aspx?fy=2023

Select Year: 2026 2025 2024

Number of Courts: 948

Category of Services	Attorney Fees	Investigation Expenditures	Expert Witness Expenditures	Other Litigation Expenditures
Juvenile
Assigned Counsel	$12,074,464.53	$75,050.31	$182,390.95	$22,214.75
Contract Counsel	$675,781.68	$1,900.00	$0.00	$0.00
Managed Assigned Counsel	$85,633.20	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Capital Murder
Assigned Counsel	$20,245,025.13	$1,648,710.48	$2,814,789.04	$504,903.57
Contract Counsel	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Managed Assigned Counsel	$136,802.42	$42,970.36	$45,183.44	$6,105.00
Adult Non-Capital Felony
Assigned Counsel	$176,579,216.23	$8,949,559.50	$5,980,908.37	$1,011,916.19
Contract Counsel	$9,036,956.42	$259,298.54	$71,971.45	$11,292.48
Managed Assigned Counsel	$17,190,407.10	$532,964.54	$495,461.30	$122,617.20
Adult Misdemeanor
Assigned Counsel	$60,952,617.69	$575,073.65	$556,568.83	$71,993.76
Contract Counsel	$1,086,606.47	$0.00	$0.00	$107.03
Managed Assigned Counsel	$4,053,061.21	$55,167.57	$18,116.50	$6,594.62
Total Trial	$302,116,572.08	$12,140,694.95	$10,165,389.88	$1,757,744.60
Juvenile Appeals
Assigned Counsel	$74,957.21	$0.00	$0.00	$8,287.50
Contract Counsel	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Managed Assigned Counsel	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$1,648.00
Adult Felony Appeals
Assigned Counsel	$5,625,856.55	$44,096.54	$465,660.86	$1,695,217.77
Contract Counsel	$245,254.72	$548.76	$1,115.00	$106,145.97
Managed Assigned Counsel	$403,537.00	$0.00	$0.00	$34,844.41
Adult Misdemeanor Appeals
Assigned Counsel	$129,947.49	$0.00	$0.00	$52,864.76
Contract Counsel	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Managed Assigned Counsel	$12,922.50	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Total Appeals	$6,492,475.47	$44,645.30	$466,775.86	$1,899,008.41
Overall Total	$308,609,047.55	$12,185,340.25	$10,632,165.74	$3,656,753.01

Category	Assigned Counsel Cases	Contract Counsel Cases	Managed Assigned Counsel Cases	Public Defender Cases
Juvenile Cases	16,791	706	81	6,425
Capital Murder Cases	407	0	20	15
Adult Non-Capital Felony Cases	165,233	11,411	16,412	36,403
Adult Misdemeanor Cases	110,443	2,867	13,303	44,485
Juvenile Appeals	24	0	0	14
Adult Felony Appeal Cases	3,351	68	105	383
Adult Misdemeanor Appeal Cases	88	0	1	80
Total Cases	296,337	15,052	29,922	87,805

Managed Assigned Counsel Office Expenditures

Managed Assigned Counsel Personnel Cost and Fringe Benefits	$8,537,101.82
Managed Assigned Counsel Travel and Training Expenditures	$59,156.01
Managed Assigned Counsel Equipment Expenditures	$14,352.14
Managed Assigned Counsel Other Direct Operating Expenditures	$224,830.04
Total Managed Assigned Counsel Administrative Expenditures	$8,835,440.01

Public Defender Office Expenditures

	Attorney Salary and Fringe Benefits	Investigator Salaries and Fringe Benefits	Mitigation Specialist Salaries and Fringe Benefits	Mental Health Professionals Salaries and Fringe Benefits	Administrative Support Salaries and Fringe Benefits
Juvenile	$7,633,575.30	$670,866.78	$0.00	$543,807.59	$2,030,081.37
Capital Murder	$680,702.53	$73,141.54	$0.00	$30,067.27	$45,662.42
Adult Non-Capital Felony	$46,417,976.68	$5,345,003.01	$564,172.73	$4,561,771.68	$10,893,528.85
Adult Misdemeanor	$31,147,188.91	$4,035,920.98	$189,865.73	$2,562,012.92	$7,317,872.02
Juvenile Appeals	$207,026.39	$3,523.96	$0.00	$0.00	$942.54
Adult Felony Appeals	$5,297,005.45	$367,082.45	$0.00	$70,455.76	$739,907.48
Adult Misdemeanor Appeals	$606,194.42	$29,779.00	$0.00	$35,803.70	$327,639.16
15.17 Magistration Representation	$10,466,033.07	$3,476.37	$0.00	$415,173.11	$800,666.27
Total	$102,455,702.75	$10,528,794.09	$754,038.46	$8,219,092.03	$22,156,300.11

Total Public Defender Personnel Cost and Fringe Benefits	$144,113,927.44
Public Defender Travel and Training Expenditures	$814,843.76
Public Defender Equipment Expenditures	$809,705.82
Public Defender Other Direct Operating Expenditures	$6,509,346.65
Other Public Defender Court Related Expenditures
Expert Witness Expenditures	$400,727.87
Contract Investigator Expenditures	$0.00
Other Direct Litigation Expenditures	$174,952.29
Total Court Related Expenditures	$144,689,607.60
Indirect Expenditures
Public Defender Indirect Costs	$8,655,047.41
Total Public Defender Expenditures	$161,478,551.24

Summary of Court and Administrative Expenditures

Total Court Expenditures	$335,083,306.55
Total Public Defender Expenditures	$161,478,551.24
Total Managed Assigned Counsel Office Expenditures	$8,835,440.01
Total of Limited Scope 15.17 / Automatic Bail Review Hearing(119511 cases)	$1,419,201.50
Total Funds Paid to Participating Counties	$3,077,980.48
Total Court and Administrative Expenditures	$509,894,479.78

Regional Indigent Defense Programs
Total Funds Received from Participating Counties	$3,227,680.98
Total Funds Paid to Participating Counties	$3,077,980.48

Reimbursements
NOTE: These figures are for information purposes only and are not included in financial data above.
Total Amount Collected From Defendants Pre or Post Disposition	$6,346,621.24
Total Amount Received From the State Comptroller for 11.071 Writs of Habeas Corpus Costs	$2,600.00
Total Amount Received For Indigent Defense Costs From Other Private or Government Grants	$707,801.85