HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – A recent jury duty phone scam is effective because it’s believable. The FBI’s Houston office is now taking a closer look and Harris County’s District Clerk Chris Daniel has his own warning. “It’s threatening they have your personal information they’ve either bought from some list or they’ve stolen from stealing your identity,” Daniel said. With that …
Continue readingThe Harris County District Clerk’s passport operation recently marked its first year of service, and during that time, its applications and revenue have increased seven-fold. Business has increased so steadily at the passport service that the service is projected to add $300,000 to the county coffers during the next 12 months. District Clerk Chris Daniel said, “I worked to create …
Continue readingThe Boy Scouts occasionally draft me to speak at one of their events. I was an Eagle Scout, so I do so gladly. At one such recent event, a Scout asked: “Mr. Daniel, can you tell me what the difference is between a justice of a peace court, a county court and a state district court?” I answered him, but …
Continue readingCongratulations to Harris County District Clerk Chris Daniel for his sustained focus on the importance of jury service – or, as it’s usually known, jury duty. Duty it is, but however inconvenient it might be to take off work, sit around downtown for a few hours and maybe or maybe not get picked for a jury, it’s one of the …
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