Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 35.28
Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
In each instance in Article 35.27 in which the clerk of the court is authorized or directed to perform any act, the judge of such court shall perform the same if there is no clerk of the court.
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 35.28