How to Fill Out the Texas Notice of Current Address Form

The Texas Notice of Current Address form is a one-page filing you use to update the court, the other party, and the state case registry whenever your contact information changes during or after a family law case involving children. You can download it free from TexasLawHelp (form PR-AC-404), and most courts charge no fee to file it. Section 105.006 of the Texas Family Code requires the update, and the timing is strict: at least 60 days before a planned change, or within 5 days of learning about a change you couldn’t foresee.¹

When You Have to File

If your family court order involves child support or possession of or access to a child, you must report any change to your residence address, mailing address, email address, home phone, employer name, work address, or work phone number. The report goes to three places: the other party, the court that issued the order, and the state case registry maintained by the Office of the Attorney General. The duty continues as long as anyone under the order owes child support or has possession or access rights, which for most parents runs until the youngest child turns eighteen or graduates high school.¹

Section 105.007 reinforces the deadline and adds that written notice to the other party must be sent by registered or certified mail, following the same 60-day or 5-day window.² Most people learn they’re moving less than two months out, so the 5-day fallback is the one that usually applies. Five calendar days goes fast once you factor in serving the other party and getting the form to the clerk.

Filling Out the Form

Use blue or black ink if you’re filling out a paper copy. You do not need a notary; your signature and the date are enough.³

Start at the top with the court information. Copy the cause number, court number, and court type exactly as they appear on the petition or final order. The form gives you checkboxes for Justice of the Peace Court, County Court, and District Court, plus a blank for the county.⁴ If any of these don’t match your existing order, the clerk may not be able to connect the form to your case file.

Below the court block, fill in your full legal name and your new residence address. Add a separate mailing address if it differs from where you live. Then update your phone number, email address, driver’s license number (or Texas ID number if you don’t hold a Texas license), employer name, work address, and work phone. Every field that has changed since your last order or filing needs to be updated, not just the street address.¹

Certificate of Service

The bottom of the form contains a Certificate of Service. You list the other party’s name and address (or their attorney’s, if they have one), check the delivery method you plan to use, then sign and date the section before filing.

Section 105.007 requires that notice to the other party go by registered or certified mail.² TexasLawHelp’s instructions also list fax, email, commercial delivery service, and personal delivery as acceptable methods for delivering the filed form to the other side.³ Certified mail with return receipt requested gives you proof the other party received it.

Filing With the Clerk

Take the completed form to the District Clerk’s office in the county where your case was heard and ask for a file-stamped copy. Bring at least two copies with you: one for your records, one to serve on the other party. Filing this notice does not typically carry a court fee.

You can also file electronically through the statewide platform at eFileTexas.gov. E-filing is mandatory for attorneys in civil and family cases but optional for self-represented filers.⁵ The system generates a timestamped confirmation when you submit; print or save it as proof of the filing date.

Serving the Other Party and the State Case Registry

On the same day you file, send a file-stamped copy of the notice to the other party using the method you indicated on the Certificate of Service. If the other side has an attorney of record, send it to the attorney rather than directly to the party.³

If your case involves child support, whether you pay it or receive it, you also need to notify the Office of the Attorney General’s Child Support Division and the State Case Registry. Send a file-stamped copy to the State Case Registry, and send one to the AG’s office if it is involved in your case. You can update your address through the Texas Child Support online portal or by contacting the AG’s office directly.¹ The statute names the state case registry as one of the three required recipients, so skipping this step means you haven’t fully complied.³

Penalties for Not Filing

The penalty language appears in the final order itself, in bold or capital letters. Failing to provide the required notice can lead to enforcement litigation and a finding of contempt of court. Contempt for violating the order is punishable by confinement in jail for up to six months, a fine of up to $500 for each violation, and a money judgment for the other party’s attorney’s fees and court costs.⁶

There’s a practical cost too. If a motion to modify custody or child support is mailed to your old address and you never see it, a hearing can go forward without you and a default judgment can follow.

If Disclosing Your Address Would Put You at Risk

Texas law provides two protections if updating your address on the public record would endanger you or your child.

Under Section 105.006(c), the court can order that your contact information not be disclosed to the other party if it finds that disclosure is likely to cause harassment, abuse, serious harm, or family violence. You or your attorney file a motion, and the court holds a hearing before granting the protection. Even with a nondisclosure order, the court may still require you to provide an email address for service of process, unless the court finds that even that would endanger your safety.¹

Separately, the Office of the Attorney General runs the Texas Address Confidentiality Program. Victims of family violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, stalking, or child abduction can apply for a substitute mailing address maintained by the AG’s office. Enrollment lasts three years and is renewable, and you must notify the program at least 10 days before any move or name change to keep your participation active.⁷ If you’re enrolled, mention it when filing the Notice of Current Address so the clerk and judge know to keep your physical address out of the public record.⁸

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State of Texas. Texas Family Code Section 105-006
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State of Texas. Texas Family Code FAM Section 105.007
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Texas Law Help. I Need to Update My Address and Other Information With the Court
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TexasLawHelp.org. Texas Notice of Current Address Form
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eFileTexas.Gov. Official E-Filing System for Texas
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State of Texas. Texas Family Code FAM Section 105.006
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Office of the Attorney General of Texas. Address Confidentiality Program
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Office of the Attorney General of Texas. Texas Address Confidentiality Program Application