Before JOHNSON, C.J., and QUINN and CAMPBELL, JJ.

On January 14, 2005, the clerk of this court received a copy of a Notice of Appeal filed on behalf of appellants Joseph Roberts and J & L Bail Bonds. By letter dated January 14, 2005, the clerk advised counsel for appellants that a filing fee had not been received, see Tex. R. App. P. 5. The clerk's letter likewise advised that failure to pay the filing fee may result in dismissal of the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(c).

The filing fee has not been paid. Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed. Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(c).

James T. Campbell

Justice

ffective to invoke the jurisdiction of this Court.

Accordingly, the purported appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

Don H. Reavis

Justice

1. Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(a).