2022 Edition

Part ONE. General Rules

• Rule 1.01. Title, Scope, Authority and Application of Local Rules
• Rule 1.02. Parties Proceeding Pro Se
• Rule *1.03. Private Service of Process
• Rule 1.04. Court Security
• Rule 1.05. Emergency and Special Sessions; Temporary Orders

Part TWO. Local Administration and Local Administrative Judge

• Rule 2.01. Local Courts Administration
• Rule 2.02. Election of the Local Administrative Judge
• Rule *2.03. Powers and Duties of Local Administrative Judge
• Rule 2.04. Information to Local Administrative Judge

Part THREE. Civil Cases

• Rule 3.01. Filing and Assignment of Cases
• Rule 3.02. Transfer of Cases; Docket Exchange; Bench Exchange
• Rule 3.03. Request For Hearings, Non-jury Trial Settings, and Other Non-jury Appearances
• Rule 3.04. Presentation of Orders
• Rule 3.05. Request For Setting-jury
• Rule 3.06. Assignment of Cases For Trial
• Rule *3.07. Conflicting Setting and Assignments of Counsel
• Rule 3.08. Resetting Cases
• Rule 3.09. Dismissal Docket; Involuntary Dismissal
• Rule 3.10. Suspense Docket-dismissals, Bankruptcy Suggestion of Death, Abatement
• Rule 3.11. Hearings On Pre-trial Motions, Exceptions, and Pleas- Pretrial Procedures (civil Cases)
• Rule 3.12. Noncompliance With Conference Procedures
• Rule 3.13. Severance and Consolidation
• Rule *3.13a. Relating to Tex.r.civ.p. 166a Summary Judgment Motion and Proceedings
• Rule 3.14. Continuances
• Rule 3.15. Complex Case Designation
• Rule *3.16. Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Rule 3.17. Trial Witnesses and Exhibits
• Rule 3.18. Settlements
• Rule 3.19. Withdrawal and Copying of Documents
• Rule 3.20. Other Local Rules

Part FOUR. Family Law Cases

• Rule 4.01. Filing of Family Law Cases
• Rule 4.02. Ancillary Proceedings, Temporary Orders, and Emergency Matters
• Rule 4.03. Uncontested Matters
• Rule 4.04. Financial Information Statements; Inventory and Appraisement; and Pretrial Procedure
• Rule 4.05. Jury Demand and Withdrawal of Jury Demand
• Rule 4.06. Objection to Referral
• Rule 4.07. Withdrawal of Objection
• Rule 4.08. Cancellation of Court Setting
• Rule 4.09. Request For Setting
• Rule 4.10. Confirmation of Lengthy Hearings
• Rule 4.11. Proposed Orders Or Decrees
• Rule *4.12. Jane Doe
• Rule *4.13. 65th District Court Rules For Child Protection Cases

Part FIVE. Criminal Cases Rule

• Rule 5.01. Filings; Return Or Indictments; Assignment of Cases After Indictment
• Rule 5.02. Appointment of Counsel
• Rule 5.03. Withdrawal Or Substitution of Counsel
• Rule 5.04. Continuance, Resetting, Postponements
• Rule 5.05. Pretrial Hearings-criminal Cases
• Rule 5.06. Interpreters-criminal Cases

Part SIX. Jury Management

• Rule 6.01. Empaneling Juries

Part SEVEN. Judicial Vacation; Judicial Education

• Rule 7.01. Judicial Vacation
• Rule 7.02. Masters, Associate Judges, Jail Magistrates, and Referees

Part EIGHT. Non - Judicial Personnel

• Rule *8.01. Non-judicial Personnel
• Rule 8.02. Conduct of Non-judicial Personnel

Part NINE. Attorneys

• Rule 9.01. Conduct and Decorum In the Courtroom
• Rule 9.02. Attorney Vacations
• Rule 9.03. Cjis Database, Clerks, Attorneys Responsibility

Part TEN. Miscellaneous Local Rules

• Rule 10.01. Local Practices Not Published In These Rules

Part ELEVEN. Electronic Age

• Rule *11.01. Designation of Cases to Be Electronically Filed
• Rule 11.02. Assignment By the Vendor of Personal Identification Numbers
• Rule 11.03. Electronic Filing of Pleadings and Other Documents
• Rule 11.04. Conventional Filing of Documents
• Rule 11.05. Service of Conventional Filing
• Rule 11.06. Utilization of Pin
• Rule 11.07. Representations By Using a Typographical Signature
• Rule *11.08. Effect of Electronic Service
• Rule 11.09. Electronic Filing of Affidavits and Other Sworn Documents
• Rule 11.10. Format of Electronically Filed Documents
• Rule 11.11. Time For Filing and Effect of Use of E-file
• Rule 11.12. Electronic Filing and Service of Court Orders and Other Papers
• Rule 11.13. Title of Pleadings and Other Documents
• Rule 11.14. Public Access to Electronically Filed Documents
• Rule *11.15. Waiver of Rule
• Rule *11.16. Voluntary Electronic Filing