Aransas County Justice of the Peace Courts Filing Timing and Cure Windows

CRITICAL

Financial-responsibility documents must be submitted for verification before dismissal unless the Court directs otherwise.

• All documents presented to the Court as Proof of Financial Responsibility shall be submitted for verification prior to dismissal , unless directed otherwise before the Court.

CRITICAL

A valid driver's license must be provided within 90 days for the specified deferred-disposition offenses.

Provide a valid Driver's License within 90 days, if the deferred disposition is for the offense of Driving While License is Suspended/Invalid or No Driver's License.

CRITICAL

Deadline

10 business days

A motion to retain must be filed at least 10 business days before the dismissal date stated in the notice.

Motions to retain shall be filed with the Court at least 10 business days prior to the date specified in the notice of dismissal for want of prosecution.

CRITICALCriminal cases

To qualify for clerk processing, the defendant must request the Driving Safety Course no later than the citation’s appearance date; mailed requests are subject to the Mail Box rule.

1. requests DSC no later than the “appearance date” stated on the citation. (If requested by mail, the “Mail Box” rule applies);

CRITICAL

Parties objecting to a motion to retain shall state in writing the basis for any objection to the motion to retain within 3 days of service of a motion to retain.

Parties objecting to a motion to retain shall state in writing the basis for any objection to the motion to retain within 3 days of service of a motion to retain.

CRITICAL

A child or parent must notify the court of the current address, in the manner directed by the court, on or before the seventh day after a residence change.

On or before the seventh day after the date the child or parent changes residence , the child or parent shall notify the court of the current address in the manner directed by the court.

CRITICAL

The driving-safety-program or deferred-disposition request must be in writing on or before the appearance date on the citation.

This request must be in writing on or before the appearance date on the citation.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Deadline

20 working days

The date of compliance may not be more than 20 working days after the date of offense or after the first court appearance, whichever is later.

The date of compliance may not be more than 20 working days after the date of offense or after the first court appearance, whichever is later.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Deadline

20 working days

The date of compliance may not be more than 20 working days after the date of offense or no after the first court appearance, whichever is later.

The date of compliance may not be more than 20 working days after the date of offense or no after the first court appearance, whichever is later.

CRITICAL

A defendant must request a Driving Safety Course no later than the Appearance Date on the citation.

Request DSC no later than the 'Appearance Date" on the citation.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Unless otherwise allowed, a motion to withdraw may not be presented within twenty days of trial or at a time that would delay trial.

Unless otherwise allowed, no motion to withdraw shall be presented within twenty (20) days of the trial date or at such time as to cause a delay of trial.

CRITICALCriminal cases

The restriction or endorsement must have been removed before the first court appearance.

The restriction or endorsement was removed before the first court appearance.

CRITICAL

The Clerk may process a request for DSC made online, email or by mail if the Defendant presents the items listed above no later than 90th day after the DSC request is made.

The Clerk may process a request for DSC made online, email or by mail if the Defendant presents the items listed above no later than 90th day after the DSC request is made.

CRITICAL

If a date in the rules falls on a court holiday or temporary closure, the applicable date is the first business date afterward.

When any date mentioned in these rules falls on a court holiday or a date when the court is temporarily closed, then the applicable date shall be the first business date following the holiday or temporary closure.

CRITICALCriminal cases

The defendant must provide evidence of successful course completion within the time allowed by law; failure to do so triggers a show-cause summons, and failure to appear leads to preparation of a final judgment.

If the defendant fails to provide evidence of successful completion of the DSC within the time period allowed by law, the Clerk shall summon the defendant to court to show cause why such evidence was not submitted timely. If the defendant fails to appear, a final judgment shall be prepared for the Court’s signature.

CRITICAL

An online or mailed request must be made or postmarked by the appearance date listed on the citation.

The online request or by mail post marked must be on or before appearance date on citation.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Issues known from the prosecutor’s open-file policy must be raised before trial or will be considered untimely if first raised during trial.

Issues known from the Prosecutor’s open file policy not raised prior to trial shall be considered untimely if raised for the first time during trial.

CRITICAL

A motion to withdraw must be filed at least 7 days before the next docket setting or it will be denied as untimely.

A motion to withdraw must be filed at least 7 days prior to the next docket setting , or it will be denied as untimely.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Deadline

20 working days

The address or name correction must be made within 20 working days after the offense date.

The correction must be made not more than 20 working days after the date of offense.

WARNING

Deadline

20 working days

The defendant must present a temporary or valid driver's license without the restriction or endorsement within 20 working days.

Must present temporary or valid driver's license w/out restriction or endorsement within 20 working days.