Bastrop County District Court, Texas Sealing & Redaction Procedures
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Procedures for filing sealed or redacted documents, including required motions and formats.
Medical and mental health records filed as pleadings or exhibits are sealed from the public, but parties and their attorneys in the specific case may access them.
All medical and/or mental health records filed as part of the pleadings and/or as exhibits in any cause, in either the Bastrop County Clerk's Office and/or the Bastrop County District Clerk's Office, are hereby SEALED from the public. This Order does not apply to the parties/litigants and/or their attorneys on a specific cause. The parties/litigants and their attorneys on a specific cause may have access to the medical and/or mental health records in that specific cause if they are the parties/litigants and/or attorneys to that specific cause.
How does Bastrop County District Court, Texas handle sealed or redacted filings?
Medical and mental health records filed as pleadings or exhibits are sealed from the public, but parties and their attorneys in the specific case may access them.
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