Bexar County Justice of the Peace Court Document Format Requirements

Orders should be filed as attachments or placed behind pleadings or motions.

Orders should be filed as attachments or behind pleadings/motions.

All filing pages should be portrait letter-size; landscape or legal-size pages may be illegible or cut off and will result in rejection of the envelope for correction.

ALL pages in the filing should be in portrait format (8.5x11). Any pages in the filing that are in landscape format or on legal paper layout will result in the pages being linked over as illegible and/or cut off. The whole envelope will be rejected for correction.

The affidavit of service should be filed as the first page when being submitted, as to get the file stamp. The citation and officer’s return should be filed behind the affidavit.

The affidavit of service should be filed as the first page when being submitted, as to get the file stamp. The citation and officer’s return should be filed behind the affidavit.

Orders should not receive a file stamp or be filed as lead documents.

Orders should not get a file stamp, so should not be filed as lead documents.

Separate Lead Documents- Motions, pleadings, notices, certificates, affidavits, declarations, discoveries, etc. should all receive their own file stamp and be filed as separate lead documents. This will be an exception if documents are filed as exhibits.

Separate Lead Documents- Motions, pleadings, notices, certificates, affidavits, declarations, discoveries, etc. should all receive their own file stamp and be filed as separate lead documents. This will be an exception if documents are filed as exhibits.

The filer should select the correct case type and/or category; clerks cannot edit it, and an incorrect selection will result in rejection.

The correct case type and/or category should be selected by the filer. Clerks cannot edit this option. If the incorrect case type or category is selected, the envelope will be rejected.