Brazoria County Justice of the Peace Courts Adjournment & Extension Requirements

CRITICAL

If a defendant cannot pay costs or a fee assessed at a Pre-Trial Conference, an extension must be allowed for the minimum time the defendant indicates is needed, up to two weeks from the conference date.

If costs and/or a fee are assessed at a Pre Trial Conference and the defendant cannot remit the required payment, an extension for the minimum amount of time needed as indicated by the defendant, not to exceed two weeks from the Pre Trial Conference date, shall be allowed for the defendant to remit the required payment.

CRITICAL

A written continuance request is due at least three business days before trial or hearing unless its grounds arose later; the court may grant or deny it with or without a hearing.

Requests for postponements (continuances) must be submitted in writing to the court at least three (3) business days preceding the date of the trial or hearing, unless it may be shown that the grounds for the request arose thereafter. Motions for postponement (continuance) may be granted or denied with or without a hearing by the court.

CRITICAL

Reset requests must be submitted within 24 hours of the scheduled hearing, except when a situation prevents timely submission.

Requests for a reset of your hearing must be made in writing and submitted to the court within 24 hours of the scheduled hearing, unless a given situation arises that prevents the timeliness of the requests.

CRITICAL

Attorneys or defendants may request a case reset no later than 24 hours before the current setting, unless the justifying circumstances arise later.

Attorneys or defendants may request reset of cases no later than 24 hours before the current setting, unless the circumstances justifying the request for reset occur thereafter.

WARNING

A defendant may request one reset of the Pre-Trial setting.

Defendants may request one reset of their Pre Trial setting.