Chambers County Court at Law Service and Proof of Service Rules

CRITICAL

The defendant and sureties must be served with citation in the Judgment NISI proceeding.

The Judgment NISI proceeding will be docketed as a civil matter in the court that ordered the forfeiture and the defendant and their sureties shall be served with citation.

CRITICAL

Sureties must receive 60 days’ advance notice of any trial setting.

The sureties shal l be given sixty days' advance notice of any trial setting.

CRITICAL

For each probate or guardianship hearing setting, the requesting attorney must give the opposing attorneys and any applicable ad litem notice as required by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

The requesting attorney shall give proper notice as required by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure to all opposing attorneys and ad litem, if applicable, of each setting.

CRITICAL

The Judgment NISI proceeding is docketed as a civil matter in the court that ordered forfeiture, and the defendant and sureties must be served with citation.

The Judgment NISI proceeding will be docketed as a civil matter in the court that ordered the forfeiture and the defendant and their sureties shall be served with citation.

CRITICAL

The District Clerk must promptly send notice of the court's intention to dismiss to each attorney of record and pro se litigant with an address in the clerk's file.

When a case has been placed on the dismissal docket, the District Clerk shall promptly send notice of the court's intention to dismiss for want of prosecution: to each attorney of record and pro se litigant whose address is shown in the clerk's file.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Hearing notice

Attorneys requesting a hearing must serve notice of the hearing on all counsel and parties appearing pro se.

the attorneys making such request shall serve all counsel and parties appearing pro se with notice of the hearing.

CRITICAL

Notice of the signing of an order of dismissal must be given as required by Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 165a.

Notice of the signing of the order of dismissal shall be given as required by Rule 165a of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Hearing notice

and the attorneys making such request shall serve all counsel and parties appearing pro se with notice of the hearing.

and the attorneys making such request shall serve all counsel and parties appearing pro se with notice of the hearing.

CRITICAL

Notice of the signed dismissal order must be given according to Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 165a.

Notice of the signing of the order of dismissal shall be given as required by Rule 165a of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

CRITICAL

The District Clerk must promptly send dismissal-intention notice to attorneys of record and pro se litigants whose addresses appear in the clerk’s file.

When a case has been placed on the dismissal docket, the District Clerk shall promptly send notice of the court' s intention to dismiss for want of prosecution: to each attorney of record and prose litigant whose address is shown in the clerk' s file .

CRITICAL

Sureties must receive 60 days' advance notice of any trial setting.

The sureties shall be given sixty days advance notice of any trial setting.

WARNING

Notice provisions for other civil proceedings do not necessarily apply to juvenile matters, which are handled under the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure and the Texas Family Code.

Notice provisions applicable to other civil proceedings are not necessarily applicable to these proceedings which shall be handled in accordance with the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure and the Texas Family Code.