Comal County Courts at Law Filing Rules

Each party must furnish its proposed Charge of the Court to the Court and all other parties’ counsel two business days before jury selection, unless a court order or written party agreement provides otherwise.

A TRCP 11-compliant agreement may shorten a required time period notwithstanding TRCP 245 or Rule 1(d).

Anyone expecting to be late or absent from docket call must promptly notify the Court and all parties, giving the reason and estimated arrival time.

A written objection to a setting must be served as well as filed by the applicable deadline.

A proposed docket control order must substantially comply with the Court-provided form docket control orders.

A party unable to proceed for good cause must file and serve a written objection within five days after notice, or at least one day before a hearing requested less than five days out; the objection must state specific conflict reasons and provide two alternate available dates, and the objecting party must set it for hearing or move for a continuance.

To formally set a proposed District Court hearing date within the 48-hour period, the party must provide the compliant written Motion to Set or Notice of Setting through the e-file system.

Parties must confer about discovery disputes before setting a motion for hearing, and failure to confer may be a basis for sanctions.