Denton County Courts at Law Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICAL

Applies to

Application

Every application for action or relief of any kind shall be filed electronically.

Every application for action or relief of any kind shall be filed electronically.

CRITICAL

A vexatious litigant who has not presented an order permitting the filing may have the filing refused.

Filer has been found to be a vexatious litigant and has not presented an order from the local administrative judge permitting the filing.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Filing into existing case

Denton County departments filing into an existing case must file electronically through the County Clerk's preferred method.

a. Denton County departments filing into an existing case, must file electronically through the preferred method of the County Clerk.

CRITICAL

Courts and clerks may not add filing configuration codes, but may eliminate codes that are not needed in their jurisdiction.

Courts and clerks may not add to this configuration but may eliminate codes if not needed in a particular jurisdiction.

CRITICAL

A clerk must accept documents tendered for e-filing unless the cited authorities authorize nonacceptance.

A clerk must accept a document tendered for e-filing unless specifically authorized not to accept the documents) by statute, Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, or by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure for the reasons listed below.

CRITICAL

Each court must accept the standard filing configurations for the eFiling system.

This list of filing configurations must be accepted in each court.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Audio or video media file

Audio and video media files may not be filed electronically and should instead be delivered to the applicable court as needed under its protocols.

No audio or video media files may be filed with the clerk using the electronic filing manager or eFiling system. All audio and video media should be delivered to the applicable Court ofrecord as needed per that Court's protocols.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Sealed or in camera documents

Documents filed under seal or presented to the court in camera cannot be e-filed.

Documents filed under seal or presented to court in camera cannot be e Filed.

CRITICAL

When a citation is needed, the filer must select “Issue Citation” as an additional service in the electronic filing system.

When citation is needed, the filer must select "Issue Citation" as an additional service.

WARNING

The clerk may accept documents through E-File Texas, except original signed orders or judgments.

The clerk of the District Courts is authorized to accept for filing any document submitted for filing via the electronic filing manager commonly known as "E-File Texas" or e- filing system (referred herein and throughout this section as 'electronic filing manager') and received which might be filed in a court action except: (a) original signed orders or judgments.

WARNING

Applies to

Electronically filed document

A party need not file a paper copy of an electronically filed document unless a local rule requires one.

Paper Copies - Per the TRCP, unless required by local rule, a party need not file a paper copy of an electronically filed document.