El Paso County Courts at Law Sealing & Redaction Procedures

A person with access to non-public judicial work product must not knowingly disclose it to anyone outside the listed court-related recipients.

A person, other than a justice or judge, with access to non-public judicial work product commits an offense if the person knowingly discloses, wholly or partly, the contents of any non-public judicial work product to a person who is not a justice, judge, court staff attorney, court clerk, law clerk, employee of an agency established under Chapter 71 or 72, or other court staff routinely involved in crafting an opinion or decision for an adjudicatory proceeding.

People involved in crafting an adjudicatory opinion or decision must keep non-public judicial work product confidential under supreme court rules.

A person, other than a justice or judge, who is involved in crafting an opinion or decision for an adjudicatory proceeding, including a court staff attorney, court clerk, or law clerk, shall maintain the confidentiality of all non-public judicial work product in accordance with supreme court rules.