El Paso County District Courts Document Format Requirements

Documents requiring verification, notarization, acknowledgment, oath, or sworn status may be filed electronically only as scanned images.

(a) A document that is required to be verified, notarized, acknowledged, sworn to, or made under oath may be electronically filed only as a scanned image.

Documents requiring opposing-party signatures, such as a Rule 11 agreement, may be filed electronically only as scanned images.

(b) A document that requires the signatures of opposing parties (such as a Rule 11 agreement) may be electronically filed only as a scanned image.

Format

PAPER

A party requesting a written order must directly provide the court with a hard copy of the supporting pleading and a proposed order complying with Local Rule 3.04.

A parfy requesting a wrinen order on any matter shall provide directly to the Court a hard copy of the pleading supporting that request and a proposed order in compliance with Local Rule 3.04.

Parties must prepare electronic copies of admitted trial exhibits for the court reporter's preparation of the trial record.

Parties shall prepare an electronic copy of admitted trial exhibits which are to be provided to the court reporter for preparation ofthe reporter's record.

Format

PAPER

Parties must provide a hard copy of the proposed jury charge that includes reasonably anticipated special issues and requested special instructions.

Parties shall provide a hard copy of the proposed jury charge including any special issues or requested special instructions that are reasonably anticipated.

eFileTexas will specify the permissible electronic filing and service formats under JCIT standards.

(c) Consistent with standards promulgated by the Judicial Committee on Information Technology (JCIT), eFileTexas will specify the permissible formats for documents that will be electronically filed and electronically served.

Electronically filed documents must follow eFileTexas computer-format specifications and be formatted for 8½-by-11-inch paper.

Electronically-filed documents must be computer-formatted as specified by eFileTexas. Electronically-filed documents must also be formatted for printing on 8 ½-inch by 11-inch paper.

Applies to

Attachment

An affidavit or other paper described by Rule 3.4(a) or (b) may be scanned and filed electronically with the underlying document when it is an attachment.

(c) Any affidavit or other paper described in Rule 3.4(a) or (b) that is to be attached to an electronically–filed document may be scanned and electronically filed along with the underlying document.