Galveston County District Courts Document Format Requirements

The appendix and transcript form must comply with the specified appellate-record formatting authorities and manuals.

The form of the appendix and transcrip tion shall conform to any specifications of the Supreme Court and/ or the Court of Criminal Appeals and comply with the Order Directing the Form of the Appellate Record and the Uniform Format Manual for Texas Reporters' Records.

The appendix and transcription must comply with the specified appellate-record formatting authorities and manuals.

The form of the appendix and transcription shall conform to any specifications of the Supreme Court and/or the Court of Criminal Appeals and comply with the Order Directing the Form of the Appellate Record and the Uniform Format Manual for Texas Reporters' Records.

Any requested restraining-order language that departs from the standard form must be printed in bold at least 12-point type and brought to the court's attention.

A. In any application for a temporary restraining order, any portion of the requested restraining order that deviates from the verbatim language of a standard temporary restraining order shall be printed in bold typeface of at least 12 point size and shall be brought to the court's attention.

An agreement may be filed electronically only as a scanned image.

agreement) may be electronically filed only as a scanned image.

Documents filed or served electronically must use a format designated as permissible by Texas.gov under JCIT standards.

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

Texas.gov must transmit the document to the clerk and warn the EFSP if the document is improperly formatted.

Upon receiving a document from a filer's EFSP, Texas.gov shall electronically transmit the document to the Clerk. If the document was not properly formatted, Texas.gov will transmit a warning to the filer's EFSP.

Electronically filed documents must be computer-formatted under Texas.gov specifications and printable on 8.5-by-11-inch paper.

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

Format

PAPER

Electronically filed documents must be received as plain-paper facsimiles, laser-printed to archival quality, and may not be printed on thermal paper.

B. Documents electronically transmitted for filing will be received by the clerk on a plain paper facsimile and printed by a laser printer, thereby rendering the copy of archival quality. No document printed on thermal paper shall be filed.

Every electronically transmitted filing must use approximately 8½-by-11-inch paper, bear the filing signature and required individual contact information, and have a clear, dark, legible original hard copy.

F. Every document electronically transmitted for filing shall conform to the requirements for filing established by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, i.e., shall be on paper measuring approximately 8-1/2 x 11 inches, shall be signed individually by the party or the party's attorney of record, and shall contain that individual's State Bar of Texas identification number, if any, address, telephone number and telecopier number. The quality of the original hard copy shall be clear and dark enough to transmit legibly.

Any deviation from the standard temporary restraining order language must be printed in bold at least 12-point type and brought to the court's attention.

In any application for a temporary restraining order, any portion of the requested restraining order that deviates from the verbatim language of a standard temporary restraining order shall be printed in bold typeface of at least 12 point size and shall be brought to the court's attention.

A document requiring verification, notarization, acknowledgment, sworn status, or an oath may be filed electronically only as a scanned image.

(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.

A document requiring opposing-party signatures, such as a Rule 11 agreement, may be filed electronically only as a scanned image.

(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.

Each filer must use the confidential electronic identifier issued after registration, and such use constitutes a digital signature.

Upon completion of the initial registration procedures, each filer will be issued a confidential and unique electronic identifier. Each filer must use his or her identifier in order to electronically file documents. Use of the identifier to electronically file documents constitutes a "digital signature" on the particular document.

A digital signature satisfies legal signature requirements; the first-listed attorney in an initial pleading is the attorney in charge unless designated otherwise, and the first-listed attorney’s digital signature is attributed for specified purposes.

The attachment of a digital signature on an electronically-filed document is deemed to constitute a signature on the document for purposes of signature requirements imposed by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure or any other law. The person whose name appears first in the signature block of an initial pleading is deemed to be the attorney in charge for the purposes of Texas Rules of Civil Procedure 8, unless otherwise designated. The digital signature on any document filed is deemed to be the signature of the attorney whose name appears first in the signature block of the document for the purpose of Texas Rules of Civil Procedure 13 and 57.

The filer’s digital signature authorizes payment of document filing fees.

A digital signature on an electronically-filed document is deemed to constitute a signature by the filer for the purpose of authorizing the payment of document filing fees.

Electronically filed documents must be computer-formatted under Texas.gov specifications and formatted for printing on 8½-by-11-inch paper.

Electronically-filed documents must be computer-formatted as specified by Texas.gov. Electronically-filed documents must also be formatted for printing on 8 '72-inch by 11-inch paper.

Electronically transmitted documents must comply with Texas Rules of Civil Procedure filing requirements, including paper size, signature, and attorney or party contact information.

Every document electronically transmitted for filing shall conform to the requirements for filing established by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, i.e., shall be on paper measuring approximately 8-1/2x11 inches, shall be signed individually by the party or the party's attorney of record, and shall contain that individual's State Bar of Texas identification number, if any, address, telephone number and telecopier number.

Exhibits included in the reporter's record must be numerically ordered, firmly bound where practicable, and accompanied by an index briefly identifying each exhibit.

Any exhibits designated by the parties for inclusion in the reporter's record shall be arranged in numerical order and firmly bound together so far as practicable together with an index consisting of a brief description identifying each exhibit.

Exhibits included in the reporter's record must be numerically arranged, firmly bound together so far as practicable, and accompanied by an index briefly identifying each exhibit.

Any exhibits designated by the parties for inclusion in the reporter's record shall be arranged in numerical order and firmly bound together so far as practicable together with an index consisting of a brief description identifying each exhibit.

Format

PAPER

Electronically transmitted documents must be received as plain-paper facsimiles, and documents printed on thermal paper may not be filed.

Documents electronically transmitted for filing will be received by the clerk on a plain paper facsimile and printed by a laser printer, thereby rendering the copy of archival quality. No document printed on thermal paper shall be filed.

An electronically filed pleading is deemed compliant with Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 45.

An electronically-filed pleading is deemed to comply with TEX. R. CIV. P. 45.