Goliad County District Court, Texas Document Filing Requirements

Applies to

Certification

Must include

ai disclosure

Attorneys and self-represented litigants who use AI for legal research, drafting, or analysis must sign and submit the attached certification before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding.

All self-represented litigants and attorneys who utilize any form of artificial intelligence for legal research, drafting, or analysis in connection with a case before this Court shall, before using any AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the attached certification form, stating that:

Applies to

Certification

The certification must state that a human verified AI-created or AI-contributed language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments, and legal analysis against traditional non-AI legal sources before submission.

1. All language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments, and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative artificial intelligence were, before submission, verified as accurate through traditional (non-AI) legal sources by a human being; and

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Certification

The certification must state that the submitting litigant or attorney understands they are responsible and may be sanctioned for their own, their staff's, or their co-counsel's noncompliance with the Order.

2. The self-represented litigant or attorney submitting such information understands and acknowledges that they are and will be held responsible and potentially sanctioned for their own, their staff's, or their co-counsel's failure to comply with this Order.

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Ai use certification

Must include

ai disclosure

The AI-use certification states that the signer has reviewed and understands the Standing Order and will comply with it throughout the case.

1. I have reviewed and understand the Standing Order Regarding use of Artificial Intelligence issued by the District Courts of Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Refugio and Victoria Counties and I will comply with that Order throughout this case.

Applies to

Ai use certification

Must include

ai disclosure

The AI-use certification states that a human independently verified all AI-created or AI-contributed information against traditional legal sources before submission.

2. Any information created or contributed to by generative artificial intelligence - including, but not limited to, language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments, and legal analysis - was, before submission to this court, independently verified as accurate using traditional (non-AI) legal sources by a human being.

Applies to

Ai use certification

Must include

ai disclosure

The AI-use certification states that the signer remains personally responsible for all filings and submissions and may face sanctions for noncompliance with the Standing Order.

3. I understand that I remain personally responsible for all filings and submissions to this Court, and that I may be subject to sanctions under the Texas Disciplinary rules of Professional Conduct, the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code Chapter 10, the Inherent power of the Court, or for contempt of court, for failing to comply with the Court's Standing Order on this certification.