Grimes County Justice of the Peace Courts Filing Timing and Cure Windows

Criminal cases

For registration-based dismissals, compliance must occur within 20 working days after the later of the offense date or the first court appearance.

The date of compliance may not be more than 20 working days after the date of offense or after the first court appearance, whichever is later.

Criminal cases

Before the first appearance, a clerk may accept qualifying proof of financial responsibility for dismissal.

IT IS ORDERED that any time prior to the date of the first appearance for a citation of "Fail to Provide Proof of Financial Responsibility" a Clerk may accept proof of financial responsibility for dismissal if it complies with the following requirements for acceptable proof.

Criminal cases

Issues known from the prosecutor's open-file policy must be raised before trial or they will be considered untimely if first raised during trial.

Issues known from the Prosecutor's open file policy not raised prior to trial shall be considered untimely if raised for the first time during trial.

Criminal cases

The date of compliance may not be more than 20 working days after the date of offense or not after the first court appearance, whichever is later.

The date of compliance may not be more than 20 working days after the date of offense or not after the first court appearance, whichever is later.

Criminal cases

The address or name correction must be made within 20 working days after the offense date.

The correction must be made not more than 20 working days after the date of offense.

Criminal cases

The restriction or endorsement must be removed before the first court appearance for dismissal processing.

The restriction or endorsement was removed before the first court appearance.