Harris County Courts at Law Adjournment & Extension Requirements

CRITICALCriminal cases

Off-docket resets must be handled in person by the attorney of record, and the attorneys must prepare a reset agreement for approval by the Court where the case is pending.

Off-docket resets must be handled in person by the attorney of record. A reset agreement must be prepared by the attorneys and approved by the Court where the case is pending.

CRITICALCivil cases

A trial setting may be continued only by written agreement of all parties or their lead counsel and with court approval.

Any trial setting may be continued by written agreement of all parties or their lead counsel, with the approval of the court.

CRITICALCriminal cases

For a case reset, the attorney seeking it must prepare a reset agreement and obtain opposing counsel’s concurrence.

When a case is to be rescheduled, a reset agreement must be prepared by the attorney seeking the reset and concurred in by opposing counsel.

WARNINGCriminal cases

When the emergency scheduling procedures are invoked, non-essential matters will be continued and rescheduled while essential matters proceed as scheduled.

If the District Courts invoke these Inclement Weather, Emergency, and Public Health Scheduling Procedures, then all non-essential court matters will be continued and rescheduled. Essential court matters will go forward as scheduled.