Harris County Courts at Law Document Format Requirements

CRITICALCivil cases

Responses must be in writing.

Responses shall be in writing

CRITICAL

Contractor applications must be submitted in writing.

All applications must be submitted in writing

CRITICALCivil cases

Motions must be in writing.

Motions shall be in writing

CRITICAL

An itemized fee voucher must use the electronic form promulgated by the courts and approved by the Harris County Auditor.

The itemized fee voucher shall be in electronic form promulgated by these courts and approved by the Harris County Auditor.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Itemized fee voucher

An itemized fee voucher must use an electronic form promulgated by the courts and approved by the Harris County Auditor.

23.1.20 Itemized Fee Voucher. The itemized fee voucher shall be in electronic form promulgated by these courts and approved by the Harris County Auditor.

CRITICALCivil cases

Responses must be in writing.

Responses shall be in writing

CRITICALCriminal cases

Appendices and transcriptions must conform to applicable Supreme Court or Court of Criminal Appeals specifications and the named appellate-record order and format manual.

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.

CRITICALCivil cases

Motions must be in writing.

Motions shall be in writing

CRITICAL

Contractor applications must be submitted in writing.

(c) Application. All applications must be submitted in writing and shall be maintained by the appointing authority or contracting authority in accordance with the Texas State Library and Archives Commission Retention Schedule for Local Records- Local Schedule GR.

CRITICAL

These matters must be raised by written pretrial motion filed with the clerk of the court not later than seven (7) days before the hearing date, unless you receive permission from the judge of the court to file them on another date.”

These matters must be raised by written pretrial motion filed with the clerk of the court not later than seven (7) days before the hearing date, unless you receive permission from the judge of the court to file them on another date.”

CRITICALCriminal cases

The reporter’s record must clearly identify its numbered contents as a certified accurate copy, and designated exhibits must be numerically ordered, bound together so far as practicable, and indexed with brief descriptions.

The reporter’s record on appeal from any proceeding of which an electronic recording has been made shall be labeled to reflect clearly the numbered contents certified by the court recorder to be a clear and accurate copy of the original recording of the entire proceedings. 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.

CRITICALCivil cases

A proposed order must be a separate instrument unless the entire motion, order, signature lines, and certificate of service fit on one page.

The proposed order shall be a separate instrument, unless the entire motion, order, signature lines, and certificate of service are all on one page.

CRITICAL

An itemized fee voucher must use an electronic form promulgated by a majority of judges and approved by the Harris County Auditor.

23.1.20 Itemized Fee Voucher. The itemized fee voucher shall be in electronic form promulgated by a majority of judges and approved by the Harris County Auditor.

CRITICALCivil cases

Motions and applications must be written on letter-sized paper.

Motions and applications shall be in writing on letter sized paper

CRITICAL

A judgment prepared by the district clerk must use a form approved by the Judges of these Courts.

The district clerk of Harris County, Texas, shall prepare the judgment in the case at the time the judgment is rendered using a form approved by the Judges of these Courts, and present it without delay to the trial judge for approval and signature.

CRITICALCivil cases

A proposed order must be a separate instrument unless the motion, order, signature lines, and certificate of service are all on one page.

The proposed order shall be a separate instrument, unless the entire motion, order, signature lines and certificate of service are all on one page.

CRITICAL

Applications must be submitted in writing.

All applications must be submitted in writing

WARNING

The attorney fee voucher must include a space for the payee’s Justice Information Management System Person Number.

To ensure accuracy in the tracking and reporting of fees paid to attorneys and others under this Alternative Plan, the Auditor shall amend the current attorney fee voucher to include a space for the Justice Information Management System Person Number of the individual seeking payment of county funds.

WARNING

Applications must be submitted in writing.

(c) Application. All applications must be submitted in writing and shall be maintained by the appointing authority or contracting authority in accordance with the Texas State Library and Archives Commission Retention Schedule for Local Records- Local Schedule GR.

WARNING

An attorney removed from the appointment list may appeal the removal, and the appeal must be in writing as specified in the Plan of Operation.

An attorney removed from the appointment list maintained by the MAC Office may appeal the removal by appealing the MAC Office’s decision in writing, as specified in the Plan of Operation.

WARNINGCivil cases

An objection to an Associate Judge hearing trial on the merits in an eviction or eviction-related proceeding must be filed in writing.

Any party’s objection to an Associate Judge hearing a trial on the merits in an eviction or eviction-related proceeding must be filed in writing in accordance with Texas Government Code § 54A.106.