Harris County District Courts Document Format Requirements

All motions and proposed orders must be double spaced.

All Motions and Proposed Orders MUST be double spaced.

Exhibits must be marked with party-specific stickers using numbers only (not letters), and parties must provide their own stickers.

Plaintiff’s exhibits are to be marked with “Plaintiff’s Exhibit” stickers. Defendant’s exhibits are to be marked with “Defendant’s Exhibit” stickers. Use only numbers when marking exhibits instead of letters. Parties should provide their own. In an emergency, a limited number of exhibit stickers may be obtained from the court reporter.

An assigned exhibit number may not be reused for another exhibit, even if the original is withdrawn or unused.

Once an exhibit number has been assigned, the same exhibit number may not be used for another exhibit, even if the original exhibit is withdrawn or not used in the hearing or trial.

Exhibits over 30 must be scanned to a CD with specific resolution and pixel requirements.

If you are offering more than 30 exhibits, please scan them to a CD. Scanned exhibits must have a resolution of 300 dots per inch (dpi). Photographic images other than documents (e.g., photos of physical exhibits) must be included within the computer file as images with a resolution of not less than 2,048 x 1,536 pixels (approximately 3 megapixels). Higher resolutions are not encouraged. If a full color rendition is necessary, color depth should be between 12-bit and 18-bit. Otherwise, grayscale images are encouraged.

All exhibits must be on a numerically labeled flash drive with hard copies for the Court and jurors.

Please have all exhibits on a flash drive numerically labeled. Have a hard copy for the Court and a hard copy for the jurors.

Format

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A draft of the proposed jury charge must be exchanged before pretrial, delivered in Word format to the court coordinator via email or via thumb drive.

Drafts of proposed jury charges should be a valid prior to the pretrial conference. Parties should email or bring a d drive with proposed charge in Word format to the court coordinator Justin Fitzgerald.

Exhibits filed with the Court must be indexed.

Please index your exhibits.

Exhibits must be marked with red stickers for plaintiff and blue stickers for defendant, using numbers only; parties provide their own stickers, with limited emergency stickers from the court reporter.

Plaintiff's exhibits are to be marked with red "Plaintiff's Exhibit" stickers. Defendant's exhibits are to be marked with blue "Defendant's Exhibit" stickers. Use only numbers when marking exhibits instead of letters. Parties should provide their own. In an emergency, a limited number of exhibit stickers may be obtained from the court reporter.

Multi-page exhibits must be stapled, bound, and/or assembled so they can be accurately preserved.

Exhibits with multiple pages should be stapled, bound and/or assembled so that they may be accurately preserved.

Proposed jury charge must be brought on a flash drive or CD.

Please bring your proposed Jury Charge on a flash drive or cd.

Exhibits must be numbered, and lists prepared for both the Court and the court reporter, with a hard copy given to the court reporter.

Use numbers for the exhibits, not letters. Have a list prepared for the Court and another for the court reporter. Additionally, parties should provide a hard copy of the court for the court reporter's the record.