Hopkins County Court at Law Filing Timing and Cure Windows

The court recorder must file the original log and exhibits with the clerk after the proceeding ends.

Filing with the clerk the original log and exhibits after a proceeding ends;

Civil cases

The order takes effect when the suit is filed, remains a temporary restraining order for fourteen days, and continues as a temporary injunction unless contested at a hearing within that period; it ends when a final order is signed or the case is dismissed.

B. This order is effective upon the filing of the suit and shall remain in full force and effect as a temporary restraining order for fourteen days after the date of filing of the petition. If no party contests this order by presenting evidence at a hearing on or before fourteen days after the date of the filing of the petition, this order shall continue in full force and effect as a temporary injunction until further order of the court. This order will terminate in its entirety and will no longer be effective when the court signs a final order or the case is dismissed.

Deadline

3 business days

When an application to probate a document as an original will is e-filed, the original will must be filed with the clerk within three business days after the application is filed.

When a party e-files an application to probate a document as an original will, the original will must be filed with the clerk within three business days after the application is filed.

Attorneys and pro se litigants must show good cause in writing within 30 days from the date on the District Clerk’s notice to avoid dismissal for want of prosecution.

Once each year, the District Clerk shall notify attorneys and pro se litigants in writing that their cases will be dismissed for want of prosecution unless good cause is shown, in writing, and within 30 days from the date shown on the District Clerk's notification, why the case should not be dismissed

The court recorder must file the reporter's record with the court of appeals within fifteen days after an appeal is perfected.

The court recorder shall file the reporter's record with the court of appeals within fifteen days after the perfection of an appeal.

Criminal cases

All motions must be submitted before the day of court.

All motions must be submitted BEFORE the day of court

The judge must e-file the document by the end of the business day following the hearing.

The judge will e-file the document by the end of the business day following the hearing.