Jefferson County District Courts Sealing & Redaction Procedures
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Procedures for filing sealed or redacted documents, including required motions and formats. This page is scoped to Jefferson County District Courts; use the court rules overview to switch categories without leaving this court.
Affidavits, court reports, and other documents filed in DFPS suits under Chapters 261, 262, and 264 of the Texas Family Code must be maintained as confidential by the District Clerk.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that access to affidavits, court reports, and other documents filed in a suit brought by DFPS pursuant to Chapters 261, 262, and 264 of the Texas Family Code are CONFIDENTIAL and shall be maintained by the District Clerk of Jefferson County as such.
Court records may be sealed only if a party files a written motion under Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 76a.
Sealing Court Records. Court records may be sealed only upon a party's written motion pursuant to TRCP 76a.
Sensitive data must be redacted before filing; legally required sensitive data may be designated with a notice, and an unredacted filing must be replaced with a redacted substitute.
All attorneys and self-represented litigants must follow Tex. R. Civ. P. 21c and must redact sensitive data before filing documents. If the inclusion of sensitive data is required by law, then the documents may be marked with a notice that the document contains sensitive data; otherwise the document must not contain that notice. If a party has filed a document containing unredacted sensitive data, that party must resubmit a redacted substitute document.
How does Jefferson County District Courts handle sealed or redacted filings?
Jefferson County District Courts rules set procedures for sealed or redacted filings. Affidavits, court reports, and other documents filed in DFPS suits under Chapters 261, 262, and 264 of the Texas Family Code must be maintained as confidential by the District Clerk.
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