Kerr County District Courts Filing Rules

Proposed order settings must list everyone to be notified and the specified contact information for represented and pro se parties.

Every motion must include a certificate of service identifying the specific addressee, full address, and manner and means of service.

Each motion must include certificates of conference and service with the specified information.

The State must furnish the Defense a copy of its intended case-in-chief witness list on or before the day it files the list.

The State must furnish the Defense a copy of its witness list on or before the day it files the list.

Notice to parties may be delivered by hand, mail, or electronically in accordance with Rule 21a(10).

The attorney must submit the detailed statement to the trial Judge on the date the case is disposed of by plea, bench trial, or jury trial.

The State must file its intended case-in-chief witness list with the Clerk at least one day before trial.

The State must file its list of intended case-in-chief witnesses with the Clerk at least one day before trial.

There are no summary or automatic first continuances; all continuances must comply with the cited statutes.

Before filing any motion, counsel must confer with opposing counsel and attempt to resolve the matter, and the motion must include a certificate stating that a conference occurred and its result.

Before filing any motion, counsel must confer with opposing counsel and attempt to resolve the matter.

When setting a civil case for pre-trial, jury trial, non-jury trial or post trial hearing, please call or e-mail the Court Coordinator, prior to sending your file marked Motion and Order Setting, to obtain available hearing dates.

A setting for trial on the merits will be made in response to a written Request for Setting submitted directly to the Court Coordinator at the Kerr County Office. The party requesting a setting should E-file the Request for Setting with the Clerk, then forward a copy of the file marked request to the Court Coordinator with the agreed order setting.

After agreeing on a date, complete the Agreed Order Setting and send the Court Coordinator a courtesy copy of the file-marked Motion, the proposed Agreed Order, and a statement that the date is agreed.