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Lubbock County District Courts Document Format Requirements

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Font, margin, spacing, and file format requirements for court filings. This page is scoped to Lubbock County District Courts; use the court rules overview to switch categories without leaving this court.

Documents requiring verification, notarization, acknowledgment, sworn status, or an oath must be electronically filed only as scanned images.

A document that is required to be verified, notarized, acknowledged, sworn to, or made under oath may be electronically filed only as a scanned image.

Documents requiring opposing-party signatures, including Rule 11 agreements, must be electronically filed only as scanned images.

A document that requires the signatures of opposing parties (such as a Rule 11 agreement) may be electronically filed only as a scanned image.

The EFSP must forward the document to TexasOnline in the required electronic format with the transmission time and payment information.

(c) On receipt of a filer's document, the filer's EFSP must send the document to Texas Online in the required electronic file format along with an indication of the time the filer sent the document to the EFSP and the filer's payment information.

Electronically filed documents must follow TexasOnline's computer-format specifications and be formatted for 8½-by-11-inch paper.

Electronically-filed documents must be computer-formatted as specified by TexasOnline. Electronically-filed documents must also be formatted for printing on 8½-inch by 11-inch paper.

The required remote-access exclusion caption must be typed or stamped in 36-point font.

(a) A person filing a case record described in Rule 15.4(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (i) must type or stamp the following caption in 36-point font "CONTAINS INFORMATION EXCLUDED FROM REMOTE ACCESS" at the top of the first page of the case record.

The required remote-access exclusion caption must be typed or stamped in 36-point font.

(a) A person filing a case record described in Rule 15.4(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (i) must type or stamp the following caption in 36-point font "CONTAINS INFORMATION EXCLUDED FROM REMOTE ACCESS" at the top of the first page of the case record.

An electronically filed pleading is deemed compliant with Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 45.

An electronically-filed pleading is deemed to comply with TEX. R. CIV. P. 45.

Common questions about Lubbock County District Courts document format requirements

What formatting rules apply to filings in Lubbock County District Courts?

Lubbock County District Courts' formatting rule includes the efsp must transmit the document to texasonline in the required electronic file format, together with the transmission time and filer's payment information.. The EFSP must forward the document to TexasOnline in the required electronic format with the transmission time and payment information.

View ruleSource: page 8, section Rule 4.3 Time Document is Filed

What formatting rules apply to filings in Lubbock County District Courts?

Lubbock County District Courts' formatting rule includes letter paper and must be computer-formatted as specified by texasonline. Electronically filed documents must follow TexasOnline's computer-format specifications and be formatted for 8½-by-11-inch paper.

View ruleSource: page 9, section Rule 4.8 Document Format