Nacogdoches County Justice of the Peace Courts Chambers Communication Rules

CRITICAL

Judges must not initiate, permit, or consider ex parte or other communications about the merits of a pending proceeding, except for the listed administrative, procedural, magistrate, jurisdictional, forum, sentencing-mitigation, or legally authorized matters.

The Judge will strictly adhere to Canon 6 (c)(2), Code of Judicial Conduct, as follows: A justice of the peace or municipal court judge, except as authorized by law, shall not directly or indirectly initiate, permit, nor consider ex parte or other communications concerning the merits of a pending judicial proceeding. This subsection does not prohibit communications concerning: (a) Uncontested administrative matters, (b) Uncontested procedural matters, (c) Magistrate duties and functions, (d) Determining where jurisdiction of an impending claim or dispute may lie, (e) Determining whether a claim or dispute might more appropriately be resolved in some other judicial or not-judicial forum, (f) Mitigating circumstances following a plea of nolo contendere or guilty for a fine- only offense, or (g) Any other matters where ex parte communications are contemplated or authorized by law.

CRITICAL

An attorney who is or is scheduled to be in trial in another court must inform the Justice Court in writing as soon as the conflict becomes apparent, identifying the other case number and court.

An attorney who is, or is scheduled, to be in trial in another court, will, in writing and as soon as the conflict becomes apparent, inform the Justice Court of the case number and the court in which the conflicting case is being tried.

CRITICAL

An attorney assigned to trial in two Nacogdoches County courts on the same date must inform both courts in writing as soon as the conflict becomes apparent.

An attorney assigned to trial in two separate courts in Nacogdoches County for the same date must inform both courts of the conflict, in writing, as soon as the conflict becomes apparent.

WARNING

An attorney who is or is scheduled to be in trial in another court must promptly inform the Justice Court in writing when the conflict becomes apparent, identifying the case number and the court where the trial is taking place.

An attorney who is, or is scheduled to be in trial in another court, will, in writing and as soon as the conflict becomes apparent, inform the Justice Court in which there is a conflicting setting of the case number and the court in which the case is being tried.

WARNING

An attorney with a conflicting trial setting must inform the Justice Court in writing as soon as the conflict becomes apparent, identify the case number and other court, and may have the case held or reset; if the attorney is not actually in trial as represented, the case may proceed without further notice.

(1) An attorney who is, or is scheduled to be in trial in another court, will, in writing and as soon as the conflict becomes apparent, inform the Justice Court in which there is a conflicting setting of the case number and the court in which the case is being tried. When informed that an attorney is in trial, the court will verify the assignment. The case will be placed on “hold” or reset, depending upon the circumstances. (2) If the attorney is not actually in trial as represented by the attorney or agent, the case may be tried without further notice.

WARNING

Recording or broadcasting proceedings before the Justice Court is prohibited.

Recording or broadcastings of court proceedings before the Justice Court is prohibited.

WARNING

An attorney assigned to trial in two justice courts for the same date must notify the Court in writing of the conflict as soon as it becomes apparent.

It is the duty of the attorney to call to the Court’s attention, in writing, any conflicting trial setting as soon as the conflict becomes apparent.

WARNING

An attorney with conflicting trial settings in two justice courts must notify the Court in writing as soon as the conflict becomes apparent.

(1) It is the duty of the attorney to call to the Court’s attention, in writing, any conflicting trial setting as soon as the conflict becomes apparent.

INFO

Contact

Phone

A defendant who was not given a plea form may call the assigned Court to request that one be mailed.

Contact the assigned Court by phone and request a plea form be mailed to you;

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Phone

Phone

936-560-7875

For partial-payment requests, the Court directs defendants to contact the Collections Department in person or by phone at 936-560-7875.

The defendant Contacts the assigned Court and request partial payments. Upon the request for partial payments, the Court will advise you to contact our centrally located Collections Department at: (in person) Nacogdoches County Collections Department 203 West Main Street, Nacogdoches, Texas 75961, or (phone) 936-560-7875.