Navarro County Court at Law Filing Rules

Covered attorneys must file written vacation notice with the Clerk and copy applicable court coordinators at least 30 calendar days before the vacation; this rule applies when lead counsel is affected unless the Court expands its coverage.

Direct hearing-date and trial-setting requests to the Court Coordinator or Administrator, not the Judge.

Before filing a pleading or motion, all parties must confer in good faith, except in criminal prosecutions following indictment, matters requiring an emergency hearing, and applications for protective orders.

Parties intending to conduct Level 3 discovery must submit a proposed discovery control plan within 30 calendar days after filing their first petition, indictment, plea, or answer.

A party presenting an emergency motion or pleading must make a good-faith effort to notify opposing counsel and interested parties of the hearing’s time, date, and location; the hearing may proceed without an unreachable party after those efforts.

In cases with more than one party on either side, each party's argument about allocating the proposed discovery tools is limited to three pages.

Practicing attorneys in civil and criminal cases must e-file through EFileTexas.gov.

Documents must use black text in a commonly used, Court-acceptable font of at least 12 points, one-inch margins, and double spacing except where Bluebook requires otherwise; permitted paper filings must use plain white paper of the stated size.

The Clerk must adopt a filing-fee schedule as close as possible to January 1 each year, and changes require approval by a simple majority of the served courts’ judges.

Parties may agree to a continuance without prior court approval only if no trial date is set and no affected hearing or oral argument has been scheduled; all parties must agree and notify the Court in writing of its length and relevant limitations or caveats, and the Court may reject it.