Navarro County Court at Law Service and Proof of Service Rules

CRITICAL

Applies to

Emergency motion or pleading

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.

Parties presenting an emergency motion or pleading shall make a good faith effort to notify opposing counsel and all interested parties of the time, date, and location where the pleading will be heard. If the party requesting the emergency motion or pleading is unable to notify opposing counsel or an interested party following good faith efforts to do so, the emergency hearing may proceed without opposing counsel or an interested party.

CRITICAL

Evidence must not be forwarded to the court or court reporter before the hearing.

Evidence shall not be forwarded to the court or court reporter before the hearing.

CRITICAL

The Court must notify parties not reached before an emergency hearing of the hearing and its results at the earliest possible date thereafter, and provide them an opportunity to be heard at the earliest possible date thereafter.

Parties that were not reached prior to an emergency hearing shall be notified by the Court of the hearing and the hearing's results at the earliest possible date thereafter, and the Court shall give the party that was not notified the opportunity to be heard on the matter at the earliest possible date thereafter.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Request for records

Service

Electronic service to agency

Counsel requesting community supervision records on a pending motion to revoke or adjudicate must e-serve the request through the District Clerk to the Department, except for requests for criminal history or HIPPA-protected documents.

Pursuant to the inherent powers of the Courts and applicable authority, the 13'^ District Court and the Navarro County Court at Law order that counsel for the State and retained or court- appointed counsel for a Defendant shall, if requesting community supervision records, e-file and e-serve through the District Clerk to the Navarro County Community Supervision & Corrections Department (cscd@navarrocountv.org) a request for records (except for criminal history and HIPPA protected documents)on a pending motion to revoke or adjudicate.

WARNING

Service

Email to opposing party

When practicable, digital copies of physical evidence should be emailed to opposing counsel before the hearing.

When digital copies of physical evidence can be prepared, such as audio / video recordings, documents, or images, the digital copies should be emailed to opposing counsel for the parties before the hearing if practicable.