Nueces County Courts at Law Filing Timing and Cure Windows

CRITICAL

An application for immediate or temporary relief must be filed and assigned to a Court before it is presented to a Judge, except in emergencies when the Clerk's office is closed.

Except in emergencies when the Clerk's office is not open for business, no applications for immediate or temporary relief shall be presented to a Judge until it has been filed and assigned to a Court as provided in these Rules.

CRITICAL

Deadline

1 business days

The clerk must file-stamp electronically transmitted pleadings and documents on the next business day, showing the actual receipt time.

The Court Clerk shall file stamp such pleadings and documents in the same manner as original papers are handled, on the next business day, showing the actual time received.

CRITICAL

Applications must be filed with the District Clerk during business hours.

An application shall be filed with the District Clerk during business hours.

CRITICAL

The Case Information Sheet must be filed within 10 days after the original petition is filed; Attorney General Title IV-D cases are excepted from the case-plan requirement.

Each case filed in Nueces County Courts at Law and District Courts shall be governed by a discovery control plan and scheduling order, except for Attorney General Title IV-D cases. Such plan will be determined by the filing of a Case Information Sheet provided by the District Clerk. The Case Information Sheet must be filed within 10 days of the filing of any original petition.

CRITICAL

Exhibits must be filed before the proceeding and as soon as possible after receipt of the hearing invitation.

Any exhibits a party intends to offer as evidence at the video conference hearing shall be e-filed and pre-marked in a PDF format with the District Clerk prior to the commencement of the court proceeding and as soon as possible after receipt of the video conference hearing invitation with copies transmitted to all parties and Tillie Serna, the court reporter at tillie.serna@nuecesco.com.

CRITICAL

The order takes effect when the original petition is filed, remains a Temporary Restraining Order for fourteen days, and continues as a Temporary Injunction if no party contests it at a hearing by then; it terminates upon a final order or dismissal.

This order is effective upon the filing of the original petition and shall remain in full force and effect as a Temporary Restraining Order for fourteen days after the date of the filing of the original petition. If no party contests this order by presenting evidence at a hearing on or before fourteen days after the date of the filing of the original petition, this order shall continue in full force and effect as a Temporary Injunction until further order of the court. This entire order will terminate and will no longer be effective once the court signs a final order or the case is dismissed.

CRITICAL

The Reporter must file the original hearing notes in the cause file at the conclusion of the hearing.

At the conclusion of the hearing on an application the Reporter shall file the original notes, including any computer disks containing Such notes, Of the hearing in the file of the cause.

CRITICALCivil cases

In cases filed on or after September 1, 2020, seeking more than $250,000 in damages, a 45-day notice is required when requesting a jury of more than six.

In cases filed on or after September 1, 2020, where the damages sought exceed $250,000, a forty-five-day notice is required ifa jury greater than six is requested.

WARNING

A hearing may be postponed if exhibits are not e-filed in time.

If the exhibits are not e-filed in time for the hearing, the hearing may be postponed until said exhibits are e-filed.