Court Rules

Orange County Courts at Law Sealing & Redaction Procedures

1 rule from official source documents

Procedures for filing sealed or redacted documents, including required motions and formats.

Filers must redact sensitive data before filing; a sensitive-data notice is permitted only when required by law, and an unredacted filing must be replaced with a redacted substitute.

All attorneys and self-represented litigants must follow Tex. R. Civ. P. 21c and must redact sensitive date before filing documents. If the inclusion of sensitive data is required by law, then the documents may be marked with a notice that the document contains sensitive data; otherwise the document must not contain that notice. If a party has filed a document containing un-redacted sensitive data, the party must resubm it a redacted substitute document.

Common questions about Orange County Courts at Law sealing & redaction procedures

How does Orange County Courts at Law handle sealed or redacted filings?

Filers must redact sensitive data before filing; a sensitive-data notice is permitted only when required by law, and an unredacted filing must be replaced with a redacted substitute.

View ruleOfficial source Source: page 2, section 2.4.1. Sensitive Data and Initials