Rockwall County Courts at Law Document Filing Requirements

Criminal cases

Applies to

Case file

A copy of the Order must be filed in every case in which an alias capias warrant is issued under it.

A copy of this Order shall be filed in each such case that an alias capias warrant is issued under this Order.

Applies to

Court filing

Must include

ai disclosure

If AI was used to prepare a court filing, the party must provide a clear, concise sworn statement disclosing that use and certifying that every legal and record citation is verified and accurate; specific wording is not required if the statement conforms to the order.

If any attorney for a party or self-represented party has utilized Artificial Intelligence ("AI ") in any way for the preparation of any filed documents with the Court, the party SHALL, in a clear and concise sworn factual statement, disclose that Al was utilized in the preparation of the filing and CERTIFY that each and every citation to the law, or the record in the filed document, has been verified and is accurate. The Court reserves the right to rule as it sees fit on any failure to comply with this standing order including, but not limited to, striking the non-compliant filing. While the Court does not require the certification to be any specific language so long as it conforms to this standing order, the Court does provide this sample :

Criminal cases

Applies to

Case file

A copy of the order must be filed in every case in which an alias warrant is issued under it.

A copy of this Order shall be filed in each such case an alias warrant is issued under this Order.

Civil cases

Applies to

Certificate of completion

A certificate showing course completion must be filed with the court and placed in the case file before finalization.

A certificate of completion of the course must be filed with the court and placed with the other papers in the case file prior to finalization.

Civil cases

Applies to

Petition

The Petitioner must attach this order to the original petition and each copy, and the Clerk must ensure it is attached when the petition is filed if the Petitioner has not done so.

The Petitioner shall attach a copy of this order to the original petition and to each copy of the petition. At the time the petition is filed, if the Petitioner has failed to attach a copy of this order to the petition and any copy of the petition, the Clerk shall ensure that a copy of this order is attached to the petition and every copy of the petition presented.