Waller County District Court Electronic Filing Rules

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Criminal cases

Applies to

Criminal pretrial orders

A Criminal Pretrial Preparation Order, Standard Discovery Order, and Standard Mutual Order in Limine will be electronically filed in each criminal case.

In criminal matters, the following Criminal Pretrial Preparation Order, Standard Discovery Order (SDO), and Standard Mutual Order in Limine will be efiled into each case (See links below) in the following manner:

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Criminal cases

Applies to

Standard discovery order

In Grimes County, the Clerk electronically files the Standard Discovery Order after indictment, and the Court usually issues the Order in Limine and Pretrial Preparation Order after the Motions setting.

In Grimes County, after a case is indicted, the Clerk will efile into each case a Standard Discovery Order (See Grimes County Discovery link below) and after a case has gone through the Motions setting, in most instances the Court will issue a Standard Mutual Order in Limine (See link below), and a Criminal Pretrial Preparation Order (See link below).

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Criminal cases

All motions and applications must be electronically filed except motions or applications filed at the bench during a hearing.

All motions and applications, except for those filed at the bench during a hearing, must be efiled in accordance with electronic filing requirements.

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Civil cases

Applies to

Notice of submission

A Notice of Submission must be electronically filed with the clerk and provide notice to all parties.

A Notice of Submission shall also be e-filed with the Clerk with notice to all parties.

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Civil cases

Applies to

Proposed order

Both the moving and responding parties must electronically file a proposed order or judgment with the court.

Both moving and responding parties shall e-file a proposed order or judgment to the court.

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A notice of submission may be electronically filed for any date and time after the applicable required notice period because the Court has no set submission dates or times.

Note that the Court does not have any set submission dates or times, so you may e-file your notice of submission for any date and time following the required notice period as stated below.

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Criminal cases

Applies to

Criminal pretrial orders ?

In Waller County, after a case has gone through the Motions setting, in most instances the Court will issue a Standard Discovery Order (See Waller County Discovery link below), a Standard Mutual Order in Limine (See link below), and a Criminal Pretrial Preparation Order (See link below).

Summary: In Waller County, after the Motions setting, the Court usually issues the Standard Discovery Order, Standard Mutual Order in Limine, and Criminal Pretrial Preparation Order.

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Criminal cases

Applies to

Standard discovery order ?

If desired earlier, defense counsel may request the entry of the SDO, which will then, in most circumstances, be entered. A request for the SDO may be done at Arraignment, at the Motions hearings and as late as the Pretrial hearing, so long as adequate time is allowed for compliance by the State before the case is called for trial.

Summary: In Waller County, defense counsel may request the Standard Discovery Order at arraignment, a motions hearing, or as late as the pretrial hearing if adequate time remains for the State to comply before trial.

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Criminal cases

The attorney may submit the practice-time statement via the Commission's electronic attorney reporting portal, on the attached Commission reporting form, or on any other physical or electronic form specified by the county that captures all of the information requested on the Commission form. A county may require attorneys who accept appointments in that county to use a specific method to submit their practice-time statements.

Summary: Practice-time statements may be submitted through the Commission’s electronic reporting portal, the Commission form, or another county-specified physical or electronic form capturing the required information.