Judge Victor G. Villarreal

Applies to

Electronically filed document

Every electronically filed document must include the filer's e-mail address.

Applies to

Electronically served document

Must include

certificate of service

A filer who electronically serves a document must file it with a written service certification stating the filer's contact information, recipient's e-mail address, service date and time, and that transmission was reported complete.

Applies to

Joint final pretrial report

The report should list pending motions.

A document is deemed delivered to the clerk and filed when sent to the filer’s EFSP, subject to the Sunday-filing exception in Rule 4.3(h).

A document transmitted to the filer’s EFSP by its filing deadline must be filed as timely if the clerk receives it no more than ten days late.

The clerk must decide whether to accept a document by the first business day after receiving it from TexasOnline; if the clerk does not timely accept or reject it, it is deemed accepted and filed.

Service

Electronic service

Electronic service of court documents is optional, except as provided in subsection (b).

Service

Electronic service

On a party's motion and for good cause shown, a district court may order the parties to serve court documents electronically.

A filer serving a document must have a valid account with both an EFSP and TexasOnline.

Electronic filing and electronic service of court documents are optional, except as provided in subsection (b).

On a party's motion and for good cause shown, a district court may order electronic filing of documents permitted under Rule 3.3.

Documents that may be filed traditionally may also be electronically filed, except for the listed categories.