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Dallas County, TX
Every published instrument scoped to Dallas County, newest effective date first. 4 region-wide and 1,248 statewide instruments also apply here — search all three layers together. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
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The Probate Courts' Administrative Order 2013-1 (effective May 2, 2013): the County Clerk must ensure fourteen categories of court records — sealed records, mental-illness records, medical and psychiatric certificates, TRE 902(10)(a) medical records, inventories, accounts, annual reports, investigator and visitor reports, death and birth certificates, identification-document copies, guardianship cover sheets, and court-designated records — are not published via the Internet, for open cases and cases closed less than seven years, without restricting party/counsel electronic access or other lawful public access.
The Rules of Administration adopted by majority vote of the Criminal District Courts and the district courts giving preference to criminal cases under Gov't Code §74.093 (adopted Jan. 12, 2012, effective on approval): rotating-basis filing, judge-controlled docket calls, speedy-disposition duties with oldest-jail-case priority, the thirteen-rule transfer regime (probation court, earliest-filed case, companion cases, pending appeals, work release, pre-indictment assignments, magistration-date rules, alias probation, the Monday State-Jail-Felony transfer mechanics through the Court Manager, and sequential capital-murder distribution by the Local Administrative Judge that overrules all other transfer policies), residual presiding/LAJ transfers, Frank Crowley venue, the at-least-one-judge-available absence rule, monthly judicial meetings, presiding-judge election mechanics, and each court's authority to adopt consistent supplemental rules.
The Dallas County Probate Courts' guidelines for muniment-of-title applications (signed Apr. 6, 2009, effective immediately): because MERP may hold a claim against the estate of a decedent who received Medicaid benefits after March 1, 2005, the will cannot be probated as a muniment of title until all estate debts are satisfied — the Proof of Death and Other Facts must include the prescribed sworn no-Medicaid statement, reflected in the order admitting the will.
The CCP art. 26.052 plan of the Criminal District Court judges and district judges giving preference to criminal cases for appointing and paying counsel in death-penalty cases (amended by unanimous vote May 3, 2007; signed by then-Presiding Judge John Creuzot): the First Administrative Judicial Region selection-committee standards incorporated by reference with automatic conformity to future amendments, Dallas's additional four-hour capital CLE requirement (sixteen hours over two years) for first chairs, two-attorney appointment with at least one list attorney unless the State waives death in writing, the Public Defender alternative, the capital fee schedule ($500/half-day and $1,000/full-day voir dire, $1,500 per trial day, $150/hour other documented work, $125/hour capital appeals and writs), and the art. 26.052 confidential ex parte advance-expense procedure with sealed denials.
Rules of Decorum for the Courts of Dallas County (Appendix 2 to the Local Rules, rev. 12/7/05), as registered standalone in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 03/06/2026; also embedded in the registered Local Rules book): scope, formal opening and closing, conduct required of all persons attending court, counsel and court-officer conduct including the attire code, and the bailiff's duties. Compliance is acknowledged by entering an appearance under Local Rule 4.07.
The Supreme Court-adopted Rules Governing the Recording and Broadcasting of Court Proceedings in the Civil Courts of Dallas County (Misc. Docket No. 92-0067, signed March 11, 1992, adopted under TRCP 18c at the civil courts’ request): prior-day written media notice with binding-guidelines acknowledgment, objection hearings with written allow/deny/limit orders, prohibited-coverage classes (chambers, closed proceedings, jury selection, privileged conferences, jurors), the one-TV/one-still-camera equipment standard with a three-person crew cap, no-delay and pooling rules, the not-official-record rule, and judicial-order enforcement with access bars.
The Dallas County Umpire Request form registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 05/02/2023): the 101st District Court's channel for pre-suit appointment of a disinterested, neutral umpire under insurance-policy appraisal provisions, with the notification and decision deadlines the form itself imposes.
The 101st District Court's Rule 106 substituted-service regime as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 05/02/2023): the instructions prescribing the supporting affidavit's mandatory contents (doc 1345) and the court's proposed order form whose use the court's registered policies make mandatory (doc 1344).
Policies and Procedures of the 116th Judicial District Court, Hon. Tonya Parker, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 02/16/2023): scheduling orders with 30-day dispositive/expert cutoffs, the 90-day dismissal setting, hearing-week structure, two-business-day filing lead, the working-charge format, continuance signing rules with the 30-day discovery-continuance cutoff, voir dire questionnaire pre-approval, and pre-trial exchange/meet-and-confer deadlines.
The 134th District Court's Rule 106 substitute-service requirements (Hon. Dale B. Tillery): the four-part supporting affidavit (address-verification efforts, dated service attempts, statements of persons present, and a public-record or database printout confirming residence), the license-plate corroboration option, the mandatory proposed form order, and the form's dual-mailing/30-day-return perfection conditions.
Policies and Procedures of the 160th District Court, Hon. Aiesha Redmond, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/03/2023): withdrawal compliance, brief and courtesy-copy requirements, certificate-of-conference enforcement, the 30-day summary-judgment cutoff, walk-in TRO review, settlement and dismissal dockets, scheduling-conference practice, the 45-day expert-challenge cutoff, working-charge format, and continuance rules (with the affidavit requirement).
The 160th District Court's Uniform Scheduling Orders — Level 1/2 (reg. doc 847) and Level 3 (reg. doc 848), both registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/03/2023): the controlling pretrial deadline ladders under TRCP 166, 190 and 192, with the orders' own no-continuance and waiver terms.
The 162nd District Court's uniform scheduling-order templates (Level 2 and Level 1-or-2): Tuesday 9:00 a.m. trial settings with carry-to-next-week, Rule 190.3 discovery with 50 deposition hours and 25 interrogatories, the 45-day expert-challenge and 30-day post-discovery motion-to-compel waiver rules, the 30-before/7-after amendment ladder, five-month joinder, TRCP 166a motions heard 30 days before trial, and mediation 30 days out under the county's standing civil-district mediation order.
The 192nd District Court's Rule 106 substitute-service requirements and mandated order form, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/30/2023): the sworn-statement contents, the electronic-service evidentiary standard under TRCP 106(b)(2) and the Supreme Court's Misc. Docket Nos. 20-9148 and 20-9103, and the form-order mandate with denial for unexplained deviation.
The 192nd District Court's standard Protective Order template, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/30/2023) — the form the court's registered policies require parties to use when a protective order is necessary (variance only on good cause).
The 193rd District Court's standard Protective Order template, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 10/07/2023) — the same Dallas civil template family as the 192nd's (trade-secret/confidential-research definition, CONFIDENTIAL stamping, 72-hour deposition designation window), registered as this court's own form.
The 254th District Court's standard Pre-Trial Order (Hon. Kimberly Brown; captured from the court's own page): the family-docket pretrial regime entered at the pre-trial conference — mediation and inventory obligations, the 30-day discovery close, day-before-trial filing deadlines, and Rule 165a/215 enforcement.
The 255th District Court's family-docket policies (Hon. Vonda Bailey; AJ Jean Lee): the DJ/AJ docket split with submission-only motion classes, mandatory child-custody evaluations with the 60-day post-CCE mediation rule, wage-withholding-required child-support orders, the AJ-run dismissal and 8.02 order-entry dockets (two settings each), the pre-admitted-exhibits-only rule for final trials with 48-hour reporter delivery, Monday pre-trials raising a ready-in-45-days presumption (two conferences maximum), the fixed non-negotiable trial time-limit table, mandatory FCS mediation with sanction exposure, the Dallas-County residency-restriction presumption, self-represented walk-in Wednesdays, and AJ Lee's electronic-hearing and 2-hour ex parte notice procedures.
The 256th District Court's standard Pre-Trial Order (Hon. Sandre Streete; captured from the court's own page): the family-docket pretrial regime — 30-days-before-trial mediation completion, inventory exchange, the discovery close, five-day filing deadlines, and Rule 165a/215 enforcement.
Court Policies of the 301st Judicial District Court as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 02/16/2023, authored under then-presiding Judge Mary Brown with Associate Judge Ten Eyck's docket allocation; the court's presiding judge is now Hon. Ashley Elizabeth Wysocki per the May 2026 OCA roster and the county's live pages — the registered instrument remains the court's registration of record and is composed with that succession flagged). Docket division between the district judge and the associate judge, de novo appeal timing, custody-evaluation and child-support requirements, the dismissal docket, exhibit and interpreter procedure, mandatory mediation, residency-restriction presumption, and trial-setting prerequisites.
The 302nd District Court's docket rules and its bench-trial discovery-control-plan template: the weekly docket grid for both benches, AJ-report enforcement pending appeal (no contempt until the appeal resolves), Daubert challenges before pre-trial, the 30-day summary-judgment bar, the Rule 165a dismissal docket with in-person retention, the 24-hour temporary-hearing exhibit exchange, TRO-beyond-standing-order affidavit practice, written requested relief at every hearing, and the DCP template's fixed terms — the 3-hour-per-side bench-trial cap, the mediate-or-1-hour rule with the $3,000/8-hour court-appointed mediator cap, 10-day Daubert filing, 7-day exhibit stipulations and notebooks, and the child-interview waiver default.
The court-published 330th District Court — Court Policies and Procedures, quoted whole from the document as posted (3 page(s)).
Standing Order Regarding Trial Exhibits of the 44th District Court, Hon. Veretta L. Frazier (captured from the court's own page): the jump-drive admitted-exhibits regime for civil cases collectively listing thirty or more exhibits — the same Dallas civil template family as the 134th's order, with this court's video-format variant.
The 44th District Court's uniform scheduling-order templates (Level 1-or-2 and Level 3): 9:00 a.m. trial settings with carry-to-next-week, Rule 190.2/190.3 discovery with the disclosure-only rule, the 7-day post-discovery expert-challenge and motion-to-compel waiver rules, the 30-before/7-after amendment ladder with two-week responsive amendments, and TRCP 166a motions heard at least 30 days before trial absent leave.
Policies and Procedures for proceedings before Civil District Associate Judge Nicole Muñoz (captured from her county page): the seven-court assignment (14th, 68th, 116th, 162nd, 191st, 193rd, 298th District Courts), the direct-email communication protocol with mandatory copying, courtesy-copy expectations, and her strict Local Rule 2.02 TRO enforcement.
Policy and Procedures for proceedings before Civil District Associate Judge Rachel Craig (captured from her county page): the weekly per-court hearing rotation (192nd Mondays, 95th Tuesdays, 101st Wednesdays, 44th Thursdays, 160th Fridays, the Friday-afternoon prove-up docket), the no-assigned-reporter warning, daily TRO availability, and trial authority by referral without objection.
Court Procedures of Dallas County Court at Law No. 1 as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/17/2025; the court's approved-mediator list is its companion registration, posted 03/03/2023): the 120-day dismissal regime with its single Motion-to-Retain, disposition-docket paperwork deadlines, the Wednesday/Friday motion dockets, the two-MSJ-per-side limit, mandatory Agreed Scheduling Orders with approved-list mediation 45 days before trial, and mediation attendance requirements backed by sanctions.
County Court at Law No. 3's court procedures (Hon. Sally Montgomery): scheduling orders in every case keyed to the Initial Trial Date, discovery-motion docket times, hearing and fiat mechanics with the 5-day order-objection hold, detailed summary-judgment book and default-judgment proof requirements (including DOD non-military confirmation), Rule 106 substituted-service standards with the registered-agent path, mediation-before-temporary-injunction practice, automatic mediation with random assignment and the 30-day substitution window, trial-conduct rules including the deposition impeachment predicate, and minor prove-up/ad litem practice.
County Court at Law No. 3's uniform scheduling-order regime: every scheduling order must include the Daubert/Robinson deadlines (expert challenges within 7 days after expert discovery closes and heard within 30 days of trial; motions to compel within 7 days after fact discovery closes or waived), with level-specific templates — Level 1 (Rule 190.2 discovery, 3-month joinder, the 21/14/7-day pretrial exchange ladder), Level 2 (150/120/105/90/60-day deadline ladder, 5-month joinder), and Level 3 (the same ladder with separate fact and expert discovery closes, 8-month joinder, 18-month trial setting, and negotiated deposition-hour/interrogatory caps).
County Criminal Court No. 11's posted court policies (Hon. Shequitta Kelly): the 8:30 a.m. docket call with assigned call times, bond-forfeiture docket, pass-slip signature requirements, the one-month bond-case and 5-day jail-chain announcement limits, plea and revocation setting days, the Monday–Wednesday trial docket with jail-case priority, the no-automatic-continuance rule with three pass dates for regular settings, written continuance motions, and courtroom decorum.
County Criminal Court No. 11's operations policy suite (Hon. Shequitta Kelly): the tablet-based paperless plea process, Court Call virtual hearings (including the in-custody kiosk procedure and subconference privacy), the language-access regime (OCA Spanish interpreters, contracted providers for other languages and ASL), emergency continuity on Court Call during courthouse closures, and the communications policies barring ex parte contact across media, social media, Microsoft Teams, and in-chambers settings.
Criminal District Court No. 5's posted court policy: the three-settings disposition expectation, standing availability for pleas (including transfer pleas from other courts), SB 7 wheel appointments alongside public defenders, chambers pre-trial practice with no ex parte bond rulings, pre-trial admonishment of jail defendants requesting jury trials, oldest-jail-cases-first trial priority, Monday jury selection with 9:00–4:00 trial days, and one-hour-per-side voir dire.
The Dallas County Standard Mediation Order (the ADR program's standing form under Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 154.001 et seq., captured from the county's ADR page) — the instrument the civil courts' uniform scheduling orders incorporate as "the Standing Dallas County Civil District Court Order Regarding Mediation": mediator appointment and contact deadlines, the objection window, confidentiality and process-service protections, fee allocation, mandatory attendance with settlement authority, scheduling mechanics, and the sanctions backstop.
The court-published Dallas County Criminal Court No. 7 — Policies and Procedures (Judge Remeko Tranisha Edwards), quoted whole from the document as posted (11 page(s)).
The Attorney Ad Litem Appointment Application for non-Family-Code disputes in the Dallas County District Courts, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 03/06/2026): the eligibility application for the district courts' ad litem appointment wheel, returned to District Court Administration, capturing licensure, experience classes, board certifications, language and expertise skills, and the applicant's binding acceptance and responsiveness certifications.
The referral criteria the Dallas County judiciary uses to send cases to the Dispute Resolution Center for subsidized mediation: county residents/litigants only; pro se cases eligible without limitation; Level 1 cases under $50,000 eligible; contingent-fee, insurer-retained, and all-retained-counsel cases excluded (absent a means finding); family cases requiring 24-hour family-mediation-certified mediators with SAPCR conservatorship/possession/support cases eligible; and JP/small-claims appeals eligible.
The court-published Dallas County Probate Court No. 2 — Virtual Hearing Instructions (updated April 25, 2025), quoted whole from the document as posted (4 page(s)).
The Dallas County Probate Courts' fiduciary-bond specifications (captured in the Probate Court and Probate Court No. 3 variants): approved-surety-list requirement, the 20-day submission deadline after appointment, mandatory bond language tracking TEC §305.108/§1105.109 payable to the appointing court's judge, exact-name and cause-number requirements, wet-signature rules for bonds over $100,000, the no-alterations/no-riders rule, and the separate oath and separate bond-approval-order filing flow.
The Dallas County Probate Courts' policy guidelines for applications to create independent administrations under Texas Estates Code §§401.002 and 401.003: the minor/incapacitated-distributee bar (bond required if excepted), the seven required application elements, the compliance-review-then-special-setting flow, ad-litem appointment timing tied to the return of published notice, the pre-hearing waiver/consent filings, the two-disinterested-witness heirship proof, and the insolvency bar.
The Temporary Overflow Court instructions issued over Judge Dianne Jones's signature for the county courts' backlog/overflow trial docket (the docket to which eviction and backlog trials are routed): Rule 21a cross-service of the notice, the five-day exhibit deadline to the backlog court reporter, in-person or Zoom appearance, the no-automatic-continuance rule even for first settings, and the dismissal/default consequence for non-appearance.
Justice Court Precinct 1, Place 1's posted appeal instructions (Hon. Thomas G. Jones): appeals to the County Court at Law where the amount in controversy exceeds $250, the Rule 506.1 bond regime (21-day deadline; defendant's bond at twice the judgment with approved sureties; plaintiff's $500 bond), the $64 justice-court appeal filing fee with the County Clerk's 21-day fee requirement, and the statement-of-inability alternative with its 7-day contest window.
Justice Court Precinct 2, Place 2's posted requirements for Occupations Code chapter 2308 unlawful-towing/booting hearings (Hon. KaTina Whitfield): county-of-tow venue, the $54 filing fee plus applicable state costs, the 14-business-day request deadline with its information-provision tolling rule, and the eight statutory request contents.
Probate Court No. 3's Agreed Scheduling Order template (TRCP 190.4 Level 3), required before pre-trial and trial dates are set: fixed discovery limits (25 interrogatories; 50 deposition hours per side including 12 expert hours), the 7-day post-discovery motion-to-compel waiver, disclosure-only discovery of Rule 194 material, expert designation with written reports, the pretrial exchange list, and mandatory mediation with court-appointment fallback.
The Texas Lawyer's Creed — A Mandate for Professionalism (the statewide creed promulgated by the Supreme Court of Texas and the Court of Criminal Appeals, Nov. 7, 1989), registered as Appendix 3 to the Local Rules for the Courts of Dallas County in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 03/06/2026). Its local force in Dallas County: every appearance in the civil courts acknowledges familiarity with the Creed under Local Rule 4.07, and the County Criminal Court Local Rules incorporate the disciplinary framework by reference.