Lee County, TX
All 4 county-scoped rules
Every published instrument scoped to Lee County, newest effective date first. 2 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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21st/335th (& Bastrop 423rd/465th) District Courts — Standing Order on Motions for Summary Judgment (Lee County; eff. July 8, 2026)
The shared summary-judgment standing order of the 21st, 335th, 423rd and 465th District Courts serving Washington, Burleson, Lee and Bastrop Counties (eff. July 8, 2026), as applied in Lee County: precise motion titling; the clerk immediately calls a filed motion to the court's attention; the court sets the motion for submission or hearing 35 days after filing and within 60 days (or 90 on docket need, good cause, or movant consent), with resets kept inside those windows; the nonmovant responds within 21 days of filing; an oral-hearing request must appear in the response title; the movant replies within 7 days without raising new grounds; each party files a separate proposed order before the submission/hearing date; and an Amended Motion for Summary Judgment resets all timelines and automatically denies the original without prejudice by operation of law.
Local Rules for the 21st and 335th District Courts (Lee County edition, eff. Feb. 13, 2025)
The shared local rules of the 21st and 335th District Courts of Bastrop, Burleson, Lee and Washington Counties (Bastrop additionally hosts the 423rd and 465th), revised January 2025 and effective February 13, 2025, as registered for Lee County: attorney conduct and courtroom decorum (rise to address the court, no ex parte case discussion with the press or outside opposing counsel); recording/broadcasting of proceedings prohibited without prior court permission; withdrawal of counsel only by motion with the client's last-known address/email and, if without consent, certified-mail/email notice (a hearing required in criminal cases); attorney vacation letters up to four consecutive weeks on 90 days' notice; conflicting-settings priority (juvenile, criminal, statutory-preference, preferentially-set, lowest cause number, earliest setting request) with a duty to notify all courts; mandatory e-filing (TRCP 21/21c sensitive data); the Local Administrative District Judge elected annually by the four counties' district judges (Gov't Code 74.091, TRJA 9); bench/case exchange to accommodate dockets; interpreter advance notice; adoption of the Second Administrative Judicial Region's Rules of Administration (which prevail on conflict); CIVIL — rotating filing between the courts, time standards (jury 18 months, non-jury 12 months from appearance), submission-for-ruling on 10 days' notice, setting-request mechanics, jury demand and fee within 10 days of the bench-trial setting notice, no reset except by Rule 11 agreement/court-approved agreement/granted continuance (trial settings never passed by counsel agreement alone), annual dismissal-for-want-of-prosecution docket (TRCP 165a), Rule 166 pretrial/scheduling conferences with the proposed charge/witness/exhibit lists due noon the Friday before jury week, order-submission mechanics (same-day duplicate to opponents, 10-day objection window, dismissal-with-prejudice if no proposed order within 14+7 days), ADR/mediation encouraged (Ch. 154), and telephone/video hearings for non-evidentiary matters by advance arrangement; FAMILY — six/three-month contested/uncontested time standards, sworn inventories within 75 days in property-division cases, child-support per the Supreme Court guidelines, a mandatory 4-hour Parent Education and Family Stabilization course before a final-hearing setting, and the county Standing Order Regarding Children, Property and Conduct applying to every divorce/SAPCR/modification; CRIMINAL — adoption of the Texas Fair Defense Act local rules (appointed-counsel fee schedule $100-$250/hour or fixed $700 plea / $600-per-day trial), case-flow scheduling with bond forfeiture for a signed-reset no-show, 9:00 a.m. docket call with the State announcing ready, pleas at any docket call, and CCP art. 28.01 pretrial practice.
21st and 335th District Courts — Standing Order Regarding Use of Artificial Intelligence (Lee County edition)
The shared district AI standing order for the 21st and 335th District Courts as registered for Lee County: before using any AI-generated information in a court submission, every attorney or self-represented litigant must sign and file a certification that all AI-created or AI-contributed language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments, and analysis were verified as accurate through traditional (non-AI) legal sources by a Texas-licensed attorney (a human being), acknowledging responsibility and possible sanction (Texas Disciplinary Rules, TRCP, CPRC ch. 10, the court's inherent power, or contempt) for noncompliance. The order recites that generative AI is currently unreliable, prone to bias, and prone to fabrication, and that its creators are not licensed, disciplinary-rule-bound attorneys.
21st/335th District Courts — Standing Order Regarding Cell Phones and Electronic Recording Devices (Lee County edition)
The shared standing order of the 21st and 335th District Courts of Burleson, Lee and Washington Counties on cell phones and electronic recording devices, as registered for Lee County: individuals may bring cell phones into a courtroom (subject to a security demonstration) but photographing, recording, broadcasting, or televising any person, object, or proceeding inside the courtroom during a hearing/trial is prohibited unless the court authorizes it (see Local Rule 1.18); violators may be removed and have the device temporarily forfeited; phones must be turned off inside any courtroom and used only reasonably/non-disruptively outside; each court may modify or waive the order case-by-case; and the order does not apply to attorneys and their staff.