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Order Prohibiting Electronic and Media Recordings and Equipment — 165th District Court (August 6, 2026) — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
Standing Order Related to Motions for Summary Judgment — 215th District Court (August 4, 2026) — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
Court Procedures — 215th District Court (August 4, 2026) — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
165th District Court Procedures (July 24, 2026) — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
The current juvenile conditions-of-release standing order (filed July 14, 2026; replaces the November 18, 2025 order by its own terms): automatic release conditions for every juvenile arrested for delinquent conduct and the responsible persons to whom they are released — next-business-day reporting to Juvenile Probation, travel restriction, and home confinement subject to the stated exceptions.
11th District Court Procedures (June 16, 2026) — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
Standing Order in Limine — 80th District Court (May 28, 2026) — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
333rd Court Procedures (May 8, 2026) — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
Notice to Attorneys Handling Felony Indigent Defense Appointments — voucher grace periods for cases disposed through December 31, 2025 (effective May 6, 2026) — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
Second Amended Standing Docket Control Order on Filing Summary Judgment Motions — 80th District Court (May 6, 2026) — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
Judge Denise M. Fortenberry's governing P&P (TOPICs reg. doc. 2881, Rev. 03.26.26; supersedes the Sept. 2023 edition posted own-site): party-conference certificates before all settings, two-business-day response floor, MANDATORY formal mediation before final trials, the discovery-dispute letter regime, submission hearings, trial and jury-question requirements, family-case rules (Standing TRO adopted; 8-hour co-parenting class; Summarized Requested Relief; 20-minute-per-party temporary-orders hearings), and the CPS section (pre-adversary conference, mediation required, bench-warrant lead times).
The 130th's juvenile remote-hearing plan (signed March 10, 2026; TOPICs reg. doc. 2883): Zoom-based detention and related juvenile hearings with parent presence, open/closed courtroom and YouTube live-stream mechanics, deferred-adjudication motion procedure without live testimony, attendee and decorum rules, a recording prohibition under contempt, subpoena-notice language, and the exhibit-submission protocol.
Standing Docket Control Order on Filing Summary Judgment Motions — 61st District Court (March 25, 2026) — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
Court Clerk Procedures for All Courts (H0144, rev. March 19, 2026) — Harris County Civil Courts at Law — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
Second Amended Standing Docket Control Order on Filing Summary Judgment Motions — 190th District Court (March 17, 2026) — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
Second Amended Standing Docket Control Order on Filing Summary Judgment Motions — 165th District Court (March 17, 2026) — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
Trial Procedures — 80th District Court (updated March 13, 2026) — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
Court Procedures — 80th District Court (updated March 13, 2026) — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
The Local Administrative District Judge's procedure (filed March 4, 2026) implementing Article 17.029 C.C.P.: how the District Clerk routes a State's request to review a magistrate's felony bail decision to the district judges, with a next-business-day setting requirement.
Attorney Practice Guide: Motions for Summary Judgment — Probate Court No. 4 (amended TRCP 166a, effective March 1, 2026) — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
Attorney Practice Guide: Motions for Summary Judgment — Probate Court No. 1 (amended TRCP 166a, effective March 1, 2026) — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
Fair Defense Act Standards and Procedures — Appointment of Counsel for Indigent Defendants, Harris County District Courts Trying Criminal Cases (as amended… — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
Judge Mike Merkel's 21 standing orders (current edition Last Update 01/01/2026, superseding the registered 09/01/2021 print): clerk guidelines for Class C dispositions when the judge is not present — payment methods (no personal checks for Class C; 2.85% card fee; exact-cents cash rule), $10 compliance-dismissal fees, DSC, deferred disposition, payment plans, community service, indigency, capias pro fine, Omnibase, civil fees, and ex parte communication.
Judge Merkel's published civil-filing procedures (edition 1/1/2026): the four justice-court civil case types and their limits, and the court's step-by-step filing, service and hearing procedures for each.
The current district-court docket-division order (signed December 2, 2025; effective January 1, 2026): which district court hears which case classes in Brazoria County. AMENDED for the new 490th District Court by the March 9, 2026 transfer order (docket effective September 1, 2026).
checked August 25, 2026