Starr County, TX
All 4 county-scoped rules
Every published instrument scoped to Starr 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.
Published rules, newest effective date first
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Order Adopting the Implementation of Pre-Trial Supervision (381st and 229th District Courts and County Court at Law of Starr County; effective November 1, 2025)
A one-page joint order of the 381st and 229th District Courts and the County Court at Law of Starr County: a person charged with a felony, a statutorily mandated DWI offense or any assaultive offense involving family or domestic violence under Family Code section 71.004 who is released from jail on a personal bond or any other bond must submit to pre-trial supervision through the Starr County Community Supervision and Corrections Department; the magistrate or the court may dismiss a case on the State's motion; effective November 1, 2025.
229th District Court (Starr, Jim Hogg and Duval Counties) — notice: full face-to-face business resumed August 1, 2022; no court matters heard by Zoom
Effective August 1, 2022 the 229th Judicial District Court returned to full face-to-face business and hears no court matters by Zoom videoconference; the notice lists the court coordinator and court administrator contacts for Starr, Jim Hogg and Duval Counties.
Starr County Local Rules for the Judicial District Courts (229th and 381st District Courts, applying in part to the County Court at Law; approved May 31, 2018; approved and recommended to the Supreme Court by the Fifth Region's Presiding Judge August 9, 2018)
The 23 local rules of the Starr County district courts: definitions and the election of the Local Administrative District Judge (last Friday in January of odd years; two-year term from February 1); random, equal assignment of district cases and the County Court at Law's share (family cases, civil cases pleading $100,000 or less, misdemeanors); the case-numbering format effective January 1, 2019 (year, CV/CR/CRS/FM/TAX, five digits; CRS for the 229th, CR for the 381st); notice of visiting-judge assignments; electronically transmitted pleadings (cover sheet, seven-day fee window, returns of service and bonds on paper, one-hour clerk handling of child-protection filings); transfer of related civil cases to the earlier court and SAPCR transfer to the divorce court; pre-trial settings through the Court Coordinator; District Clerk duties and I-Docket access; severance; temporary, emergency and ex parte orders; uncontested matters first; assignment of related prosecutions and superseding-indictment numbering (S1, S2); the protocol for trial priority (jury over non-jury, criminal over civil, jailed defendants first, oldest case first, special settings by written reasons, duties of counsel with conflicting settings); court staff; jury impaneling; the ad litem/guardian ad litem/amicus appointment rotation, duties, vouchers within thirty days and objections within thirty days; and courtroom decorum and attire.
229th District Court (Starr County) — Plea Paperwork Protocol: State and defense responsibilities for plea packets, signatures and fingerprints
The 229th District Court's plea-paperwork protocol: the State e-mails defense counsel the documents needing the defendant's signature or fingerprints (admonishments, addendum, pleas of true, video-plea requests, appeal certifications, judgments, community-supervision conditions) and e-files the rest; defense counsel obtains the defendant's signatures and fingerprints — in custody or, for out-of-custody defendants, at the probation office the same or next day — and brings the documents to the court for signature.