Van Zandt County, TX
All 4 county-scoped rules
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Criminal Case Assignment and Docket Control Order AO26-0828 - vacating Order AO23-0424 (294th District Court, Van Zandt County; August 28, 2026)
Order of the presiding judge of the 294th District Court: the joint Criminal Case Assignment and Docket Control Order AO23-0424 of April 24, 2023 (294th District Court and Van Zandt County Court at Law) is vacated, and all criminal cases filed in Van Zandt County on or after August 28, 2026 are to be filed into the courts of Van Zandt County in accordance with the Constitution and laws of Texas. The order's recitals state the court's reason in its own words; they are reproduced in the text and not characterised here.
Standing Order in Criminal Cases - Conditions of Pre-Trial Release (294th District Court, Van Zandt County; entered August 22, 2025)
Standing conditions of pre-trial release in the 294th District Court: all individuals report at once to the Pre-Trial Release Officer at the county's Community Supervision and Corrections Department, commit no offense and report any arrest within 48 hours, abstain from alcohol and controlled or synthetic substances, possess no weapon (with a peace-officer exception), submit to random urinalysis at their own cost ($10 in-house, $25 lab-confirmed, $100 hair follicle) and pay $10 per month for supervision; those with court-appointed attorneys pay $50 each month toward attorney fees beginning no later than 30 days from appointment; those accused of a crime against a person have no contact with the alleged victim, stay 500 feet away, and do not harass the victim's family or use social media against the victim; those accused of driving while intoxicated install an ignition interlock at their own expense before the 30th day after release (or carry a portable video-equipped testing device if they own no vehicle). Failure to comply may bring revocation of bail and re-arrest.
Standing Pre-Trial Order in Criminal Cases (294th District Court and Van Zandt County Court at Law; adopted as a local rule April 5, 2019)
Standing pre-trial order for criminal cases in the 294th District Court and the Van Zandt County Court at Law: pre-trial disclosure by the State as soon as practicable after indictment or information (eight listed categories, with the art. 39.14(f) limits on giving discovery to the defendant and the duty to redact identifying numbers); expert disclosure by both sides not later than twenty days before trial, with Daubert or Frye challenges filed at least 10 days before jury selection or the presentation of evidence; trial disclosures by the State not less than five working days before trial (seven categories); fingerprinting of the defendant the day before or the day of trial at the State's request; no pre-trial motions on matters the order covers, other pre-trial motions such as a motion to suppress filed seven days before the first pretrial hearing or waived; and 32 standing in limine orders binding all parties and witnesses until the court rules outside the jury's presence.
Standing Order in Domestic Relations Cases (294th District Court and Van Zandt County Court at Law; as entered January 2, 2019)
Standing order of the 294th District Court and the Van Zandt County Court at Law for divorce and parent-child cases: applications for a TRO or other ex parte relief require notice and copies to the other side at least 2 hours before presentment unless a certificate of imminent irreparable harm or of defeat-by-notice is filed, plus a certificate that the case is not subject to transfer; no disruption of children; protection of family pets and companion animals; conduct of the parties; preservation of property and use of funds in a divorce (19 items, including electronic data and exclusion from the marital residence); personal and business records; insurance; specific authorizations; service with the petition, the fourteen-day temporary restraining order and its continuation as a temporary injunction; the priority of protective orders; encouragement to mediate, and mediation ORDERED before a final hearing in any case where custody of minor children is contested; bond waived.