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Policy of the Coke County Court on self-represented applicants: a pro se party may represent only themselves, so letters testamentary or of administration, heirship determinations and guardianships require a licensed attorney; frequently asked questions on when a pro se applicant may proceed, including probate of a will as a muniment of title by the sole beneficiary where there are no unsecured debts, and the requirements that then apply.
Texas > Seventh Administrative Judicial Region > Coke County > Constitutional County Court.
[seal] JUDGE HAL SPAIN 13 E. 7TH STREET ROBERT LEE, TX 76945 325-453-2641 [File stamp: FILED FOR RECORD, TIME:________, APR 10 2025, COKE COUNTY & DIST. CLERK, JENNIFER BURDETT] COURT POLICY REGARDING “PRO SE” APPLICANTS (APPLICANTS WITHOUT AN ATTORNEY) People who represent themselves in court are called “pro se” or “self-represented” litigants. You are not required to have a lawyer to file pa
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-25 (AJR-7 Seventh Region build, own-site layer) from BenchPath custody ajr7 corpus sources/documents/b545768e0e7bd3b7-county-court-policy-regarding-pro-se.pdf (945,037 bytes, sha256 b545768e0e7bd3b7f16b840a4042386496973474dffabc65e1958f1bf07a3f1b; 2 page(s)) - the document the Coke County website posts (https://www.co.coke.tx.us/upload/page/0168/2025/doc03471920250410142942.pdf), not registered with the Office of Court Administration's TOPICs registry as of 2026-09-25: transcribed by eye from the rendered pages of the scanned file (no machine text relied on) and read a second time against the page images - for long documents word by word against an independent machine OCR of the same scan, every disagreement and every handwritten entry resolved on the image; signature, seal and file-stamp blocks bracketed. Signed: Hal Spain, Coke County Judge (April 10, 2025). The citation is printed "Steele v. McDonald, 202 W. 3rd 926 (Tex. App – Waco, 2006)", kept as printed.
The Precinct 4 justice court's instruction letter: a plea of no contest or guilty makes the fine and costs due, a not-guilty plea brings a mailed court date, remittances by money order or cashier's check only (personal checks returned), juveniles 16 and under must contact the court with a parent or guardian before the appearance date, and payment online or by phone.
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