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Justice Court Precinct 4, Place 1's local rule mandating electronic communications for all cases effective May 1, 2023 (signed Jan. 13, 2023, Judge Michael Jones Jr.): all litigant-court communications via E-File Texas (preferred), email, or fax, every communication carrying a valid email address, with the court's outbound channels identified and litigants responsible for keeping their email current.
Texas > Dallas County > Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4, Place 1 (Hon. Michael Jones Jr.) — all case types; companion instrument: the court's mandatory e-filing local rule (doc 2849, composed separately)
Reviewer note: Registered scan composed by vision (pages rendered and read 2026-08-28; the registered text layer was image-only); signed by Judge Michael Jones Jr., matching the OCA bench (Michael Darnell Jones, Jr); the court's case-type email addresses are preserved in the source and summarized here; custody sha256 in the registry ledger (doc 1069).
Division XI: information forms for data processing (Rule 11.2); required action - action taken on all calendared cases and a future date always set (Rule 11.19); and pro tem judges - an attorney named as a plaintiff in a civil or small claims case may not sit as a judge pro-tem during the case or within six months following its resolution, nor one named as a defendant in two or more such cases (Rule 11.22). Rules 11.1, 11.3 to 11.5, 11.7 to 11.18, 11.20 and 11.21 are repealed, and Rule 11.6 (voluntary arbitration; see Local Rule 10.2) was repealed and renumbered.
Duval County's indigent-defense and magistration rules under the Texas Fair Defense Act (S.B. 7): who may be booked into the county jail and on what paper; arrest-case numbering; presentment to a magistrate within 48 hours (art. 15.16); the magistrate's warnings, counsel inquiry, interpreter duty, indigence determination and appointment of counsel within 24 hours of a request; the alternative appointment plan under art. 26.04(g)-(h) with annual applications, seven attorney categories (capital, first and second degree, third degree/state jail/misdemeanor, competency, appeals, post-conviction, extradition), CLE and experience standards, random rotation within each category, written acceptance within 48 hours, first contact by the end of the next working day, replacement and suspension of counsel, fee applications within five days of completing services and the compensation attachment ($500 pleas; $175/$150 hourly; $1,400 per jury-trial day; appellate caps); bail schedules by offense class with a personal bond office (fee $20 or 3%), pre-trial supervision and revocation hearings within two working days; arraignment settings and notice; repeal of conflicting rules.
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