477th District Court (Denton County) — Exhibit Rules (confer… — TX · BenchPath

477th District Court (Denton County) — Exhibit Rules (confer before hearing; pre-numbered exhibits, numbers only, no duplicates across motions; binder with tabs; extra copy of requested-relief exhibits; audio/video on a flash drive by the end of the hearing; binder and flash drive to the court reporter at trial)

High confidence· verified September 6, 2026Trial ExhibitsExhibit Rules, 477th Judicial District Court of Denton County (Misty Skinner, CSR, Official Court Reporter; Judge Michael Dickens) — posted on the court's page

Summary

The 477th District Court's exhibit rules (official court reporter Misty Skinner, Judge Michael Dickens): parties are ordered to confer before a hearing or trial on stipulations; exhibits are pre-marked on the front of the first page, preferably top right, numbered only (no 1A, A-1, 2A and the like), with no duplicate numbers even across motions heard together; more than a few exhibits come in a tabbed binder; an extra copy of any requested-relief exhibit for the judge to write on; audio and video exhibits go to the court reporter on a labeled flash drive by the end of the hearing, must play in Windows Media Player or VLC, the party brings its own laptop, and no contemporaneous verbatim record of a played recording is made absent good cause; video-deposition recordings are entered as exhibits; witness and exhibit lists are preferred before the hearing begins; for trial a binder of all exhibits plus a flash drive of audio, video and photo exhibits is delivered to the court reporter at the beginning of trial or earlier.

Applies to

Texas > Denton County > 477th District Court — all parties offering exhibits at hearings or trial.

Source of truth

"1. The parties are ordered by the Court to confer prior to hearing / trial to discuss possible stipulations, whenever possible, to the admission of exhibits to which there is no reasonable basis for objection. 2. All exhibits shall be pre-marked / pre-numbered in advance of hearing / trial on the front of the first page of each exhibit, preferably in the top right-hand corner. Please make sure th

Official source: Denton County District Courts — dentoncounty.gov (county site tree)
Source health: Healthy · checked September 9, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: September 6, 2026benchpath-tx-ajr8-denton-ownsite-2026-09-06

Reviewer note: Own-site document (text layer, 2 pp, 2,621 chars) read in full 2026-09-06; quoted verbatim; undated; names Judge Michael Dickens (spine tx-michael-g-dickens). Composed benchpath-ajr8-denton (own-site lane).