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The justices of the peace's standing order (signed May 10, 2024, effective immediately) requiring every motion for default judgment in a TRCP 508 debt claim case filed in a Denton County justice court to carry a certificate of service complying with TRCP 501.4(d) before the court will process it; deficient motions draw a deficiency notice under each court's procedures.
Texas > Denton County > Justice of the Peace Precincts 1–6 — plaintiffs and their attorneys moving for default judgment in debt claim cases.
STANDING ORDER: 2024-001JP IN RE: FILING MOTIONS FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT IN DEBT CLAIM CASES | IN THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURTS OF DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER STANDING ORDER REGARDING COMPLIANCE WITH TEXAS RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE (TRCP) RULE 501.4 SERVICE OF PAPERS OTHER THAN CITATIONS WHEREAS, TRCP Rule 501.4 gives direction on the service of all papers other than a citation; and WHEREAS, Rule 501.4(a) states: "Other than a citation or oral motion made during trial or when all parties are present, every notice required by these rules, and every pleading, plea, motion, application to the court for an order, or other form of request, must be served on all other parties... "; and WHEREAS, Rule 501.4(d) states: "The party or the party's attorney of record must include in writing on all documents filed a signed statement describing the manner in which the document was served on the other party or parties and the date of service. A certificate by a party or the party's attorney of record, or the return of the officer, or the sworn statement of any other person showing service of a notice is proof of service."; and WHEREAS, a motion for default judgment on cases subject to TRCP 508, Debt Claim Cases, is a motion subject to TRCP Rule 501.4. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that a motion for default judgment on any Debt Claim case filed in a Denton County Justice of the Peace court must include a certificate of service in accordance with TRCP Rule 501.4(d) before the respective court will proceed with the processing of the said motion. The respective court will notify the plaintiff/plaintiff’s attorney of such deficiency in accordance with each court's procedural guidelines. SIGNED this 10th day of May, 2024, to be effective immediately and/or in accordance with the dates set out in this Order. [signature] Hon. Alan Wheeler, Justice of the Peace, Pct. 1 [signature] Hon. James R. DePiazza, Justice of the Peace, Pct. 2 [signature] Hon. James Kerbow, Justice of the Peace, Pct. 3 [signature] Hon. Harris Hughey, Justice of the Peace, Pct. 4 [signature] Hon. Mike Oglesby, Justice of the Peace, Pct. 5 [signature] Hon. Blanca Oliver, Justice of the Peace, Pct. 6 [One-page scanned order typed from the page image (its text layer is OCR). The caption is set in two columns and is given on one line with the columns separated by " | ". The six signature lines are set in two columns (Precincts 1 to 3 on the left, 4 to 6 on the right). Quotation marks and apostrophes are kept as printed: straight throughout except the curly apostrophe in "plaintiff’s". Bold, underlining and superscripts are not reproduced.]
STANDING ORDER: 2024-001JP IN RE: FILING MOTIONS FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT IN DEBT CLAIM CASES | IN THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURTS OF DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER STANDING ORDER REGARDING COMPLIANCE WITH TEXAS RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE (TRCP) RULE 501.4 SERVICE OF PAPERS OTHER THAN CITATIONS WHEREAS, TRCP Rule 501.4 gives direction on the service of all papers other than a citation; and W
Reviewer note: Text-layer registration (1 p) read in full 2026-09-06; quoted verbatim; signature block names Judges Kerbow and Oliver among the signers. Composed benchpath-ajr8-denton. County-site receipt(s) in custody 2026-09-06: https://www.dentoncounty.gov/DocumentCenter/View/8354/Service-of-papers-other-than-Citations---Compliance-with-TRCP-Rule-5014-PDF (same instrument (second print) edition). [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-23 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 1494b5cc480c..., 1 page(s)) typed from the page images, its text layer used only as a check; verbatim, source typos kept, stamps/signatures bracketed; the earlier abstract replaced by the full instrument; confidence high. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p12-2026-09-21]
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.