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The district judges' standing order directing the District Clerk to release cash bond funds, less administrative fees, to the depositor when a civil or family case has been disposed as to all parties (transfer, nonsuit, dismissal, final judgment or appellate mandate) and the funds remain in the registry 105 days or more afterward.
Texas > Denton County > the district courts — depositors of cash bonds in disposed civil and family cases; the District Clerk.
[Letterhead: seal of the State of Texas; Sherry Shipman, 16th District Court; Steve Burgess, 158th District Court; Brody Shanklin, 211th District Court; Bruce McFarling, 362nd District Court; Brent Hill, 367th District Court; Karen Alexander, 393rd District Court; Jim Johnson, 431st District Court; Tiffany Haertling, 442nd District Court; Lee Ann Breading, 462nd District Court; Derbha Jones, 467th District Court; Michael Dickens, 477th District Court; Crystal Levonius, 481st District Court] STATE DISTRICT COURTS DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS [File stamp: FILED AT [handwritten time] O'CLOCK A M, FEB 27 2025, DISTRICT CLERK, Denton County, Texas, BY [signature] DEPUTY] STANDING ORDER REGARDING CASH BONDS IN DISPOSED CIVIL CASES This order applies to all civil cases, including family cases, where a cash bond has been deposited with the Denton County District Clerk and the case is no longer pending in the trial court or pending on appeal because the case is disposed as to all parties by: 1. Transfer Order; 2. Nonsuit; 3. Dismissal; 4. Final Judgment; or 5. Appellate Court's Mandate has issued. If those cash bond funds remain in the registry for 105 days or more after the case has been disposed, as described above, the Denton County District Clerk is ORDERED to release said cash bond funds, less any administrative fees, to the person who deposited the funds. Signed this the February 27, 2025 [handwritten] [signature] JUDGE SHERRY SHIPMAN, 16th District Court [signature] JUDGE JIM JOHNSON, 431st District Court [signature] JUDGE STEVE BURGESS, 158th District Court [signature] JUDGE TIFFANY HAERTLING, 442nd District Court [signature] JUDGE BRODY SHANKLIN, 211th District Court [signature] JUDGE LEE ANN BREADING, 462nd District Court [signature] JUDGE BRUCE MCFARLING, 362nd District Court [signature] JUDGE DERBHA JONES, 467th District Court [signature] JUDGE BRENT HILL, 367th District Court [signature] JUDGE MICHAEL DICKENS, 477th District Court [signature] JUDGE KAREN ALEXANDER, 393RD District Court [signature] JUDGE CRYSTAL LEVONIUS, 481st District Court [Footer on page 1: engraving of the courthouse; DENTON COUNTY COURTS BUILDING, 1450 EAST McKINNEY STREET, DENTON, TEXAS 76209]
[Letterhead: seal of the State of Texas; Sherry Shipman, 16th District Court; Steve Burgess, 158th District Court; Brody Shanklin, 211th District Court; Bruce McFarling, 362nd District Court; Brent Hill, 367th District Court; Karen Alexander, 393rd District Court; Jim Johnson, 431st District Court; Tiffany Haertling, 442nd District Court; Lee Ann Breading, 462nd District Court; Derbha Jones, 467th
Reviewer note: Text-layer registration (2 pp) read in full 2026-09-06; quoted verbatim; signed by the twelve district judges (letterhead lists all twelve). Composed benchpath-ajr8-denton. County-site receipt(s) in custody 2026-09-06: https://www.dentoncounty.gov/DocumentCenter/View/7745/Standing-Order-Regarding-Cash-Bonds-in-Disposed-Civil-Cases-PDF (identical edition). [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 25bab2afc35f..., 2 page(s), digital layer that failed the machine checks; text taken from the layer and corrected word by word from the page) read against the rendered file; 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.