Erath County Court at Law — Local Rules

High confidence· verified September 21, 2026Local RulesLocal Rules — Erath County Court at Law (eff. July 15, 1994) (www.co.erath.tx.us/DocumentCenter/View/407; custody 2026-09-06).

Summary

The local rules of the Erath County Court at Law: agreed pretrial orders on discovery and special exceptions, jury charges before pretrial, audio recording in lieu of a reporter, criminal docket-call and plea-bargain practice, and witness and probate procedures.

Applies to

Applies to civil, criminal and probate matters in the Erath County Court at Law.

Requirement

LOCAL RULES ERATH COUNTY COURT AT LAW 1. Attorneys shall attempt to reach agreed orders on all objections to discovery requests, motions for sanctions, special exceptions to pleadings and motions in limine prior to settings for civil pre-trial hearings. 2. Attorneys shall prepare all requested jury instructions, definitions and special issues prior to civil pre-trial hearings. 3. Audio cassette recordings may be used in lieu of court reporter at the discretion of the court. 4. Criminal docket call will also be pre-trial date for cases set on such docket. Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 28.01 deadlines will apply. 5. Criminal docket call announcement that a plea bargain agreement has been reached must also include a date for plea hearing and approval of defendant. 6. A witness subpoenaed for a criminal case may not be released without consent of the State and defendant's attorney so that either party may rely on a subpoena regardless of which party requested its issuance. 7. In probate proceedings, Applicants may present testimony in open court without the County Clerk or deputy present and file proof of death, oath and other matters in the County Clerk's office following the hearing. These rules shall be come effective July 15, 1994. Signed on June 2, 1994. [signature line, unsigned] JUDGE PRESIDING

Source of truth

LOCAL RULES ERATH COUNTY COURT AT LAW 1. Attorneys shall attempt to reach agreed orders on all objections to discovery requests, motions for sanctions, special exceptions to pleadings and motions in limine prior to settings for civil pre-trial hearings. 2. Attorneys shall prepare all requested jury instructions, definitions and special issues prior to civil pre-trial hearings. 3. Audio cassette re

Official source: Erath County Courts — www.co.erath.tx.us (court website)
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Effective date: July 15, 1994
Last verified: September 21, 2026benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p12-2026-09-21

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the county-site document (read in full). Court-specific CCL local rules (1994); no judge join (undated signer). [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 e2340beb072d..., 2 page(s), partly scanned file; native pages taken from the text layer, scanned pages typed from the render) 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]

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