Loading…
The local rules of procedure for the Erath County Justice of the Peace courts: general provisions and calendar, civil filing and jury practice, criminal settings and standard fines, and transfers between precincts.
Applies to civil and criminal cases in the Erath County Justice of the Peace courts.
The Erath County Justice of the Peace local rules cover general provisions (venue, the calendar, visiting judges and jury selection); civil practice (filing venue; a jury demand no later than the tenth day before trial with the fee; a dismissal-for-want-of-prosecution program with motions to retain filed 10 working days before; drafts of judgments approved as to form); criminal practice (filing precinct; pretrial, trial-before-the-court and jury settings; standard fines; no appointed counsel for fine-only offenses; withdrawal and substitution of counsel); and transfers between precincts.
The Erath County Justice of the Peace local rules cover general provisions (venue, the calendar, visiting judges and jury selection); civil practice (filing venue; a jury demand no later than the tenth day before trial with the fee; a dismissal-for-want-of-prosecution program with motions to retain filed 10 working days before; drafts of judgments approved as to form); criminal practice (filing pr
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the county-site document (read in full). Court-less JP-family local rules. The stated $10,000 civil jurisdiction is the pre-2020 figure (an older posted edition). The duplicate print 406 is a receipt.
Establishes a Traffic Violations Bureau within the Clerk of the County Court under Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.100(a) (Burnstein, C.J., Nov. 1, 1988).
Approves the National Highway Safety Council Defensive Driving course as a school to which traffic courts may require attendance (Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.110(a)).
Designates the D.W.I. Counterattack School (Broward County Commission on Alcoholism) as an approved school for court-ordered attendance (Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.110(a)).