240th District Court Exhibit Rules

High confidence· verified August 23, 2026Local RulesFort Bend County, 240th District Court Exhibit Rules (TOPICs reg. doc. 1421)

Summary

240th District Court Exhibit Rules — Fort Bend County. The operative requirements are quoted verbatim from the governing document (registered/posted 06/08/2023); the document in custody is the controlling text.

Applies to

Texas > Fort Bend County > 240th District Court

Requirement

All parties shall pre-mark and pre-number any exhibits they anticipate offering into evidence in advance of trial or hearing on the front of the first page of the exhibit. … The exhibits marked, their description and number must match up with the current exhibit list which has been exchanged with all parties, the Court, and the court reporter. … All exhibits shall be numbered as opposed to lettered (e.g., as Exhibit 1, 2, & 3, not as A, B & C). … Audio and audio-visual recordings played in court shall be entered as an exhibit in the proceedings: which the court reporter will retain for the record on appeal, if any. … When the audio or audio-visual recordings are played in court, a contemporaneous verbatim record of the proceedings will not be made unless the court so orders. … Since the court reporter cannot record court proceedings while marking exhibits, the parties shall personally mark and number exhibits which have not been pre-marked. … Oversized exhibits shall be accompanied by 8-1/2 x 11 copies, with a marked exhibit sticker on the front, which the court reporter will retain for the record on appeal, if any. … No party shall mark or permanently attach any item to an opposing party’s demonstrative aids without permission. … 301 Jackson Street, Room 101 ∙ Richmond, Texas 77469 MARISOL RAMOS 240TH OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER Fort Bend County, Texas Marisol Ramos Court Reporter (281) 341-8601 Digital Copy of Exhibits for Court Reporter All parties shall deliver to the court reporter all exhibits on a flash drive, DVD(s), email, or other appropriate device(s) in the applicable digital format provided herein at the pre-trial hearing, if any, or no later than 5:00 p.m on the business day before a trial or hearing begins. … Pursuant to the Texas Supreme Court’s Order Approving Revised Uniform Format Manual for Texas Reporters’ Records, effective July 1, 2010, digital exhibits must conform to the following formats: … Text Documents Each computer file of a text document must be prepared in text-searchable Portable Document Format (PDF), compatible with the latest version of Adobe Reader. … The computer file must not be password- protected, encrypted, or protected by rights management. … Because scanning creates larger file sizes with images of lesser quality, scanning must be avoided when possible. … To the extent possible, each text document must be converted directly into a PDF file using Adobe Acrobat, the word processing program’s PDF conversion utility, or another software program. … Any scanned materials must be made searchable using optical-character-recognition software, such as Adobe Acrobat. … Photographs Photographic images other than documents (e.g., photos of physical exhibits must be included within the computer file as images with a resolution of not less than 2,048 x 1,536vpixels (approximately 3 megapixels). … Separator Pages If an exhibit number is not on the exhibit image, there must be a page preceding the image to show the exhibit number. … Audio Files If an audio recording is part of the record, the audio file must be included as an MPEG-1 Audio-Layer 3 file (usually referred to as .mp3). … The mp3 audio files must use a constant bit rate. … The files must not be password-protected, encrypted, or protected by rights management. … Each audio file must not exceed 100 MB. … Video Files If a video recording is part of the record, the video file must be included as an MPEG-4 Part 14 file (usually referred to as .mp4). … Data compression is encouraged; though the submitter must assure that the video and audio content have sufficient quality. … Each video file must not exceed 5 GB.

Source of truth

Official source: TOPICs — Texas local rules registry (topics.txcourts.gov)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 24, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: August 23, 2026benchpath-ajr11-p6-2026-08-23

Reviewer note: Operative mandatory-language provisions quoted verbatim from the registered document; the full document (sha256 94bcee4ed725…) is the controlling text.

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