387th District Court Exhibit Submission Procedure for Court Proceedings

High confidence· verified September 21, 2026Local RulesFort Bend County, 387th District Court Exhibit Submission Procedure for Court Proceedings (TOPICs reg. doc. 1467)

Summary

387th District Court Exhibit Submission Procedure for Court Proceedings — Fort Bend County. The operative requirements are quoted verbatim from the governing document (registered/posted 07/03/2023); the document in custody is the controlling text.

Applies to

Texas > Fort Bend County > 387th District Court

Requirement

EXHIBIT SUBMISSION PROCEDURE FOR COURT PROCEEDINGS – PLEASE READ CAREFULLY a. In all cases, other than contempt proceedings and cases under a Scheduling Order, exhibits must be pre-marked and exchanged by 12:00 PM the business day before the hearing. The exchange of exhibits on the day of hearing or trial will not be permitted unless they are rebuttal exhibits or exhibits that could not have been anticipated. Failure to timely pre-mark and exchange exhibits may result in the exclusion of those exhibits. b. Parties should attempt in good faith to obtain an agreement regarding exhibit admissibility before the hearing or trial. c. Court Copies: i. No paper copies will be accepted without court approval. Exhibits for all proceedings must be delivered to the court via email to: 387Exhibits@fortbendcountytx.gov or on a USB Flash Drive as specified below. Do not email exhibits to the Court Coordinator or to the Court Reporter. ii. Exhibit emails must be received prior to the start of the hearing. The subject line of the exhibit email must include the cause number, party designation/name, and hearing date. For example, "Cause No. 21-DCV- 000000, Respondent Jones, January 1, 2021." All attorneys and self-represented litigants must be copied. iii. LESS THAN 50 PAGES: If a party's combined exhibits are less than 50 total pages, submission by email only is sufficient. However, please be advised that the Court Reporter does not have access to a color printer. Admitted exhibits will be printed and delivered to the District Clerk's office in black and white. If color is important, exhibits must be delivered on a USB Flash Drive as indicated below. iv. MORE THAN 50 PAGES: If a party's combined exhibits exceed 50 total pages, the exhibits may only be delivered to the court on a USB Flash Drive. v. AUDIO/VIDEO: Audio and video files must be on a USB Flash Drive. vi. Flash Drives must be received by 12:00 PM the business day before the hearing. Flash Drives must be clearly labeled with the cause number, party name and hearing date. vii. Flash Drives may be delivered in person or mailed to: 387th District Court Attn: Minnie Cadena 301 Jackson Street (mailing address) 1422 Eugene Heimann Circle (physical address) Richmond, TX 77469 Please be mindful of the deadline when delivering by mail. viii. All exhibits must be marked on the first page (i.e., P1, R1, A1…) and accompanied by an Exhibit List. A sample Exhibit List can be found on the court's website. Exhibit Lists may be e-filed with the District Clerk's office, but the exhibits should NOT be filed. ix. The only formats accepted are PDF for documents, JPG and PNG for images, and MP4 for audio and videos. x. Each exhibit must be saved or attached as a separate file and the file name must include the exhibit number AND a brief description of the exhibit. For example, "Petitioner Exhibit 5 - Bank Statements" d. The party tendering the exhibits is responsible for ensuring that files are saved correctly. Documents and photos should be as clear as possible and scanned upright (not sideways or upside down). e. The party tendering the exhibits is responsible for ensuring that witnesses have copies of the exhibits for use during Zoom hearings. The Court Reporter will NOT forward or otherwise circulate exhibits to anyone other than the court. The "share screen" feature may be used during Zoom hearings. The party tendering the exhibits is responsible for screen sharing. f. Failure to comply with these procedures may result in exhibit exclusion.

Source of truth

Official source: TOPICs — Texas local rules registry (topics.txcourts.gov)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 24, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: September 21, 2026benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p11-2026-09-21

Reviewer note: Operative mandatory-language provisions quoted verbatim from the registered document; the full document (sha256 04bbd6ac2de3…) is the controlling text. [RECOMPOSED 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P7, digital-layer lane): the full text of the registered file (sha256 04bbd6ac2de3..., 2 pages) replaces the earlier 1,300-character abstract. Method: pypdfium2 text layer reflowed page-aware, cross-checked word-by-word against PyMuPDF (0 substantive difference(s), 2 page-furniture), owner-corpus candidate sentences 100% (11/11) matched, 0 running header/footer line(s) removed, no U+FFFD/U+FFFE/form-feed debris. NOT yet checked page by page against the render, so confidence is medium with an open re-verification task; flip to high when a reviewer has read every page against the PDF. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p7-2026-09-21] [BY-EYE CHECK 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P11): every page of the registered file (sha256 04bbd6ac2de3..., 2 page(s)) read against the rendered PDF; file-stamp, caption and signature-block defects of the text layer corrected from the render; confidence lifted to high. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p11-2026-09-21]

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