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The justice courts’ in-person practice rules for the clerk’s office and courtroom: no Zoom/WebEx appearances (all parties appear in person); parties must bring their own evidence copies for all parties; accepted payment methods for civil/admin and criminal filings (exact cash, credit card with fee, cashier’s check or money order); no firearms except on-duty peace officers; no legal advice from the court; an enforced dress code; negotiations conducted in the hallway unless directed otherwise; and autopsy inquiries limited to next of kin.
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THESE RULES APPLY IN THE CLERKS OFFICE/ COURT ROOM NO ZOOM/WEBEX APPEARANCES. ALL PARTIES MUST APPEAR IN PERSON THE COURT WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COPIES ANY EVIDENCE PRESENTED IN COURT MUST HAVE COPIES AVAILABLE FOR ALL PARTIES THE COURT ACCEPTS CASHIER CHECKS/MONEY ORDERS FOR ALL CIVIL/ ADMIN FILINGS. THE COURT CAN ACCEPT EXACT CASH/CREDIT CARD WITH A FEE/ CASHIER CHECK OR MONEY ORDER (CASH MUST BE EXACT, NO OVER PAYMENT ACCEPTED) FOR CRIMINAL OFFENSES. NO FIREARMS ALLOWED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ON-DUTY PEACE OFFICER. THE COURT CANNOT PROVIDE LEGAL ADVICE. FORMS AND SELF HELP PACKETS ARE AVAILABLE. APPROVED DRESS CODE WILL BE ENFORCED. NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN PARTIES MUST BE DONE IN THE HALLWAY UNLESS INSTRUCTED BY THE JUDGE. MASK ARE NOT MANDATORY BUT ALLOWED. MASK ARE AVAILABLE BY REQUEST. AUTOPSY INQUIRES WILL BE LIMITED TO NEXT OF KIN AS DESIGNATED BY THE COURT UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY THE COURT.
THESE RULES APPLY IN THE CLERKS OFFICE/ COURT ROOM NO ZOOM/WEBEX APPEARANCES. ALL PARTIES MUST APPEAR IN PERSON THE COURT WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COPIES ANY EVIDENCE PRESENTED IN COURT MUST HAVE COPIES AVAILABLE FOR ALL PARTIES THE COURT ACCEPTS CASHIER CHECKS/MONEY ORDERS FOR ALL CIVIL/ ADMIN FILINGS. THE COURT CAN ACCEPT EXACT CASH/CREDIT CARD WITH A FEE/ CASHIER CHECK OR MONEY ORDER (CASH M
Reviewer note: AJR-2 cluster (12th/278th/506th). Source instrument read via vision/text lane; classified RULE under the records-vs-rules doctrine. Composed benchpath-ajr2-cluster. [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 92167db14824..., 1 page(s), image-only scan; the OCR layer used as a typing base 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.